Fishing News

Australia’s fish habitat charity, OzFish, is calling on the help of Australia’s recreational fishing and ocean-loving super sleuths to track down the country’s remaining tropical shellfish reefs – so they can be studied and restored. OzFish, in collaboration with Griffith University, is asking Australians to keep their eyes peeled for tropical shellfish reefs while out on the water. If they …

Spanish mackerel stocks in Queensland are no longer at historically low levels. Our latest stock assessment indicates this iconic and much-loved fish have a stock biomass at a median of 34 per cent of unfished levels in Queensland waters. Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) is an important commercial and recreational fish species in Queensland that is prized for its status as …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing That howling SE wind has sure put a stop to the cracking run of weather we have had since Easter. Although the inshore and offshore fishing has been off the cards this week, the weeks prior have seen them fish incredibly well. Now that we are coming into the season for our offshore fishing, it is the perfect …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing This week has again seen some really good fishing weather which has enabled plenty of keen anglers to venture inshore and offshore with great results. The pelagic action along our coast is in top shape at the moment with spanish mackerel, long tail tuna, big queenfish and GT just to name a few being regular captures. For those …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing How good was that weather window over the Easter long weekend! We could not have asked for better fishing weather and they were chewing! Plenty of boats headed out with Turkey Beach and Agnes Waters boat ramp absolutely packed. We saw the reefs at the bottom end of the Bunker Group such as Fitzroy, Lamont and Boult produce …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing How good is the weather forecast looking! This long weekend is shaping up to be the opportunity we have all been waiting for to get out fishing! This week has again seen our inshore ground hold really good numbers of pelagic fish such as longtail tuna, queenfish, school mackerel and even more numbers of spanish have come in …

Inshore/Offshore Fishing Despite the dirty water our pelagic fishing off the coastline has been spectacular again this week. The long tail tuna are thick and have been smashing bait balls, casting small metal slugs or soft plastics over the top of the feeding frenzy and winding back through them has picked up some cracking fish. These long tail have not …

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 …