Local Reports

Looking into the weekend, the things are looking good around the Bundaberg area, but as always, keep an eye on up-to-date weather forecasts before heading out. The past week has seen some reasonable weather, allowing boats to head offshore, and with good tides, anglers reported some great catches.  Some monster coral trout were live-baited, and some quality sweetlip, parrot, cod …

Some perfect days over the last week have seen families enjoying all that the Noosa River has to offer, with the rain we had a couple of weeks ago the run off into the river made the water rather dark but as we move into the bigger tidal part of the month the river is fast clearing. Flathead are still …

With the water in the Noosa River being the colour it is, fishing the run-in tide is a must. As the clean water from the ocean enters the river, baitfish start to become active and in turn brings all the other fish on the bite. The fresh has also pushed good numbers of bream down river and fired them up. …

Due to the amount of rain we have received over the past fortnight, writing a fishing report for the Bundaberg region will be a little difficult. If you are keen to wet a line this weekend, I would recommend fishing around our river mouths where I have seen some nice flathead, bream, whiting and grunter being caught. There is a …

We have definitely had more than our fair share of rain and wind on the Gold Coast lately. It’s good for the system and fishing in the long run but hard for finding a window to go fishing unless you’re keen to brave the conditions. We’ve had a few boats anchored in Tiger Mullet this week out of the wind, …

Over the past week there have been quality fish landed in the Noosa River thanks to the wet weather, with the area around the Tewantin stretch and Noosa Harbour a favourite for jack anglers. A lot of anglers have preferred to use live baits like herring, poddy mullet or live prawns. Using a snelled 2/0 hook setup for the bait …

Recent rains have seen a great improvement in fishing for Sunshine Coast river anglers, just that bit of colour from the recent runoff has seen the flathead and trevally on the chew in the lower reaches. The best baits have included prawns, pilchards, white bait and hardy heads. Live baits have also been prime baits with herring and poddy mullet …

It’s great to see lots of Houseboats out this week chasing a feed of fish and crabs. We have seen a mixture of sunshine, cloud and a few showers on the gold Coast this week, a bit more rain on the forecast should get the mud crabs on the move. With a bit more rain on the forecast and the …

A mixed bag of weather over the long weekend and this week has also seen a good mixture of warm water species on offer for customers trying their luck on the Gold Coast. Let’s see what’s been happening. The Gold Coast Sports Fishing Club Flathead Classic was a big success again this year, seeing record numbers of teams and anglers …

After such a long dry spell, Bundaberg finally received some welcome rain last weekend.  The only problem was, when it started it didn’t know how to stop; with Bundaberg receiving around 250-300mm of rain on a single day. All our local rivers will be a little dirty from the local run off but should start to clear up towards the …