Tackleworld – Bundaberg

With the school holidays running out fast, this weekend will be a great chance to get out around the Bundaberg area and have a fish before the kids head back to school. BUNDABERG INSHORE The boats that got a chance to get out over the past week, have all reported catching plenty of school mackerel right along the Bundaberg coastline. …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE With the weather around the Bundaberg area, not looking too bad for Saturday, it looks like perfect weather to get offshore. We have had good reports coming in from last week of trout, parrot, grass sweetlip and smaller cobia being caught offshore from Bundaberg. If you are wanting to head offshore this weekend, always check your local weather …

BUNDABERG INSHORE With the weather not playing the game around the Bundaberg area this weekend, it’s going to be hard to get out and chase a few reef fish. There was some nice mackerel caught over the Christmas break. Trolling lures and floating a dead bait back behind the boat has been doing the damage. We are finding they have …

BUNDABERG INSHORE After the big south east winds last weekend, the schoolie mackerel should be thick this weekend on the inshore reefs around the Bundaberg area. With the early morning low tides, the water should be quite clear around sunrise. My favourite time to pull Flasha spoons for mackerel is always when the sun just pops up. There’s been some …

BUNDABERG INSHORE With the winds up this weekend around the Bundaberg area, getting out early to chase a few schoolie mackerel or even to troll for spanish mackerel, while searching for the schools of schoolies will be the best option to get a feed of fish. Have ready any type of Flasha lure or metal slug while trolling around.  Once …

BUNDABERG INSHORE There has been some good numbers of school mackerel being caught at and around the local reefs out from Bundaberg by trolling well rigged baits. Flasha lures and metal slugs retrieved quickly back to the boat have been doing the damage. Regarding the weather, there are a few short windows open on Friday and Saturday morning but be …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE With the full moon occurring this coming Monday, the fish out at the reefs off Bundaberg should be chewing this weekend.  With the bigger tides in the mornings I’d be chasing the shallower fish such as coral trout and red throat emperor, then fishing for red emperor and other deeper species in the afternoons.  Using pilchards and 5” …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Running true to form, the Bundaberg area had good weather during the reef closure last weekend and now that it’s all open again, we are back to ‘normal’. This weekend’s forecast is not looking too bad with 10-15 knot east /south-easterly winds predicted. As always, check your local weather forecast prior to heading out.  BUNDABERG INSHORE At this …

At this stage it looks like the weather for the Bundaberg area for this weekend could go either way, and anything can happen so keep an eye out for the latest forecast before deciding to head out. BUNDABERG INSHORE The inshore reefs are still producing some very nice grunter. Early mornings and late afternoons are the hot bite times. Working …

BUNDABERG INSHORE With the winds looking a bit all over the place around the Bundaberg area for this weekend, it might be time to do a little maintenance on the bigger boats or stick to inshore. There have been good reports of schoolies all along the coast from Burnett Heads to Elliott Heads. Casting out slugs and flasha spoons or …