Clint Ansell

Gold Coast summer whiting and crabs

whiting

Well, it’s a brand-new year with some fresh fishing opportunities, hopefully. This can be a tough month to fish during the day because it’s hot, windy and at times stormy. I used to be keen on night fishing but in recent years I much prefer to get out on the water in the early morning. It’s a great time of …

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Sensational Samaki Redic 50 review

Samaki

Hi everyone, it was great to receive at least a little rain in November, to settle dust and subdue bushfires. In the rivers, rain is essential for good fishing, and both Brad and I have seen some excellent catches. At AFTA 2023, I had a preview look at the new Samaki Redic 50 hard-body lure and couldn’t wait for its …

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Broadwater flathead haunts

flathead

Hi everyone, it’s been an amazing winter of fishing on the Gold Coast – let’s hope it continues. flathead August is well known for its annual westerly wind and cool mornings. Flathead and squid are two creatures I enjoy chasing for my charter customers during this month. The best thing is, we don’t have to start too early in the …

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Broadwater winter varieties

broadwater

Hi everyone, so winter fishing is in full swing on the Gold Coast and June is one of the better months of the year to get out on the water. Catching a mixed bag is not that hard to do, if you know where and how. With some big tides at night, June daytime tides are ideal for fishing the …

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Monster flathead in shallows

Hi everyone, May is normally a pleasant month on the Gold Coast. flathead The weather is cooler without being too chilly, with a mean annual minimum temperature of 15C and a maximum of 24C. It is also the third least windy month of the year, behind June and July. This means some great fishing times ahead in one of the …

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Soft vibes in Broadwater

vibes

Hi everyone,  It is the time of year that our favourite season for local estuary fishing starts. The water is cooling, which brings a change of species, including flathead, flounder, tailor, jewfish, winter whiting, blue swimmer crab and squid in bigger sizes and numbers compared to warmer months. Something I love doing is trying new lures, and lately I’ve added …

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Broadwater biting bonanza

broadwater

Hi everyone, hard to believe it’s March already. Times flies when you’re having fun, and we have been having lots of fishing fun on our estuary charters. Brad Smith has, as usual, been catching heaps of flathead, jewfish, trevally and more for clients on his lure-fishing charters on the Tweed River. Smithy has been an estuary fishing guide for over …

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Summer whiting on lures

whiting

Hi everyone, it’s crazy that we are into February already. January flew by so fast, with plenty of charters for us during peak season. The fishing has been excellent – bumper catches of big sand whiting, still plenty of flathead and even late runs of tailor feeding in the Broadwater on huge schools of whitebait. Mangrove jack will continue to …

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Cracking lure colour codes

lure

G’day everyone, and happy new year to all. I hope you all had time to relax with loved ones and go fishing over the festive period. While fishing is meant to be enjoyable, regularly catching fish makes it even more fun. One of the main things I pay attention to as a guide is lure colour. You will hear many …

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Small lures – big fish

lures

Hi everyone, here we are at the end of 2022 already! The months have flown by so fast and we’re now into the summer fishing season. We are still in a La Niña phase of weather – in fact, this will be the third summer in a row of this type of pattern – which means higher-than-average rainfall, and this …

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