Fish Species Guide

Gold Coast Coomera – weekly report

Gold Coast Coomera fishing

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good week. It was nice to finally see some sunshine over the weekend after the terrible weather we’ve been enduring on the Gold Coast and the Tweed region lately. Hopefully we see less rain during the week to give everything a chance to dry and get some better-quality water through the open …

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Bundaberg – weekly report

Bundaberg fishing

OFFSHORE / INSHORE Bundaberg fishing The weather at this period of time is looking OK for the bigger boats that want to get out and have a bottom bash. Good reports from the previous week with catches of red emperor, coral trout and grass sweetlip all coming onboard. For smaller boats… get out early before the wind picks up. There …

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Seventeen Seventy offshore raid

Seventeen Seventy offshore

With the forecast showing a good weather window for Seventeen Seventy over the full moon in January, Jeff Sorrell decided it was the ideal time for the first trip of the new year. Seventeen Seventy offshore A quick phone call to club member Steve Watson soon had a crew put together, with Steve Barber being the third to take up …

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Golden trevally a real treat

Golden trevally treat

And it’s still windy up here! It should be called Howling Bay not Hervey Bay. Golden trevally treat However, the fishing has improved post Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth and the Mary River flood. Golden trevally treat Plenty of nutrients are in the system now to attract bait. Golden trevally treat Not that I saw a lack of bait prior, only a …

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Daiwa 22 Exist

Daiwa 22 Exist

The flagship spin reel in the Daiwa light tackle range once again elevates spin reel design to a new level with the release of the 22 Exist. A beacon of design possibility and performance since the original Exist was released in 2006, the 22 model introduces new design and technologies to deliver anglers their most advanced light-tackle Daiwa spin reel …

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Broadwater fishing tips

Broadwater fishing tips

G’day everyone, we’ve had a fair amount of rain and wind over summer, enough to fire up fishing in the estuaries. Broadwater fishing tips When the weather has been kind, we’ve been running charters and getting some lovely fish for our customers. Broadwater fishing tips Brad Smith has been catching flathead, mangrove jack, big bream and trevally on Samaki Vibelicious …

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New techniques used to map Estuarine habitats

techniques Estuarine habitats

DPI Fisheries is employing new techniques to map important estuarine habitats, such as seagrass, mangrove and saltmarshes and understand their changes over time. These new techniques include: Object based image analysis; Machine learning and; Drones. Drones are being used to capture high resolution imagery and to validate and check the mapping for accuracy. Drones are also being used to help …

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Tearing it up in Tin Can Bay

Tin Can Bay

As always, I hope you have all been keeping well and getting out and banging a few good fish. Tin Can Bay So far, the start of the year sure has been a wet and windy one! Tin Can Bay But rain is always welcome on land and sea. Tin Can Bay And didn’t the creeks get a good flushing …

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Insights into boat insurance

Nautilus Marine Insurance

Insurance is not a time for fairy tales Nautilus Marine Insurance Getting your vessel description absolutely right is critical when it comes to filling out an insurance application form. Nautilus Marine Insurance All of those questions about the brand of the vessel, the model, length, beam, the year of manufacture and so on are there to help establish exactly what …

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Mutilated Fish Seized from Sydney Harbour Wharf

Mutilated Fish Seized

On a rainy Tuesday morning NSW Fisheries Officers seized a total of twelve fish from a fisher returning to his car on a Sydney wharf where he had been fishing through the night. The fish, comprised of Tailor, Snapper and Yellowfin Bream, all have a prescribed minimum size limit under NSW Fisheries legislation. All fish had their tails cut off. …

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