Local Reports

Well, it doesn’t usually happen, but the weather around the Bundaberg area was better than the predicted forecast last weekend.  A lot of anglers made the most of the good conditions and took the opportunity to head offshore.  Let’s hope this happens again this weekend, because some of the fish caught in close was very impressive and fishos will be …

With the recent fresh flush, whiting have been more prevalent down towards the mouth of the Noosa River.  Live worms and live yabbies have been the prime baits. With the prevailing southerlies, fishing the dog beach has been perfect for those wanting to chase whiting on surface, the Bassday Sugapens and the Atomic Hards surface walkers are perfect for the …

Looking into the weekend’s forecast, it’s not looking too flash for any offshore fishing around the Bundaberg area, so it looks like the local rivers and creeks will be where it’s at again for this week. With the recent rain we have had, this has only fired up the condition of the local river systems and has improved the fishing. …

It’s been a bit of a windy week on the Gold Coast, with the southeasterlies persisting. The wind is tipped to ease for the weekend thank goodness, let’s see what’s been biting this week. Customers have been able to find a few good spots in the rivers and around Jumpinpin to hide out of the wind this week and caught …

It was nice to see the weather was pretty good over the long weekend on the Gold Coast before the South Easterly winds moved in for the start of the week. A big swell offshore has made inshore fishing in the Broadwater, Jumpinpin and rivers the best option for chasing a feed. Prawns were fairly thick leading up to and …

By now, everyone should have recovered from the Australia Day celebrations and are either back at school or work for another big year. The good news for all the barra fishers is the barra season opened up again at midday on the 1st of February for all of the rivers around the Bundaberg area. With the full moon on Wednesday …

On the Noosa River, the bread and butter species have been keeping anglers busy, good numbers of bream, whiting and flathead have been on the bite around the river mouth and frying pan area. Using live worms and yabbies have been getting some good results, if you haven’t got a yabby pump give peeled prawns a go. The flatties have …

Looking forward into the Australia Day long weekend, the offshore forecast for the Bundaberg area isn’t looking too good, but the general forecast for a bit of camping and fishing in the Bundaberg rivers and creeks is still looking fair. As for the fishing this past week, if you were lucky enough to brave the weather and get offshore last …

As another week comes to an end and we head into the Australia Day Long Weekend all our Houseboats are heading out to have some fun. Let’s have a look at what’s been biting on the Gold Coast. Coomera Houseboats staff member Adrian and his son Adam headed out offshore for a look and came up trumps scoring a nice …

With offshore conditions not that favourable last week, anglers left their run a little later in the week in the hope the winds and swells would drop, those that have ventured across the bar have stayed relatively close as there has been limited weather windows. Starting with North Reef, anglers who’ve braved the offshore conditions have returned pretty good results, …