Local Reports

After more wind and swell on the Gold Coast this week it’s great to see a fantastic weather forecast on the way for this weekend and the following week. With School holidays starting Friday, let’s have a look at a few fishing options to keep the kids busy on the Gold Coast. It’s been great to see lots of family’s …

This weekend the annual VMR Bundaberg Family Fishing Classic will be held at Burnett Heads, and at this stage the forecast is looking fantastic to get out and have a fish, and try to win some of the many prizes in this year’s competition. The Burnett River has been fishing very well over the past few weeks.  The amount of …

With some pretty average weather over the last couple of weeks, most reports have been coming from the river. Flatties are still being caught consistently throughout the river. The channels around the river mouth and the lower end of the first ski run have been the most productive. The cooler weather will see some of the bigger fish sunning themselves …

What a wet and windy week we’ve had on the Gold Coast, lucky our Houseboat customers have plenty of good anchorages around the Broadwater and Jumpinpin to hide out of the wind and make the most of their time on the water.  Let’s have a look at options after the rain. Just as the Broadwater and Jumpinpin areas had started …

With the dramatic change in temperatures we saw last week, it seems the change in season is upon us in a big way, with this we are seeing a change in water temps that has seen a wide mix of species getting caught in close and out wide. Spanish mackerel are still about and were feeding hard on the run …

Wow! We have certainly seen some red-hot fishing this past week around the Bundaberg area, with both offshore and the estuaries fishing really well. Most of the gutters out to the islands produced coral trout, red emperor, sweetlip and big parrot. Some cobia and spanish mackerel have also been caught in these areas. The inshore reefs such as Ryans and …

It was great to see the Gold Coast blessed again this week with light winds and plenty of sunshine for all our Houseboats hirers and Tackle Shop Customers during the week. There is definitely a winter chill in the air for everyone getting an early start on the water, let’s have a look at some fishing options. Flathead have been …

Fishing options for Noosa River – With some large seas and a bit of wind anglers fished the river over the weekend. With the cooler weather we have been having the flathead have been up in the shallows during the high tide period sunning themselves. Some monster lies have been seen after the tide drops and exposed the sand banks. …

It would seem that the first signs of winter species have appeared around the Bundaberg area.  The last few mornings have been a little fresh – perfect weather to fire up our winter species like flathead and bream.  This is just in time for the annual VMR Family Fishing Classic, held at Burnett Heads in a couple of weeks, on …

The lead up to the new moon we really saw the fishing fire up, in the lower estuary some great catches of queenfish, trevally and tailor taken on surface and with plastics around the bridges and in Woods Bays. Surface walkers including the Strada viral, Bassday Sugapen and Jackson Risk bait were all perfect for the job. For those angler …