Fish Species Guide

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice week. Unfortunately, our great run of good weather on the Gold and Tweed coasts has come to an end this week, with the return of wind and rain making things a bit difficult. If you are still keen to get the kids out of the house during the school holidays, we …

I hope everyone got out for a fish last weekend and had a crack at the VMR Family Fishing Classic competition. With the prizes on offer, it would have been worth your while having a go. There were some great catches at the weigh-in tables with a 6.2kg snapper, 7.3kg coral trout and a 26.9kg cobia. Bundaberg weekly fishing report …

The good times continue – Yet again the weather gods smiled down for the weekend anglers. With the early morning high tides, the boat ramps were busy with the prospect of great fishing. The lead up to the new moon saw bigger tidal ranges, which made for safe bar crossings and a big push of bait in the local estuary. …

Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP) Officers from Cairns assisted the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) with compliance during the opening of the black teatfish fishery in the Torres Strait. Bêche-de-mer This commercial fishery is managed by the Australian Government and is only able to be fished by traditional inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands.     Fishing for this …

As you may be aware both the stocked impoundment permit and freshwater working groups occurred in mid-May, with a number of discussion topics. Fisheries Queensland Communiques will have been released for your information. Fisheries Queensland is also on the lookout for opportunities to promote fishing and stocking around Queensland. You may have noticed more of our articles appearing in fishing …

What a weekend! Hooked on Miles The Miles District Fishing and Recreation Club would like to thank our sponsors, visitors, competitors and volunteers for making the Hooked on Miles Fishing Classic a great success. We had 115 people register to compete in our fishing event, held at Karingal Reserve in Miles over the Labour Day long weekend. Competitors fished throughout …

After leaving the crystal blue waters of the Whitsundays, the plan was to spot-hop along the coast until we reached Gladstone, where my wife and daughters would fly home and I would spend a few days fishing with Team Cruise Craft. Exploring It’s moments such as these that having a very understanding wife is great… though my stay in Gladstone …

With more camping areas and caravan parks requiring visitors to maintain their campfires in a purpose-built fire pit, it is worth considering having a collapsible fire pit in your collection of camping gear. The Ironman 4×4 new collapsible fire pit has been designed with practicality and functionality, front of mind.     Size always matters The two sizes that matter …

The saltwater crocodile is a large and opportunistic hypercarnivorous apex predator. It ambushes most of its prey and then drowns or swallows it whole. It is capable of prevailing over almost any animal that enters its territory, including other apex predators such as sharks, varieties of freshwater and saltwater fish including pelagic species, invertebrates such as crustaceans, various reptiles, birds, …

NSW introduces new dusky flathead and lobster recreational fishing rules – effective 1 August 2022. From 1 August 2022 there are new recreational fishing rules for dusky flathead and lobster in NSW. This follows a comprehensive community consultation process which showed strong community support for the proposed changes. The new changes for recreational fishers (line fishers and spear fishers) are: …