Local Reports

With the warm summer evenings, anglers who fish Noosa’s famous river are being rewarded with great catches of quality fish. Upriver, the jacks have been feeding with ferocity, live bait is one of the most productive, fishing late afternoon and into the evening on a run out tide and your chances of seeing a red devil are high. If flicking …

After a windy start to the week it’s nice to finally see the South Easterly winds start to ease and hopefully by the weekend the swell would have dropped enough to sneak offshore for a look. The sheltered waters were the places to look and Jumpinpin and Broadwater fishing has been the best bet to find a few fish and …

Big numbers of small prawns are present in both systems and their size should improve over the next few weeks. Mangrove jack and some nice grunter and bream have been caught on a regular basis in the upper reaches on soft plastics, vibes and baits.  Down towards the mouths, big queenfish, dart, flathead and some monster whiting have been keeping …

As another nice week on the Gold Coast comes to an end let’s have a look at what’s been biting and a few fishing options for the weekend. After recent rain on the Gold Coast has flushed out the system, plenty of bait fish have moved back into the upper reaches of the Coomera River along with a list of …

A few days earlier this week saw a few boats head offshore.  A mixed bag of reef fish were caught but there were plenty of spanish mackerel about, so floating large dead baits or trolling big lures such as the Halco Laser Pro 190 was the way to catch a big Spanish. A bit of stable weather this week saw …

With water temperatures right up there, the Noosa River has seen plenty of quality school holiday fishing over the past week. Good size flathead have been taken on soft plastics with the brighter colours seeming to produce the better fish, for the bait anglers; small pilchards, hardy heads and white bait on small ganged hooks have claimed some nice fish. …

Firstly, I trust that everyone had a happy and safe New Years and that you all saw in 2018 in style. With a bit of luck, the weather in 2018 will be kinder than last year, giving us all more chance to get out and wet a line in the Bundaberg region. By this weekend, the threat of thunderstorms should …

The same areas as last week are still fishing well, and trolling the reefs between 18 to 36 fathom line off the Gold Coast and Jumpinpin is the go for pelagic action on the Gold Coast. Best tips are to find the birds that are finding the bait and you should be lucky enough to find the fish. Trolling small …

On the Noosa North Shore beaches the dart are in great numbers. Yes there are quite a few smaller fish but there is the odd stonker with them so keep working those deeper gutters.  Whiting, flathead bream and the odd trevally have also been taken from the surf. There are still some big tailor about with most fish taken under …

Hi all, I can’t believe it’s that time of year again “Merry Christmas” to everyone. It’s time to enjoy a relaxing break, we have all our Houseboats heading out on the water to celebrate with family and friends.  I would like to thank everyone for contributing to the Fishing Report with info and great photos during the year.  Hope Santa …