Local Reports

Some nice muddies have also been caught, so let’s hope this continues and everyone gets a good feed. BURNETT RIVER The Burnett has cleaned up nicely for Easter with the better water quality the fishing has been awesome.  Good numbers of bream are hanging around most of the rock walls as well as some nice whiting and flathead further upstream …

We’ve had a pretty nice weekend and start to the week on the Gold Coast with good fishing conditions before another South Easterly kicked in midweek. Let’s have a look at what’s been on offer if you’re keen to chase a feed for Good Friday and over Easter. In last week’s report I mentioned that I fished with my kids …

Offshore fishing at this time of the year is always weather dependent, with a bit of luck we should see some good days to get out on the water and take advantage of the pelagic’s that are on offer. It’s that the time of year when the big mackerel are around and trolling can be very rewarding. Deep diving lures …

While I was only able to run one charter this week due to the inclement weather, we managed to put together a quality fish tally comprising flathead, bream and squire, mostly caught around the southern Moreton Bay islands. Flathead We found our flathead south of Coochiemudlo Island, throughout the bay islands and heading towards the Logan River mouth. Soft plastics …

We were lucky to have some great weather last weekend before the return of strong south easterly winds and rain on the Gold Coast making fishing conditions a bit average for midweek anglers. I had a great day on the water last Sunday with my kids fishing in the Pirtek Fishing Challenge. Whiting was our target species for the Queensland …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE AND INSHORE REEFS We were lucky enough to get a spell of good weather around the Bundaberg area earlier this week, allowing a few boats to head out in among the action.  Most of the inshore reefs produced plenty of pelagic action, with heaps of queenfish, trevally and mackerel all being caught.  There has been a good mix …

As I’m sure you can all understand, writing the fish report for this week was a little difficult due to the low pressure system that moved down the south-eastern Queensland coastline during the past few days. BUNDABERG OFFSHORE AND INSHORE REEFS Even though the weather system has moved offshore by now, any offshore fishing will still be limited. Your best …

Another week of rain, wind, swell and big tides made fishing conditions tough on the Gold Coast.  For those keen to brave the weather and try fishing the more sheltered rivers and creeks produced a few fish and crabs. Our Houseboat customers have managed to hide out of the wind in the Gold Coast rivers and estuaries and score a …

With that typical late summer weather pattern continuing with the strong winds and squally showers most anglers keep their efforts around the closer reefs. Sunshine reef and Halls reef have produced some bigger Spanish and good sized spotted mackerel with dead baits like garfish, large pilchards and Yakka’s fished on a gang hook rig getting good results, try using a …

We just can’t seem to escape the wind and rain here on the Gold Coast, this week has been dominated by the weather. At least we had a great weather window over the weekend that gave anglers a chance to get out and chase fish, crabs and prawns. It’s was awesome to see a great weather forecast last weekend, and …