Local Reports

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Well the cooler weather has definitely hit the Bundaberg region this past week, and it’s looking like the south-easterlies should ease just in time to wet a line this weekend.  Quite a few boats opted to head offshore last weekend and were rewarded with some top catches.  Plenty of coral trout, big red emperor, sweetlip, hussar and parrot …

Hi Everyone, it’s nice to be back on deck after a great holiday, Winter has defiantly made its self at home on the Gold Coast while I was away. The past week has seen night time temps dropping and milder days giving us some classic winter weather for our Houseboat customers to go fishing. Let’s have a look at what’s …

Our houseboat customers have hooked some good fish, with Flathead dominating catches again this week.  Try the Aldershots Tipplers Passage, Coomera River, Tiger Mullet Channel, Jacobs Well and the Logan River. While targeting the weed beds, keep an eye out for squid, plenty have been caught. Try Plastics and hard body lures. Brett is still away enjoying a well-earned break, …

With offshore condition pretty tough last weekend plenty of anglers concentrated their efforts on  Noosa River species. Good sized trevally have been coming from around the Coast Guard boats near Munna Point as well as Inner Woods Bay and the Noosa Sound.  Surface presentations have been the way to go with smaller surface walkers like the River2sea Scum Dogs and …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Well, it’s about time – the forecast for the Bundaberg area for this weekend is fantastic with light winds predicted all weekend.  Quite a few boats took advantage of the good conditions last week and, despite a lot of run in the tide with the full moon, that night most boats managed to land a quality mixed bag …

With some absolutely perfect days over last weekend, anglers were out in force. Starting with the Noosa River; anglers were out early fishing the last of the run out tide in pursuit of large flathead. Woods bay, Munna point and the river mouth have all recorded good catches with ganged pillies and Entice 3 inch Vibe plastics doing the damage. …

What a great week for being on the water! We have had light winds and lots of sunshine making for very favourable conditions to get out on the water trying to catch a feed. Brett is on annual leave and no doubt trying for a feed for his family, so the fishing report has been left up to me this …

A few blue salmon, tarpon and queenfish have showed up in the Town Reach.  Whilst it is early in the season, it’s great fun to target these hard-fighting sports fish.  Once again, there’s been some good mud crabs and prawns in the deeper holes in the Burnett. BAFFLE CREEK AND THE KOLAN RIVER Both of these systems are fishing extremely …

Time to toughen up and get yourself out early to make the most of the fantastic conditions we have been experiencing. In the river; flathead have been thick over the last month, with Weyba creek, the Sand bars near the mouth and of course the lakes all producing great fish. Smaller fish bait like small pilchards, white bait and hardy …

The weather has been better than expected on the Gold Coast this week with nice sunny days, lighter winds and some fresh mornings as we continue to transition in the cooler months. Let’s have a look at how our customers went this week. For our Houseboat customers and local fishos, Bream will be a prime target as the weather cools …