Local Reports

Howdy everyone from Stanage Bay Marine & Accommodation. Finally the weekly road, crabbing and fishing report will be on this site again after a long break.  The report is also in the monthly Bush n’ Beach Fishing magazine, so do yourself a big favour and buy one, or better still get a subscription. The road into Stanage Bay as we …

With the cooler weather we’ve been having, trevally have really been on the chew, with some great catches reported this week. Goldens, GTs and big eyes have all been bagged. In an example of how well this area turns on the fishing, some stonking great queenies were also landed in the hole at the end of the sand bags with …

We have just had a couple of the most perfect Autumn days around Coomera, with lots of sunshine and very low winds but it looks like that is all about to change. The forecast for the Gold Coast has us expecting quite a bit of rain over this coming week end. The winds are going to stay east to south-easterly …

In the Noosa River, the season for flathead just keeps rolling on. Again we have seen some really big fish this week, with a couple over the 90cm mark. Live baits are still the go to method with herring being the most popular bait. Dead baits are also working well, the standout is still whitebait fished on gang hooks. A …

How good was it earlier this week to see a few days of great weather? This meant that plenty of boats got offshore from Bundaberg and out along the coast. There was action aplenty out wide with coral trout, sweetlip, cod, cobia and Spanish mackerel all being caught. The smaller boats that fished the inshore reefs also got some quality …

With a bit of luck, this weekend’s Bundaberg forecast isn’t looking too bad.  The southeasterlies are predicted to blow less than 15 knots, which may present a small window for the bigger boats to explore the wider grounds. With the full moon during this week, there will be bigger tides around Bundy this weekend, but it should be worth a …

Our houseboat customers had a great Labour Day Long Weekend on Gold Coast enjoying some nice weather and catching crabs and fish aplenty around the Broadwater and Jumpimpin. Let’s have a look at a few options for this weekend. With the water and air temp starting to drop a bit targeting a big Jew in the Seaway will be worth …

Wasn’t it great to finally see some decent weather earlier this past week?  By all reports quite a few locals made time to wet a line on the Bundaberg inshore reefs and in the rivers last weekend. The lighter winds allowed anglers to explore the inshore reefs along our coastline which, at the moment seem to be loaded with school, …

THE Noosa River is performing exceptionally when it comes to large flathead captures. We seem to be having one of the best flathead seasons in memory. The run out tide has been fantastic with good catches being recorded throughout the system. Yet another meter plus fish was recorded last week with plenty more into the high 80s and early 90cm …

pIt’s been a nice week on Gold Coast with all our Houseboat hirers enjoying ANZAC day on the Broadwater. With the Labour Day Long Weekend in sight let’s have a look at some fishing options on the Gold Coast. Prawns have been around in big numbers for the past week leading up to the new moon with many anglers getting …