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Wicked fishing in the estuary and on the reef at Stanage Bay

Howdy all fishers and visitors from Stanage. The road is rough with corrugations and pot holes. I am not complaining, my little Suzuki Jimny seems to love it… possibly because of the awesome driver – me. The estuary: has been kind to some  and plain mean to others.  The lucky ones have been pulling in muddies, grunter,  cod, mangrove jack …

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Beaut weather and big fish from Sunny Coast

Hi there Anglers, KAWANA BAIT AND TACKLE HAVE A BRAND NEW INTERACTIVE WEBSITE. www.kawanabaitandtackle.com.au We have had a lucky break this past week or so with the weather. Although the weather is picking up in the next few days the morning will be good to fish. The swell will be sitting around the 1m mark and the wind will range …

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Gold Coast fishing well for most species

Gold Coast Offshore Spaniards and Wahoo have been in good numbers from the gravel off Burleigh heads to the nine mile and Fidos reef off Tweed Heads, Hex Head lures and silver Halco laser pro 190 have doing the damage. Still enough Blue Marlin on the canyons to warrant the trip the odd big dolly and Yellowfin tuna still around. …

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Get on the water before the holiday rush!

The weekend is near & that means it’s time to start planning your next fishing trip & with Easter holidays set to kick off next weekend it is a great time to get out before the increase in boat traffic from holiday makers. The neap tides this weekend should provide a great opportunity to fish areas like Bluff Reef, Teebar …

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Rough roads and big barra at Stanage

Howdy all fishers and adventurers visiting Stanage. High Peak, Percy Isles and the Dukes The Road into Stanage is nothing but rough and rougher, so do what most of the locals do and slow down and take life easy on it. Until our local council Livingstone Shire can get a road team up this way, the road can only get …

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This weekend the real deal

Hi there anglers, The weatherman couldn’t predict the weekend before Wednesday. But we have now seen the wind and swell gradually drop and the sun is coming out. The swell will maintain itself around the 1m mark and below with the wind meter predicting around 8 knots through the course of the weekend. This trend will see through to mid …

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At long last a good forecast for the weekend

At long last we have a reasonable forecast for the weekend ahead. Light winds early mornings & late afternoon will make for the ideal conditions for hitting the water. With wind expected to reach 10-15knots through the middle of the day it makes sense to get out while it is cool to avoid the heatwave that is predicted to hit …

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Pelagics moving into Moreton Bay

The Diver Whiting have been a little scarce this week on the Chain Banks and in the Rous Channel; they have been in slightly better numbers at the Sand Hills. The pelagic fish have started to show in the bay with reports of Spotty Mackerel and Long Tail Tuna being caught North of Peel Island. The Hope Banks are worth …

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TCB fishing is picking up

Wow it’s only 3 weeks until the start of the Easter holidays! Hopefully the effects of these cyclones will be long gone by then. The fishing over the past week has been picking up with several good feeds of mud crabs being caught in the creeks around Tin Can Bay. There has been some big cod being caught with one …

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