Fishing News

Bundaberg – weekly fishing report

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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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A six pack of fishing yarns

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How do you even start to write a final article for a magazine that has brought many people so much joy, inspiration and information. fishing We’re all here because we love the sport and to a myriad of us it’s more than a sport, it’s a lifestyle, a passion and for me, the industry has also made up my entire …

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Aquaculture Gladstone celebrates sea mullet

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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, …

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Bundaberg – weekly fishing report

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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 …

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Bundaberg – weekly fishing report

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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 …

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Bundaberg – weekly fishing report

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Inshore/Offshore Fishing This week has seen our inshore reefs fish very well for both our lure and bait fishos. Both the 2 mile off Bargara and the Artificial off Elliott Heads have had their fair share of grass sweetlip, grunter and school mackerel around making for some great fishing. Targeting the grunter and sweetlip with whole prawns or strips of …

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Bundaberg – weekly fishing report

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Inshore/Offshore Fishing This last week has finally seen some good periods of weather which has enabled plenty of people to head out into the blue after what has felt like months of strong winds. This time of year the sharks are usually quite savage and at the moment this is certainly the case. The majority of anglers who headed out …

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OzFish launch sustainable fishing comps in NSW

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Sustainable fishing charity OzFish Unlimited and social enterprise Reflections Holidays are pleased to launch the Reflections Sustainable Fishing Series, a series of angling competitions held in NSW’s premier fishing destinations across three weekends in 2024 and 2025. With a wide variety of fishing categories, a $25,000 prize pool per event, family friendly entertainment and plenty of activities, keen anglers are …

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Peeking into the secret lives of sawfish

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New research is using genetic techniques to assess populations of the protected narrow sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidate) in northern Australia. Commercial fishers in the Northern Prawn Fishery are working with CSIRO researchers to better estimate the narrow sawfish population and understand the stock structure of this protected species. They are considered one of the most threatened families of marine fish in …

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2024 AFTA Hall of Fame Inductee – Ern Grant

Ern Grant

Ern Grant was a Queensland government biologist and, in 1963, was asked to produce a book called Know Your Fishes. This book was commissioned due to the introduction of size and bag limits and the realisation that many anglers couldn’t correctly identify fish, which made prosecutions for illegal catches difficult. In 1965, that first book evolved into Grant’s Guide to …

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