Tackleworld – Bundaberg

Well, the weeks have flown by and Christmas Day will be here before we know it.  I hope all the children on school holidays have been good, and maybe Santa will leave some new fishing gear under the tree for them this year. The fishing around the Bundaberg area has still been great.  The offshore grounds have been fishing well when …

Just keep any eye out for those large banana prawns that seem to pop up around either of the moon phases.  Some really nice mud crabs are also just starting to move so dust off the pots and try to catch a fantastic feed for Christmas. Lake Gregpry has been on fire for bass.  Tackle World Bundaberg team member, Shane …

What a difference a good bit of weather makes to the Bundaberg area!  Last weekend was one of the first weekends in a long time that the reef boys could get out and try to target some quality reef fish.  By all reports the boats that ventured out from Burnett Heads and 1770 all caught a good feed of coral …

At this stage the weather forecast doesn’t look too bad for this weekend. The only problem is that the winds will be from the north, and they can sometimes be unpredictable. So, we will wait and see as the weekend gets closer. On the fresh water scene, the fishing comp held at Cania Dam last weekend was also a success …

The offshore fishing has been very limited because of the weather.  Try fishing the inshore reefs like the Cochrane Artificial early, where there’s been a few squire, sweetlip, grunter and school and spanish mackerel being boated when the weather allows. Keep in mind that the second Coral Reef Fin Fish closure will be in place next week from Monday, 9th …

On the fishing side of things, the Burnett is still alive with fish.  There have been good reports of three-tooth jew up to 50cm, big flathead, blue salmon and mangrove jack, and fingermark have also showed up during the week. For the guys keen to catch a few bass, Lake Gregory is fishing really well.  Most sessions have started with …

The Kolan River would probably be my pick for chasing a barra or mangrove jack this weekend.  Casting soft plastics and suspending hard body lures over rock bars and at any structure you find should trigger a strike. Once again, the small black marlin and sailfish have showed up in good numbers around the tip of Fraser Island.  We’ve heard …

This should be the perfect recipe to get the barra on the chew, as we’re predicting that there will be quite a few barra weighed in.  Most of the Tackle World Bundaberg team will be attending the weekend, so come up and say “G’day”. If you can’t make it up to Monduran this year there will be heaps of fishing …

We’ve heard of quite a few nice barramundi caught in both systems last weekend on soft plastics and suspending hard body lures.  There was also reports of heaps of estuary cod and flathead, which were a welcome bycatch. The Win Television Monduran Family Fishing Classic will be held on 17th and 18th of October this year.  This is always a …

With fresh southeasterly winds once again predicted for the Bundaberg area to spoil any offshore action this weekend, it looks like any fishing for the last weekend of the school holidays will be restricted to the Bundaberg rivers and impoundments. Baffle Creek has produced the goods this week.  As the daytime temperatures slowly increase we can expect species such as jacks …