Local Reports

There have been some good whiting taken from around the Dog Beach and Munna point areas. Bream have been in good numbers right throughout the system. Some popular spots including the Gympie Terrace stretch, dog beach, Tewantin boat ramp and river mouth. Fresh mullet strips and salted bonito seems to be working best. After a fish last Friday night, the …

Fishing live baits around jetties, bridges and heavy structure has been successful. Also 4” paddle tail soft plastics have been accounting for a few of the bigger fish. Solid queenfish are still rounding up bait schools in Woods Bays and around the river mouth. Surface popper have been the go with  the new  River2Sea Baby Bells really doing the job, …

It seems like so long since we’ve had light winds on the Gold Coast but this week has been good because both the swell and wind have eased, giving us fishos a chance to get out and have some fun. Fishing the Gold Coast Seaway has been productive this week with some nice Jewfish, Yellow Tail Kingfish, Trevally, Squire and Bream …

Campers staying at the Miara Caravan Park are reporting catching some nice whiting, grunter and flathead around the sand bar in front of the park. Good numbers of mud crabs are also been caught and with a bit of effort, cast-netting, most guys have been getting a fresh feed of prawns. Lake Gregory is continuing to fire.  Quite a few …

In the Noosa River, bream and whiting have been on the bite throughout the upper reaches of the river with the Frying Pan and Dog Beach flats both producing goods numbers of fish. Fresh or live bait like pipis and beach worms have been the key to success fished on a size four longshank hook. If you want to try …

The past week has only see a few brief windows of opportunity to hit the water with strong wind for most of the week with only the last few days providing some clear skies with little wind.  The forecast for this weekend isn’t looking much better as we will be feeling the effects of TC Winton as the coast cops …

We’ve seen another mixed bag of weather on the Gold Coast this week, the strong Southerly wind eased towards the end of the week but will be back for the weekend at this stage. Finding a spot out of the wind for the next few days will be important if you want to go fishing. Given the strong South/South Easterly change …

by trolling spoons and hard body lures that dive between 3-5 metres like the halco scorpion doing the damage. Casting and retrieving lures like the flasha lures have been working best on the school and grey mackerel.  Just remember these lures work best retrieved at high speed. We haven’t had many reports from the reef fishermen due to the weather, here …

Hi there anglers, With February throwing its usual little weather tantrum it honestly hasn’t been that bad. The cyclone off Fiji will be pushing some big swell this weekend. Wind speeds will be up to 15-20 knots. This means that Friday is our last day to head offshore. But the outlook hopefully will be in favour to the angler after …

This reprieve from the wind doesn’t look like it will last too long with it set to pick up again From Sunday to around 20knots from the south east.  For those wanting to get out, Saturday morning will be glamorous, with light winds from ESE between 5-10knots.  Hot humid conditions will also make for an ideal time to get out …