Tackleworld – Bundaberg

BUNDABERG INSHORE/OFFSHORE With our inshore reefs swarmed with yakka, the pelagic fishing has been red hot. Heaps of anglers had fun using topwater lures catching a few cracker queenfish, tuna and trevally, while these predators smash bait balls. Fishing the pressure edge side of reefs was a great technique, as was keeping an eye out for any action along the …

BUNDABERG INSHORE/OFFSHORE Our local inshore reefs have been swarmed with bait over the past couple of weeks. Yakka was the most common baitfish and a lot of our pelagic fish were feeding hard while the bait was around. Watching for birds working is a dead giveaway of a bait ball being harassed by predators and is definitely worth a few …

BUNDABERG INSHORE At this time of year, we get a lot of bait schools showing up along the coastline, and last week definitely had plenty of pelagic action that followed. Normally the bait are quite small, around the 5cm mark, so sometimes it takes a bit of work to trick the pelagic fish that are feeding on them. In order …

BUNDABERG INSHORE The inshore reefs off Bundaberg have been producing some cracking fish this week. School mackerel have been around in numbers and are proving easy to catch, with trolling around the leads at Burnett Heads doing well. Though easy to get snipped by these mackerel, using a monofilament or fluorocarbon leader has resulted in a lot more hook ups. …

BUNDABERG INSHORE The inshore reefs have been on fire, with plenty of small school mackerel, big spanish mackerel, snapper and grunter around and feeding. The schoolie mackerel have been the easiest fish to catch this week, with almost anything you can troll out the back of your boat getting a bite. The bigger spanish have been scattered but using a …

BUNDABERG INSHORE this week Last weekend and this week have seen great numbers of mackerel caught in close on a range of different lures and bait. Trolling large garfish, pike or tailor has been the best way to target the bigger fish, with the old saying ‘big bait big fish’ working a treat. Trolling deep diving lures such as the …

BUNDABERG INSHORE The inshore reefs have been full of big spanish mackerel and heaps of school mackerel. Trolling large bait – such as garfish, pike or ribbonfish – has been getting a lot of the bigger spanish to bite. Most school mackerel have been caught on metal Flasha Spoons sunk to the bottom and retrieved as fast as you can. …

BUNDABERG INSHORE & OFFSHORE fish The inshore reefs off Bundy have been producing plenty of quality pelagic fish over the past week. The fish caught the most are longtail tuna, mack tuna, queenfish and trevally. The tuna have been are little hard to find because there haven’t been as many birds working above them, so keep an eye peeled for …

BUNDABERG INSHORE & OFFSHORE Bundaberg fishing report The inshore reefs have been producing some very nice grunter and late season spanish mackerel over the past week! The grunter have mostly been caught on 20g soft vibes and 5” soft plastics. Using a slow hop off the bottom, making sure the lure stays in the strike zone, has been key. If …

BUNDABERG  INSHORE & OFFSHORE Bundaberg weekly fishing report If the weather plays ball this weekend hopefully we can send it out wide and chase some nice reds, nannies and trout! Due to the recent fresh that has been pushing out of the rivers, plenty of debris like logs and branches have been common obstacles waiting for an unsuspecting boatie. Be …