Fishing News

The Great Aussie Crab Pot Recovery

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Lurking below the surface is a growing threat to marine habitat and your next big catch. Piles of lost, abandoned, and discarded crab pots, known as ghost gear, are accumulating in popular fishing spots. In partnership with with OceanEarth Foundation, through its Ghostnets Australia program, OzFish Unlimited are on a mission to remove abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear (ghost …

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Bundaberg – weekly fishing report

Inshore fishing Last week saw one of the best weather windows we have had in a very long time and this weekend is shaping up to be another cracker couple of days. With 4 straight days of glamour conditions it’s safe to say it was a bad few days to be a fish. The inshore reefs have provided some really good …

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Project fills information gaps on reproductive kingfish

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Project Kingfish is a collaboration between scientists at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, various universities and expert recreational anglers to collect urgently needed information and fill knowledge gaps about the reproductive kingfish population, and is enabled by funding from the NSW Recreational Fishing Trusts and the Victorian Recreational Fishing Grants Program. The problem Yellowtail kingfish are one of Australia’s …

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Sunshine Coast – weekly fishing report

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Welcome to this week’s Sunshine Coast Fishing Report. It’s been another week marked by rain and less-than-ideal conditions for our local anglers. Unfortunately for estuary enthusiasts, it seems we’re at least another week away from seeing the dirty water fully flushed from our river systems, and that’s if we have no more rain. Despite these challenges, there are still opportunities …

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Important information on sooty grunter

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Important – any sooty grunter caught in the Mary River MUST be destroyed, no matter the size. Same applies to any sooty grunter caught in any southeast Queensland waterways. This announcement comes on the back of sooty grunter potentially being caught and released into waterways that are NOT their natural environment. This causes an imbalance in the system and impacts …

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Freshwater gold clam found in Brisbane River

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A highly invasive species of clam, freshwater gold clam (Corbicula fluminea), has been detected for the first time in Australia at several places along the Brisbane River at Savages Crossing, Colleges Crossing and Riverside Park. Freshwater gold clam is highly invasive because of its rapid growth rate, high reproductive rate, and ability to broadcast its larvae over a broad area …

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Sunshine Coast – weekly fishing report

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Welcome to this week’s Sunshine Coast Fishing Report. Poor weather conditions have resulted in few catches over the past week. This week’s report therefore is short and sweet! With more rain and wind predicted for the coming week, it’s looking like another quiet week on the water. Offshore Over the last week, the weather gods turned on a few prime …

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Bundaberg – weekly fishing report

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Inshore fishing Although we have not had much of a chance to head out with the unfavourable conditions lately the inshore reefs have still been fishing well in the small weather windows we have had. The standout fish have been the pelagic’s, a lot of tuna, mackerel, queenfish and trevally have been around. The school mackerel have been at times hard …

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Rejuvenating and enriching shellfish populations in Qld

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The Quilted Oyster Doona stands at the forefront of a revolutionary strategy for shellfish reef restoration, providing a tailored solution to overcome challenges in rejuvenating and enriching shellfish populations across diverse marine environments. The QOD provides a pragmatic and sustainable avenue for shellfish reef restoration and fortifies the structural integrity of marine infrastructure. Rock walls, which are home to a …

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Sunshine Coast – weekly fishing report

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Welcome to this week’s Sunshine Coast Fishing Report. Fishing conditions continue to be tricky, with the remnants of the previous week’s flooding still affecting local fishing. Wind and swell should make offshore a no-go until a brief reprieve next Wednesday, after which conditions look to deteriorate again. Hot and muggy conditions look as though they’ll continue into next week, with …

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