Local Reports

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Finally, the stable winter patterns have arrived for the Bundaberg area and it’s looking like another reasonable forecast for an offshore run.  If the fishing remains as good as it has been, it will be another cracking weekend!  Areas such as the gutters have been producing some big coral trout, mainly on live baits.  There is also plenty …

Hi Everyone, how good is the winter weather on the Gold Coast? It’s probably been the best run of great fishing conditions we have seen for a while.  Our Coomera Houseboat Holidays customers have been spoilt with fantastic winter days and great fishing.  Let’s see what’s been biting Coomera Bait and Tackle customers have reported some great catches of Tailor …

With a drop in swell at the start of the week and light offshore winds, we have seen lots of anglers head out wide to DI and the Barwon Banks to make the most of the conditions. Fish falling to well-presented baits were big snapper, pearl perch, red emperor, tusk fish and moses perch. For the majority of anglers fishing …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE The offshore forecast for the Bundaberg area for the weekend isn’t looking the best, although it looks like there might be a couple small windows.  Early morning Saturday and late Sunday afternoon are looking the best.  There’s been awesome numbers of cobia, snapper, and bar-cheeked trout caught offshore over the last couple weeks, so fingers crossed we can …

Hi Everyone, it’s awesome to see the great weather continue on the Gold Coast with fine conditions for fishing both offshore and inshore on offer. Our Coomera Houseboat customers have been having a great time finding plenty of fish and crabs in the Broadwater and Jumpinpin. Let’s have a look at a few good fishing options. It’s been great to …

Hi Everyone, what a fantastic run of weather we’ve been having on the Gold Coast this week with light winds, small swell and plenty of awesome fish being landed. Let’s have a look at this week’s action. It was great to see the swell drop off over the weekend matched with light winds gave everyone the green light to head …

With the consistent run of cooler nights the water temperature in the river have really started to drop, and fishing the run out tide in the evenings has seen the odd jack being taken on live bait. Mangrove jack tend to feed a bit more in those warmer currents running out of the lakes after the sun has been on …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE For the first time in ages the offshore forecast for the Bundaberg area was pretty good last weekend. It was great to see so many larger boats get a chance to head offshore. By all reports most boats managed to land a quality mixed bag of reef fish, including coral trout, red emperor, parrot, grass sweetlip, hussar and …

With the breezes mainly blowing offshore over the weekend most offshore anglers keep to the closer reefs, some larger craft ventured to the outer reefs and found they where really firing. On North Reef There were good numbers of snapper being taken on Micro Jigs, the 40 – 50g sizes seemed to be doing the job. The Blue Blue Sea …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE With the offshore forecast for the Bundaberg area not looking too flash for the weekend, it may be time to do some boat/trailer maintenance. If you were one of the fortunate ones who got offshore during the week, you would have done well. Good tides made for great fishing and plenty of quality fish were caught. Red emperor, …