Tackleworld – Bundaberg

Earlier this week saw the end of the annual barramundi closure, so we can now target barramundi in salt water. Even though the season has been open only for a few days, some quality barra have been caught. Most of the barra have come out of the deeper holes, and live-baiting with large poddy mullet has been the way to …

The forecast for the Bundaberg area this weekend is not looking too bad, with light to moderate easterly wind predicted. The ever-reliable Burnett River has been producing some really nice fish, with some monster mangrove jack, summer whiting, big grunter and the odd jewfish and threadfin salmon all testing anglers’ skills. There have been good reports of big banana prawns …

Last weekend’s big tides sure got the crabs moving, with plenty of good sized muddies being caught in all systems.  The key spots were around most of the smaller side creeks running off the main part of the river, and most of the crabs were full and in good condition. Lake Gregory has also been fishing well for bass and …

This week around the Bundaberg area we finally had a break in the weather and it was awesome to see the bigger boats get out and take advantage of the good conditions. Although there was a lot of run due to the full moon on Thursday night, most boats still managed to land some fantastic fish, including coral trout, red …

Well, Christmas is almost here and by now Santa should have all his gifts wrapped and ready for his annual trip around Australia this year. At this stage, for the Bundaberg area, the weatherman is predicting light to moderate south-easterlies with a chance of a few showers over the Christmas break. It was excellent to see anglers made the most …

The Burnett has still been one of the most consistent rivers to produce a feed.  A few mangrove jack, big grunter, flathead and the odd blue and threadfin salmon have all been reported this past week. Just keep an eye out for those large banana prawns that should pop up leading towards the full moon. It would also be worth …

Some of the stand out softies for the mangrove jacks have been the Z-Man Swimmerz and Diezel Minnows. There have also been some other species caught amongst the jacks with some big grunter, jew and still the odd salmon mixed in.  Some good quality bream and flathead have been caught around most of the sand flats.  The first of the …

Other species on the chew in the Burnett include flathead, bream and three-tooth jew, to keep everyone amused in the coming weeks as the school holidays approach. The Kolan and Elliott rivers are also fishing well.  Both systems are starting to produce a few prawns and mud crabs leading up to Christmas. The many sand bars in these systems are …

There has been plenty of schoolie mackerel about the river mouths, mainly on the early morning high tides. You do have to be careful measuring them as these schoolies are just on legal size. There is still a good number of three-tooth jew bout, mainly down around the Port area. Small baits such as a prawn or chunks of mullet …

With this warm weather we have had the mangrove jacks on the chew.  Most of the jacks have come out of the deeper holes and off the rock bars.  Soft vibes and Z-Man soft plastics have been doing the damage on the jacks. While targeting jacks, there is a possibility of catching a barra, so please be aware that there …