Fish Species Guide

BUNDABERG INSHORE The inshore reefs around the Bundaberg area should be firing this weekend! There’s been plenty of reports of awesome sized grunter on all the inshore reefs. Using 20g soft vibes, soft plastics and bait will all get good results for you. With a tide change being around 7.00am I think first light will be fishing really well.  Not …

HI Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week and enjoyed some time fishing on the Tweed and Gold Coast over the Queen’s birthday long weekend. The weather has been a bit up and down this week with stronger winds, day time temps hot and cool with the odd storm forecast.  Let’s have a look at some option for the …

The last week of the school holidays provided anglers with some fantastic early morning conditions with the local reefs enjoying the NW winds which then swung around to the east making things a bit more bumpy. We did see a few of the bigger boats head wider to the Hards and the Banks, but reports were limited to catches of …

Over the past weekend the ABT Casino Outdoor Bass Electric Grand Final was held on the beautiful Richmond River at Coraki. This system is a tidal waterway that holds many different species but with bass being the target, over 30 Anglers took to the waters over 2 days to get the best 2 fish they could find. It was a …

FOR those who missed last month’s part one article, I recently embarked on the trip of a lifetime with a crew put together by Wilson Fishing. We went on a Swain Reef adventure chasing everything from big GTs to awesome-looking coral trout and everything in between. The aim of this trip was to destroy some fishing gear (well, test its …

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Bring to the table the taste of the ocean with this squid linguine recipe. Mixed with the rich tomato flavours it will be hard not to have seconds. Ingredients: 450g cleaned squid tubes, cut into thin strips 300g linguine 4 cloves garlic, crushed 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped 525g tomato and basil pasta sauce 2 eschalottes, finely chopped 1/2 tsp …

FISHERIES Queensland supports ongoing research as part of Shark Control Program operations. Several projects and a Scientific Working Group are examining the effectiveness of the program and investigating better ways of reducing the accidental capture of other marine animals (non-target species). Review of shark control alternatives The Queensland Government has committed $1 million a year to research and trialling alternatives …

With the winds continuing to hamper the offshore crew things have been all about fishing the beach, estuaries and the freshwater. A few of the larger offshore boats have managed to get out to North Reef and have come home with solid snapper, tuskies, pearlies and other reefies including cobia. In the rivers the salt content has been driven so …

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, good news for everyone the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend is looking good with plenty of sunshine on the way. School Holidays has been a busy time on the waterways with lots of people enjoying time outside Gold and Tweed Coasts. Let’s have a look at some fishing options. Exciting times this …