Local Reports

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, some great conditions mid-week for getting out for a fish on the Gold and Tweed Coats was well received by local fishos. It looks like we will see some storms and much needed rain over the coming weekend and week, this will be great for fishing in the coming weeks …

A few charters did well to punch through the swell on the bar and head out to wider marks to score a good mixed bag. Double Island is always a favourite when the sea’s allow and the catch consisted of snapper, cobia, mahi mahi, tuskies, sweetlip, AJ’s and jewfish. As mentioned in previous reports you can access DI by launching …

BUNDABERG INSHORE With the Coral Reef Fin Fish closure being from  the 14th to the 18th of October,  the reef fishing around the Bundaberg area will be out of the picture this weekend.  Lucky there’s plenty of schoolie mackerel on the inshore reefs to keep us amused.  Fast-retrieving Flasha spoons off the bottom and sinking lightly-weighted pilchards to the bottom …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, warm sunny days are starting to be the norm on the Tweed and Gold Coast as the Spring weather pattern kicks in. A good dose of rain would be great to stir up the rivers and give the snot weed a flush out as it is starting to be annoying, …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Finally, at this stage the forecast for the Bundaberg area for this weekend is looking okay for the offshore anglers to sneak out and have a crack.  Due to the ordinary weather we have had for the past few weeks, we have not had many reports so fingers crossed there will be plenty of trophy fish caught this …

  Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, it was great to see a run of nice weather on the Tweed and Gold Coast for the Queen’s Birthday Long weekend seeing plenty of happy people enjoying our fantastic waterways fishing and relaxing. let’s check out what’s been on the bite this week. Over the long weekend and …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, a bit of a cooler end to September School Holidays with Southerly winds making conditions average at times for fishing on the Gold and Tweed coast. Great news we have a long weekend to get out and have some fun, let’s have a look at some fishing options to explore. …

BUNDABERG INSHORE The schoolie mackerel have turned up along the Bundaberg coastline in awesome numbers over the past week.  Pretty much every patch of structure from Burnett Heads to Elliott Heads that holds bait will have mackerel all over it.  Even the guys fishing off the rocks have been getting their share.  Fast-retrieving metal slugs and lightly weighting pilchards will …

With the winds becoming variable from a few knots to 20+ the offshore scene has been quieter this week. Some smaller boats managed to head out and make the most of conditions and came home with smaller snapper, sweetlip and a coral trout or two from Sunshine Reef. The charter trips ran to DI and managed bigger snapper, cobia, sweetlip, …

BUNDABERG INSHORE The weather forecast for this weekend for the Bundaberg area isn’t looking the best with the wind starting to blow from Thursday onwards.  It might be time to get the light gear out and hit the river systems.  As always, make sure you check the latest forecast before heading out. BURNETT RIVER With the warmer weather here the …