Fishing News

A quick reminder that yabby traps are prohibited for use by recreational fishers in all NSW waters to help prevent inadvertent capture of native wildlife. Do your bit to save our native aquatic wildlife and do not use ‘opera house’ style yabby traps. Instead, eco-friendly open pyramid lift nets or hoop nets should be used as alternatives to yabby traps …

A fantastic day was had at the Wyaralong Dam Carp and Tilapia Eradication Competition, seeing 280 competitors, with a large number of families and kids. It was great to see so many kids getting involved in the fishing, catching and learning about pest fish. Huge numbers of fish were caught, with 1174 noxious fish being removed – 244 carp and …

Inshore/Offshore fishing Friday and Saturday are both looking like great days to be fishing our inshore reefs with winds predicted around 5 knots both days with only 0.5m of swell in close. Trolling for some mackerel will be a great idea with the big tides pushing plenty of water around and this is an easy way to catch a feed …

A fishing holiday targeting bucket list species has netted a $20,000 Christmas cash catch for a Maleny fisher who jagged first prize in the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Fish’n’SIPS tagged fishing competition. Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said Billy Perske claimed the cash after landing his dream catch, a 1-metre-long …

With summer finally here, it is likely that popular fishing locations will start to see an increase in fishing activity and in some cases, unfortunately, that means more litter and lost fishing gear. Fishing related litter has not only been identified as an important environmental threat in NSW, but it can contribute to poor recreational fishing social licence amongst the …

Held on October 16-19, 2022, the Fitzroy River Barra Bash was a great success. Day 1 recap On the board were 67 barramundi – six of those coming in at the magic 1m mark – a huge effort by our anglers! King threadfin were also out in abundance, with 28 on the tally board. The biggest barramundi recorded for Day …

Women from around the Sunshine Coast and greater Moreton Bay region, including the Gold Coast, are invited to take part in the 2023 Women’s Fishing Classic. Participants are encouraged to register early. Women with all skill sets are encouraged to apply – from novice beginners to fierce competitors. The founder of the Women’s Fishing Classic Nicole Robinson said the competition …

Inshore/Offshore Our inshore reefs have been full of bait and the pelagic fish have been around in big schools and feeding aggressively. Fishing big bommies or ledges has been a great technique or keeping an eye out for any action along the top of the water. Using 5 inch jerk tail soft plastics either twitched through the school of feeding pelagic fish or …

Purchase a SIPS permit and fish in 5 of our stocked impoundments and be in the running to win up to $50,000 in the Fish ‘n SIPS tagged fish competition. The competition opens 14 December 2022 and ends on 31 October 2023, or until all 15 prizes have been claimed. Competition locations To be in the running, you need to …

Illegal Net seized after tip-off from public. A 200m mesh net has been seized following information from the public. The net was recovered from the Batemans Marine Park in the Batemans Bay (Clyde River) Habitat Protection Zone. Netting is prohibited in the Clyde River. The net was hidden below the surface and had no visible floats, the informant encountered the …