Fish Species Guide

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE We had many reports of good catches of red emperor, coral trout, and large nannygai over the past week. A well-presented bait like pilchards, squid and a good flesh bait will get these prize fish in the boat. Always check the weather forecast before heading out. BUNDABERG INSHORE For the smaller tinnies that want to get out and …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, it’s was nice to see some good weather last Saturday giving everyone a good weather window to hit the water and have some fun on the Gold Coast. Unfortunately, conditions mid-week were a bit average with wind, swell and rain hanging around. At the time of writing my report it’s …

Howdy, with our planned annual trip to Fraser cancelled due to COVID travel restrictions, we decided to stay and fish locally instead. This required a quick rethink of plans based around tides and forecasted conditions, and our much more limited knowledge of Moreton Island when compared to Fraser. Magic Moreton Island Our trip could probably best be described in terms …

Well October really started with a bang! Big thunderstorms over the region with some decent rainfall too! With light wind predicted and a mid-week new moon, things certainly looked great for anglers both inshore and offshore.  Sunshine Coast Noosa Offshore Offshore, the close reefs of Halls produced some solid sweetlip. These fish love a good downpour especially when the river …

BUNDABERG INSHORE This week looks like there will be a small window each morning to head out. The local reefs have been producing some nice fish. There has been some grassy sweet lip, cobia, trevally, school mackerel and schools of long tail tuna have started to turn up. The bait to use is a lightly weighted flesh bait or pilchard. …

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a good week. It’s been great to see such a good run of weather on the Gold Coast the past week with plenty of opportunities for anglers to hit the water in search of some fishing action. Looking towards the weekend, at the time of writing my report we should see a weather …

Tips on water temp and depth for flathead Southern Moreton Bay The fishing has been going reasonably well, having caught a few nice fish in the shallows around the Moreton Bay islands. When we talk about shallows, we’re fishing in water depths of 2-6m for squire or snapper and anything from 0.5-2m for flathead. With bream, most of them are …

September on Cape York is very much a transitional month weatherwise. This is the peak of the dry season – conditions are definitely warming and there’s an increasing chance the seemingly relentless southeast trade wind may ease off from time to time. Reef Cape York Inshore water along northwest Cape York is usually fishable by smaller but seaworthy boats of …

That’s the end of another week and one step closer to summer. For many anglers now has been a great time to go away especially over the school holidays. Fraser Island, Baffle Creek, Seventeen Seventy and of course the dams have all been popular, making now a great time to get away or plan a trip. Sunshine Coast Noosa Offshore …