Fishing

THE Paradise Stocking Association is holding its seventh Catch a Catty Family Fishing Competition on August 26 and 27, 2017. A boat package is up for grabs for the senior major draw on Sunday and the junior major draw is a kayak.  The competition is held at Mingo Crossing Caravan and Recreational Park on Gayndah Mount Perry Rd.  Mingo Crossing …

New USC-led research has gone beneath the surface of the Moreton Bay Marine Park, along the coastline from Pumicestone Passage to the Gold Coast, to find the preferred environments of estuarine fish species. And the results surprised the USC team led by Research Fellow in Coastal and Marine Ecology Dr Ben Gilby. “Our team compared the number and diversity of …

THE Zerek Live Mullet is a soft plastic jointed swimbait available in three sizes. Built from super-strong TPE thermoplastic, the Live Mullet uses the same concept as the widely acclaimed Live Shrimp to emulate natural prey movements and trigger strikes. To achieve this goal, the designers used a segmented body held together with a Kevlar webbing, giving strength and unparalleled …

Seqwater is urging recreational fishers to take care when removing and disposing of tilapia from South East Queensland waterways, with reports of people using the noxious fish as bait. Seqwater Biosecurity Officer Perry Ward said the invasive fish species (pest fish) had managed to dominate natural waterways across the region since they were first introduced into Australia in the 1970s. …

AVOIDING crocodiles and hunting mussel DNA are two priorities as the surveillance effort continues in the hunt for Asian green mussels around Weipa, following the discovery of a single mussel south of the town in May 2017. Biosecurity Queensland officers have spent time working with local businesses and the community to check areas where the mussels may take up residence, …

Operation NASSE, a multi-lateral regional maritime surveillance operation between Australia, the US, France and New Zealand, ran from July 3-13 and covered the waters between Exclusive Economic Zones of regional countries. Its aim was to deter illegal fishing in some of the most intensely fished sea-lanes in the region, the Western and Central Pacific Oceans. Together, the operation resulted in …

It wasn’t a bad run to the islands, but as we pushed out past them we became really exposed to the swell, so we just took our time and anchored up on the first rock. Almost as soon as the bait hit the bottom, the boys were on, with a couple of solid fish of about 3kg coming over the …

With yellow rain jackets donned by all, guests were rewarded with splendid samson fish and amberjack that were released. Maori cod and moses perch were added to the dinner menu. Gold FM asked Fish the Deep if we would we take some of their radio personalities out for a competition of ‘which announcer could catch the biggest fish’. With all …

ABOUT 5500 barramundi have died in the cold weather of southern Australia. Victorian Fisheries Authority confirmed all but 1500 of the 7000 fish placed in a discharge pond connected to the now-defunct Hazelwood power plant late last year have died. Winter water temperatures dropped to 12C — less than half the desired 26C to 32C temperature range barra prefer. However, …