Local Reports

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 …

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Quite a few barramundi have been hooked up at Lake Monduran this past week.  Locating the barra with a side-imaging sounder gives you confidence that you are in the right spot.  Once you’ve found a point or bay with good numbers of barra on the screen, try using a few different techniques to get the barra to strike.  The most …

If you are using Prawns just peel them and use the head and shell for burley, bread is another great option. Some land based options are the Paradise Point Jetty, Lands End Biggera Waters, Grand Hotel Jetty, Southport Bridge or Coomera River Bridge. In the boat try the Coomera River, Pimpama River, Tiger Mullet Channel, Jacobs Well, Short Island and …

Long tail and mac tuna have been seen feeding in the vicinity of Laguna bay and Sunshine reef, the tell tail sign to look for is dive bombing birds, 30 to 60 gram silver slugs and 4-5” jerk shad style soft plastics have been working a treat. Snapper, sweetlip, tuskies and the ever popular coral trout have all been in …

In the river, mangrove jack are still in good numbers, getting up early and heading up the river pitching hard body lures at the banks is a perfect way to target these fish. Give the River2sea Live Minnows a go in the 95mm size, these are perfect on the baitcaster, using a baitcaster outfit will give you the pinpoint accuracy …

School holidays are now in full swing and there is less than a week until Christmas the area is buzzing with plenty of visitors to the Cooloola region and numbers will only increase as the week goes on. With Mudlo rocks being covered in sand beach conditions are pretty good at the moment however you should always check first as …