Fishing News

Inshore Fishing Our Inshore fishing has been red hot and the good weather has meant even the smaller boats are getting out and stuck into plenty of quality fish. The standout fish being caught are the school mackerel, snapper, grunter and jewfish! The mackerel are all along our coastline and to find these fish you should be fishing areas that …

Winter is snapper time in southeast Queensland and since the introduction of the closed season from mid-July to mid-August, June is the month to chase a few. The cooler water temperature and light southerly wind that we typically experience during June are perfect conditions for schooling snapper to feed and spawn. Snapper are an incredible fish, particularly when you consider …

Inshore Fishing We have certainly had a cracking run of weather again this week and the weekend is also looking primo! Plenty of really good sized spanish, grunter and snapper are being caught on our inshore reefs! The spanish have been best targeted in the early mornings and late afternoons as this is when they are higher up in the …

Inshore Fishing Well what a cracking week we have had so far! The weather has been pristine and plenty of fish have been caught. The south westerly winds have cleared the inshore water clarity up and with the cool change we have seen some quality snapper being caught. These fish have been chewing hard as they usually do during the …

Over the past three weeks, I have penned six pages on recreational freshwater fishing in Queensland, as I know it. It’s come down to the demise of this section of Fisheries Queensland over the past six years. The loss of two doctors of fisheries biology and a further six biologists who were stationed throughout regional areas both east and west …

Welcome to this week’s Sunshine Coast Fishing Report. It’s been another quiet week, particularly inshore, with not many catches reported. Despite the lull, there are still good opportunities for keen anglers. with patience once again key. As we head into the weekend, weather conditions look favourable for inshore anglers, however there are a few showers predicted. Offshore fishers might find …

Inshore Fishing The inshore reefs have been producing plenty of action over the past week with spanish mackerel and grunter being the standout captures. The spanish have been hanging out on most of the inshore reefs with the Artificial off the Elliot being one of the hot spots. Trolling gar and hardbody lures around areas looking for the big shows …

Welcome to this week’s Sunshine Coast Fishing Report. It’s been a quiet week for fishing, with weather conditions limiting offshore opportunities. However, rivers have been productive for those with patience. This weekend looks promising, with light winds forecast for both inshore and offshore. Expect big tides due to tonight’s full moon, along with cooler days and some rain. Offshore Offshore …

Inshore Fishing Our inshore reefs are on fire again this week, from pelagic fish to trout, cod, grunter and some snapper they are producing some awesome fishing. For those chasing mackerel finding the bait has been key, trolling some hard-body lures or whole garfish has worked well to find the schoolies, greys and some of the big spanish that have …

When we’re out fishing, most of the fish we catch – and many we don’t – need to migrate at some point in their lifecycle, due to resource limitation or to breed. fishways Around Australia, there are thousands of physical barriers to fish movement and passage, limiting the ability of fish to migrate, reducing the total amount of habitat available …