Local Reports

Well, it’s almost here – the annual Win Television Lake Monduran Family Fishing Classic is being held this weekend, 15th and 16th of October 2016.  There have been plenty of barramundi caught at Lake Monduran over the past few weeks, so with a bit of luck this year’s classic should be a cracker. At this stage the weather is looking …

It’s been pretty windy on the Gold Coast this week, making finding a weather window between the constant Northerly and South Easterly wind changes a bit challenging. While the wind is around the estuaries and river have been the best option.  The weekend is looking ok at this stage for getting out amongst some action. Customers that have found a …

We had pretty tough conditions for competitors fishing the Gold Coast Flathead Classic with Strong W/NW winds testing out everyone’s patience. It was nice to see the wind ease by Sunday and give everyone a perfect weather window to get out on the water over the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend. The Gold Coast Flathead Classic dominated the fishing news on …

Lake Monduran fired this week during the northerly winds, with good numbers of big barra up to 104cm being taken.  Most were caught around the “B” section of the dam on Jackall Squirrels fished tight to the edge of the timber.  If the northerlies keep up the barra fishing will only get better. Hopefully the weather and wind will be …

WITH it being the last week of the school holidays families were out in force along the Noosa River. After last week’s rain the water now has a bit of colour to it and the fish seem to be feeding that bit more aggressively. Large flathead are still in great numbers and taking soft plastics like the River2Sea Chase Baits, …

Our Houseboat customers have reported a good mixed bag of species being caught this week from the Broadwater and Jumpinpin area, plenty of kids have been getting amongst the action.  Majority of the Houseboats have been finding some bream, whiting, flathead and a few sand and mud crabs.  Some good spots are the Coomera River, Tipplers Passage, The Neverfail Islands, …

ALL in all the weather around the Bundaberg area hasn’t been too bad for the kids on school holidays.  Some excellent reports have come in from both estuary and offshore during this past week. The Burnett River has continued to produce the goods with some top quality flathead and grunter keeping the youngsters amused.  Both soft plastics and fresh baits …

WITH reports of water temperatures rising over the last week, good size Flathead have been taken on lures and small pilchards with hots spots being around sand banks near the mouth, back of the sound and the entrance to the first lake. The new Fish Candy Chasebaits in 3 and 4 inch paddle bait have been dynamite on these quality …

The past week has seen some quality fish caught around the Bundaberg area, from both estuary and offshore. Last weekend saw a few boats head offshore and a lot of the boats that got out came home with some quality coral trout, grass sweetlip, parrot and a few big spanish mackerel. There is heaps of bait offshore at the moment …

With School Holidays in full swing we have lots of family’s and crews out on the Houseboats this week trying their luck at landing some fish and crabs for dinner.  Weather wise the week hasn’t been too bad just a bit of rain on Wednesday to deal with, let’s see what has been biting. It’s fantastic to see lots of …