Fish Species Guide

When I first came to live on the Cape over 30 years ago, the seasons definitely seemed to be more predictable. Wild Cape York While the actual times of the start and end of the wet did vary from year to year, the sequence of events that marked the transitions were much more defined. Wild Cape York As the dry …

A commercial fisher has been fined $15,000 in the Caboolture Magistrates Court. He had repeatedly failed to allow Fisheries officers to inspect his vehicle and boat, did not maintain logbooks properly and had non-compliant nets. The offences took place on a number of occasions over 6 months. In one instance, the fisher motored away from QBFP officers on the Caboolture …

Drier times ahead – Well, we certainly got smashed! As a result, the rivers saw record levels of floodwater and sediment. For the Noosa River and many other systems, this means a lot of displaced fish and larger congregations of baitfish. For the angler, this translates to finding larger schools of fish that should be very hungry. Sunshine Coast Noosa …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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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 …

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 …