Fishing

The Taiwanese Fisheries Research Institute recently announced it had completed an experiment to artificially inseminate narrow-barred spanish mackerel at sea, successfully reproducing fries. The institute said it would continue to develop technology geared toward raising the mackerel and making the fish a flagship product for Taiwan. The narrow-barred spanish mackerel is a migratory species and has long been a favourite …

Hi everyone, it’s been an amazing winter of fishing on the Gold Coast – let’s hope it continues. flathead August is well known for its annual westerly wind and cool mornings. Flathead and squid are two creatures I enjoy chasing for my charter customers during this month. The best thing is, we don’t have to start too early in the …

The fishing last month was good, and it continued into this month. Even though we had a few days of rain and a couple were windy, overall the weather wasn’t too bad, which meant we’ve been out and plenty of nice fish were caught. Now, I may have done an article on this topic already, though I’m not too sure …

Inshore fishing The inshore reefs have been producing plenty of action over the past week with spanish mackerel, grunter and snapper being the standout fish caught. With the few good days of weather earlier this week we got some great reports from those who managed to sneak out for a fish. The spanish have been hanging out on most of …

It’s been a quiet week for fishing on the Sunshine Coast! Conditions haven’t been great, with only a couple of good days with light breezes between the windier spells. While estuary fishing has been on the quieter side, offshore has been nothing short of spectacular, with snapper showing up everywhere. Unfortunately, the weather forecast for the next week looks pretty …

The only way I could start this article was with a cracking smile from one of our great clients ‘Dan the destroyer’, with a couple of local Moreton Bay snapper captured before the closure! bait I sometimes think Dan and Jack spend more time fishing the local area than they do at work. But they certainly know how to find …

After what seems like weeks of wet and windy weather, this weekend is looking perfect to get out and wet a line! Spring-like conditions are expected over the weekend with warm sunny days and light winds. Conditions look pretty good up until next Thursday when the winds start to pick up. The Solunar Calendar indicates Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next …

Inshore fishing This weekend is looking mint for any inshore fishers with the swell and wind looking good for the small boats to head out and the weather starting to warm up we should see a lot of trout and sweetlip starting to really fire up and start smashing the baits and lures being offered. A lot of the inshore …

In the previous issue, we started a discussion on using soft vibes. We discussed terminal tackle, types of soft vibes and fine tuning. This month, we’ll be looking into the more technical side of catching fish on soft vibration lures. The first topic I would like to cover is retrieves. There are so many ways you can work a soft …

The state’s peak seafood industry body has called on state government to halt its imminent drastic cuts to spanish mackerel catches for professional, charter and recreational fishers. This follows the release of a draft independent scientific report questioning the fisheries department figures behind the planned catch cuts and saying the figures should not be used for management decisions. Queensland Seafood …