Local Reports

Land based: fishing off the banks or jetties is slowly getting better. With bream and snapper in pre-spawn they will be hungry! Best thing to do during pre-spawn times is to fish natural. Use baits that the fish are feeding on at the time. Light to no weight has shown the best results locally. Fish the structures whether they be …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE The forecast for the Bundaberg area for Saturday is looking perfect at this point in time, but as always, check the latest forecast before heading out.  With the bigger tides there should be some awesome fishing in the shallows.  Drifting over shallow patches with small weighted ball sinkers is a deadly way to smack the red throat emperor …

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week and managed to get out for a fish over the weekend and make the most of the nice weather conditions last Sunday. Friday and Saturday are looking like the pick of the days to wet a line this week before the wind returns on Sunday. Let’s have a look at what’s …

Earlier in the week a few of the larger charter boats made the effort to fish Sunshine Reef and with lighter current they had some great success. A mixed bag of reef fish including sweetlip, pearlies, some cracking coral trout and the occasional big Spanish mackerel hit the deck. These fish falling for live baits and whole pilchard dead baits …

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week and enjoyed the Easter holidays. After a wet and windy Easter it’s nice to finally see the wind ease and the sunshine return to the Gold Coast. The forecast is looking much better for the next week to head outdoors and go fishing. Let’s see what’s been happening this week. Due …

I hope everyone has a fantastic break over Easter.  It was awesome to see so many families out and about enjoying what the Bundaberg region has to offer.  At this stage the weather is looking better than last weekend with lighter winds forecast for the local area over the coming weekend.  Always check the forecast before you head out though. …

With a break late last weekend and into Monday we saw the larger boats headed offshore to make the most of the narrow weather window. Out wide to Double Island the sharks were on patrol but those anglers who boated fish got a mixed bag of Scarlet sea perch, tusk fish, pearlies, sweetlip and snapper.  With lighter currents to the …

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, it’s fantastic to see all our Houseboats heading out on the Gold Coast waterways to enjoy a nice Easter break. If you’re keen to catch a feed of fresh fish and crabs for Good Friday let’s see what’s been biting and where. Bread and butter species like Bream, Whiting and Flathead …

THE BURNETT RIVER The Burnett has been fishing unreal over the past week.  Plenty of trophy-sized grunter and flathead have been caught.  Fishing the Town Reach has been the hot spot and is one of the most protected areas out of the wind.  Using soft plastics and small soft vibes have been the standout techniques.  The bream have really started …

Talk about April showers! What a change in the weather we have had this week with building swell and heavy rainfall. This has basically put the brakes on anyone headed offshore so the fish have had a break and the freshwater run off should have the reefies fired up. With Sunday and Monday showing good signs of dropping winds and …