Local Reports

With the weather looking perfect for the Anzac Day public holiday families were out in force fishing the Noosa River, flathead have been a standout species in the river being taken on live bait, dead baits and soft plastics. Some real monsters have been about with fish over 80 cm mark. Whitebait fished on gang hooks have been a great …

There were a couple of good days of weather earlier this week around the Bundaberg area, allowing some boats to head out and along the coast. Most of the inshore reefs produced some quality fishing.  There are good numbers of school and grey mackerel moving offshore, with the odd big spanish mackerel mixed in with them.  Most of the spanish …

Well what a great Easter we have had here on the Gold Coast.  Light winds and sunny days, there was a shower or two threatening a couple of times but never eventuated to anything much. Our houseboat customers have mostly reported Great Gold Coast catches of Crabs and fish over our 5 night Easter charter.   In most areas even the …

What a wonderful weekend of Easter weather we had for the break, with families not only enjoying what the Easter bunny brought but some outstanding fishing as well. Flathead have been in great numbers throughout the lower reaches of the river, Zman Opening night and Motor Oil in 3 inch minnows have been working well. White bait have been deadly …

I hope everyone enjoyed a little time off over the Easter break. By now, I’m guessing there aren’t too many Easter eggs left in the basket. Once again, we were fortunate to receive some pretty good weather around the Bundaberg area over this period and by all reports, a lot of anglers made the most of the good conditions either …

Looking forward into the Easter break, it seems it’s going to be a cracker for any outdoor activities around the Bundaberg area. A good weather forecast has predicted light winds and sunny days for most of the break. Easter options for Bundaberg The past week has seen most of our local river systems starting to clean up, especially down around the …

With a bit of weather headed our way and some significant falls in the Noosa River catchment areas we will see a real change in the river, Noosa River crabs are the first thing that springs to mind with good numbers of legal bucks taken, the deeper more saline area will be where most of the big bucks will be …

Customers have had a good week getting stuck into plenty of Prawns, Mud Crabs and a few nice Mangrove Jack on the Gold Coast this week. Let’s have a look at some options for the weekend ahead. Banana Prawns have been showing up in good numbers around Jacobs Well, Cabbage Tree Point, Power Lines, Russell Island and Karragarra this week, …

A RECENT Queensland Weekender episode ‘Broadwater fishing adventure’ featured our January cover image. On the cover of Bush ‘n Beach in January was Samantha O’Brien with a 40cm-plus whiting taken while filming the Queensland Weekender episode and fishing with Brett from Coomera Houseboat Holidays. Fishing the Pimpama River, it didn’t take long for local guru Brett to put the team onto the fish, with …

Yikes, November is all but done and dusted and Christmas is only 4 weeks away!  For some this time of the year means spending time with family and friends but for others it is all about the fishing.  Water temps have reached the mid 20’s and the whiting and jacks have certainly come out to play with a regular stream …