Local Reports

You will be happy to know that Brett will be back next week and I am sure will have a story to two to tell about the one that got away! In the meantime, Mike here with the local report for this week. Lots of activity on the water over the weekend due to the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show and …

There have been some great tailor coming into the Noosa River and one of the best ways to target them is on  surface lures, early morning and late afternoon has been the prime time. Don’t forget to upsize that leader material as tailor are notorious for bite offs. Lightly weighted pillies have also been effective baits. Golden, diamond, big eye …

There has also been good numbers of flathead, big blue salmon, grunter and the odd mangrove jack and barra being caught. It is great to see the Burnett River so healthy.  The river is holding huge amounts of bait fish and prawns which has been attracting better class of fish to the Burnett. Lake Gregory’s bass have been a little …

Hello everyone!  Brett has taken some well-earned leave for a week or two, so the fishing report has been left up to me this week.  From all the reports we hear it has  been a good week to get out and about on the Gold Coast and chase a few fish. We are still experiencing some very unseasonably warm weather …

WHAT a weekend! Last weekend would have to have been one of the best we have seen this year for anglers. Starting with the Noosa River; quality tailor have been in good number in the lower stretches of the river. Big live baits at night have been the most consistent option to target the larger fish. Surface lures have also …

The largest barramundi I’ve heard of this week was at 108cm, caught on a suspending hard body lure.  Pulse Vibes have also been very successful on barra and bass worked much closer to the bottom. Fish with confidence, Dale Smith

Customers have been finding some good early season bream around Short Island, Tiger Mullet Channel, Logan River, Jacobs Well, Tipplers Passage, The Coomera River, Paradise Point and the Gold Coast Seaway. Mullet fillet, white pilchards, fisho’s and yabbies are great bait. Reports of a few tailor and trevally showing this week throughout the system, we have plenty of herring schools …

School mackerel and massive Spanish mackerel have been holding on any structure and are biting well on floating pilchards and gar. Live baits have been very effective, also getting smashed as the pelagic species move through. A few schools of tuna have been mixed through the mackerel. The tuna are also fantastic fun to catch, either by casting small metal …

Larger bream numbers are on the increase. Lightly weighted flesh baits like fresh mullet being the best approach. Trevally numbers are also increasing with Golden, Giant and Tea Leaf Trevally all feeding around the low light periods. Woods Bays, Munna Point and the back of Noosa Sound have been the most active areas. Surface lures and small plastics like the …