Tackleworld – Bundaberg

Bundaberg – weekly report

BUNDABERG INSHORE This week looks like there will be a small window each morning to head out. The local reefs have been producing some nice fish. There has been some grassy sweet lip, cobia, trevally, school mackerel and schools of long tail tuna have started to turn up. The bait to use is a lightly weighted flesh bait or pilchard. …

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Bundaberg – weekly report

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE The weather for this weekend is looking pretty good for offshore fishing. Reports in from last week have included good sized red emperor, coral trout, parrot and large sized cod. For offshore fishers, this weekend there is a Reef Fin Fish closure starting from midnight Saturday October 2 through to Thursday October 7, 2021. Remember to always check …

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Bundaberg – weekly report

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE The offshore fishing lately has been red hot. Plenty of big red emperor and coral trout have been caught. Most the reds have been caught on flesh bait and the trout have been caught on pilchard and 5” soft plastics. Remember to fish your favourite spots on the tide change. You can’t beat that bite time! BUNDABERG INSHORE …

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Bundaberg – weekly report

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE How good was the weather forecast last weekend! It was fantastic to see all our local boat ramps choc-o-block with trailers. By all reports there was plenty of nice red emperor, coral trout, coronation trout, redthroat emperor, hussar and grass sweetlip that made their way into ice boxes last weekend. Plenty of cobia were also caught on the …

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Bundaberg weekly fishing report

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE The weather this coming few days looks the goods for the anglers who want to head out. Red emperor, coral trout, hussar, and sweetlip have all been caught offshore lately. Fresh and live baits have been the key to catching the bigger fish. A personal favourite method of mine is floating the baits down on a smaller sinker. …

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Bundaberg weekly fishing report

Wishing Lukas Loeskow a very happy 7th birthday for today (02/09/21).  Lukas is a mad keen fisherman who loves flicking lures all day and is a regular in the Baffle Creek area.  Hope you had a top day mate, every day’s a good day for fishing! BUNDABERG OFFSHORE For the boats that got offshore last week, we received good reports …

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Bundaberg weekly fishing report

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE The reef fishing last weekend really turned it on! The standout fish was definitely the red emperor. Plenty were caught around 10kg. With the smaller tides again this weekend the deep should be on. Remember to fish with big flesh baits when fishing the deeper water. Let the smaller fish play with it then hook in once you …

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Bundaberg weekly fishing report

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Now that it’s open season on snapper and pearl perch, all our local reef fisherman can once again get out and chase both species.  Even though the conditions weren’t great, the anglers who were lucky enough to have some time off earlier this week and ventured offshore all reported catching a quality mixed bag of reef fish including …

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Bundaberg region – weekly fishing report

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BUNDABERG INSHORE For the boats that want to get out over the weekend, the reefs in close aren’t looking too bad. Good size grunter have been reported using large fresh prawns. If you don’t mind a good feed of whiting, north of the Leeds and near the lighthouse spoil grounds is where most schools hold. Using beach worms, cut up …

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Plenty of impressive reef fish to be hooked around Bundaberg

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BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Once again there might be some small windows of opportunity to get out and wet a line off Bundaberg this weekend. The few boats that headed out last weekend, though it was a little rougher than the forecast, managed to land plenty of impressive reef fish, including coral trout, green jobfish, red emperor, grass sweetlip and parrot. Let’s …

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