Local Reports

Heading offshore a great option on Gold Coast

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, it was good to see the nice run of weather on the Gold and Tweed Coasts continue giving anglers some nice conditions last weekend and the start of the week to get on the water and find some action. Let’s have a look at what’s been biting . With good weather …

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Bass on the chew in the dams

Over the past weekend I headed up north to chase some Australian bass in Lake Gregory, Bundaberg. This is a small dam that’s quite easy to get your head around if you already know a thing or two about bass. Most fish were sitting deep and eating 10g spoons and small blades. It was a hot session both days, with …

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Tailor and jewies to improve on Sunshine Coast beaches

tailor and jewies sunshine coast

With Sunday and Monday blowing 30 knots or more it came as a welcome surprise to see glassed out conditions on Tuesday and much of the week. In the lead up to the Full moon the fish were certainly chewing hard with some outstanding captures in the river. Offshore we saw a solid mixed bag of species and a few …

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Cracker weekend on the way for Bundaberg fishos

cracker weekend bundaberg

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Around the Bundaberg area, it looks like we are in for a cracker weekend of weather!  With the smaller tides the deep should be fishing awesome all day.  Using big flesh baits on Elkat ganged hooks should stir up the big reds.  Remember to stay patient through all the smaller hussar bites and wait for that big red …

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Smaller flathead sitting on sand around Gold Coast

smaller flathead gold coast

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, how good has the weather been on the Tweed and Gold Coasts with cooler starts turning into nice warm sunny days and light winds perfect for going fishing. Let’s see what has been happening this week. Last Saturday I headed up around Jumpinpin with the kids to have a look around …

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Typical winter weather and fishing off Noosa

typical winter fishing noosa

What a turn around and what a shame for those who had the weekend off. The weather gods turned things around following a blustery weekend and we got stuck into some typical winter weather. With a fading ground swell to less than a metre and light offshore winds anyone who had time off was headed offshore. The local reefs that …

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Lake Monduran barra fishery firing near Bundaberg

monduran barra fishery bundaberg

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Even though the weather around the Bundaberg area was not as good as the forecast had predicted, quite a few reef anglers still ventured out to have a crack.  The good news is that there was some massive snapper starting to show up on some of the popular marks to the north.  Good reports also came from the …

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Winter westerly wind cools the Gold Coast

winter westerly wind snapper gold coast

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, the winter westerly winds have certainly cooled things down on the Gold and Tweed Coasts. Plenty of Sunshine and light wind has produced awesome Fishing conditions for everyone to enjoy. Let’s have a look at some weekend fishing options. Fisho Tackle customers have had perfect weather for fishing this week. They …

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Wind and rain finally come to an end

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, it’s fantastic to finally see the wind and rain come to an end. This is great news for everyone enjoying some time off on the Gold and Tweed Coasts during School Holidays. Hopefully you can get out for a fish and make the most of the sunshine. Let’s have a look …

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Winds strong enough to blow a dog off its lead

With winds strong enough to blow a dog off its lead, only a few charters made it out to the local reefs for small snapper, sweetlip and estuary cod. The week ahead is looking promising with a drop in the winds and swell with 4 knots light and variable and 1m of swell on the cards. Noosa river mouth has …

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