Local Reports

Just keep in mind the size limit for barramundi in Queensland is between 58cm and 120cm and there is a bag limit of five per person. By all reports Gin Gin and Monduran did not receive as much rain as Bundaberg.  I did hear that Lake Monduran has come up around 300mm, but the water colour was still clean enough …

Fresh mullet has been the bait of choice as the oily flesh lets off a lot of scent in the dirtier water. Quality bream have also been hitting fresh mullet baits around the rocky stretches of river, Woods Bays has seen quality queenfish hitting surface lures like the 44 & 65 mm River2sea Bubble Pops. Mud crabs are making themselves …

Neap tides early next week will be the ideal time to fish areas such as Teebar ledge, Bluff reef and the channel between Inskip & Fraser Island.  For best results get out early and fish the change of light for species such as snapper, sweetlip and cod. Until next week stay safe on the water. Regards, Jim Cole Tin Can …

While targeting Mangrove Jack we have seen some good size Estuary Cod and Trevally who like to frequent the same areas.  Best baits are live Mullet or Herring, for the lure fishermen both soft plastics and hard body’s work well depending of the areas you are targeting. Good numbers of solid Whiting have been caught this week throughout the Broadwater, …

Let’s hope everyone’s recovered from the Australia Day celebrations this week.  Despite a little bit of rain early, the day turned out to be fantastic and it was great to see that heaps of anglers around the Bundaberg area made the most of the good conditions. Unfortunately the winds are expected to pick up towards this weekend, restricting any action back …

Trolling the Strada Dredge 70’s around 3 knots has been seeing success early morning and late afternoon. Also soft plastics like the Boom Bait 3” bomb shads has been proving there worth with a constant super slow roll along the bottom and over the drop offs. During the low light hours trevally and mangrove jack have been on the chew …

We have had some pretty awesome conditions over the past week with warm sunny days with only light winds.  With schools of spotty and Spanish mackerel working just beyond the bar there has been plenty of boaties taking advantage of the great conditions to get amongst them. Even the close in reefs in front of Rainbow have been fishing well for …

Flathead have a very rough mouth and will wear through trace line as they shake from side to side, best to try to keep their head in the water for as long as possible before netting, also the use of a longshank hook about size 2 or 4 will give you a bit of extra insurance. We have had reports …

Well, the forecast for this weekend for the Bundaberg area is not looking too flash at this stage, with some moderate north-easterly winds predicted.  As always, just keep an eye on the latest forecast to see how this pans out. Over the past week everyone has been talking about the prawns that are around in good numbers in all our local …

Trevally and queenfish have been present in the Woods Bays again surface lures first thing in the morning or soft plastics as the sun get up. Good quality flathead have been coming from the lower reaches of the river. Drifting whole fish baits or live baits has been doing most of the damage. Plastics like the berkley 4” nemesis slowly …