Fishing News

Inshore/Offshore Fishing This week’s fishing has continued to see our inshore grounds produce some quality fish. The standout’s are the spanish mackerel and long tail tuna that are around in great numbers. Trolling whole garfish or floating out live yakka’s, slimey’s or dead pilchards is a great way to target these spanish. Good area’s to focus your attention are the …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing How good was that weather window on Monday this week! Those who were fortunate enough to head out sure had a spectacular day on the water in glass conditions. The bottom fishing was red hot with big large mouth nannygai and red emperor caught for those who headed North, fishing ground around the Warrego’s and marks towards the …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing Unfortunately this week has not held any opportunities for us to head offshore fishing with a cyclone currently sitting east off of Townsville causing some very strong south-easterly winds. These winds are likely to stick around whilst this cyclone builds and until it passes however as we have seen in the past, the weather off the back of …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing Earlier this week did house some gaps in the weather and those fortunate enough to capitalize on these opportunities were rewarded. With these windows being short lived the inshore fishing grounds have been the favorite for fishos due to their close proximity. We have been seeing these inshore marks continue to produce great numbers of grunter and grass …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing This week has provided us with some better conditions for fishing and those who were able to take advantage and head out have been rewarded. This Saturday morning is also looking like a nice chance to venture out the front, make sure to check the latest weather forecast as this time of year the Northerly Winds are renowned …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing The strong easterly winds this week have certainly limited the amount of fishing being done along our coast and offshore. When the weather is like this we always preach the importance of maintenance from the trailer and outboard right through to your rods and reels. Ensure everything is in order so once the weather does turn good again …

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In a significant milestone for Gladstone Area Water Board, Aquaculture Gladstone has successfully released 68,000 sea mullet fingerlings into Lake Awoonga. GAWB chief executive officer Darren Barlow said the release was significant for fisheries throughout Australia. “This is a huge step forward, not only for Aquaculture Gladstone but for the entire industry, showing large-scale production is possible in controlled environments, …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing The inshore reefs are currently fishing great numbers of mackerel with all three types of our commonly caught mackerel showing themselves – spanish, school and grey mackerel. Flasha spoons or trolled garfish and hardbody lures have worked really well on these fish. All of our inshore reefs and wrecks are good spots to target these mackerel, the 2 …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing The inshore reefs are definitely still fishing great at the moment and plenty of variety is on the cards if you are fishing these areas. Finding the bait has been key, most of our inshore marks are holding great amounts of bait and with that has been plenty of school mackerel and some schools of spanish and grey …