Fish Species Guide

Around Australia, hundreds of people are coming together to help a once-prized but decimated and largely forgotten marine ecosystem. They’re busy restoring Australia’s native oyster and mussel reefs. Alongside the high-profile national Reef Builder campaign, community groups have become inspired to do their bit, in their own backyards. Fortunately, there’s more than one way to rebuild a reef. And you …

July is a great month to be on the water around Brisbane. The action can be hot, with multiple species available. The wet start to the year had all the rivers and creeks running brown for quite a while. Yet the rain stopped and the start of winter kicked off with a bang. The rivers have cleaned up nicely, which …

Hopefully, by the time this hits the stands, we should be having some better weather periods. winter It hasn’t been playing the game lately, with only small windows of opportunity to head out inshore or offshore. We are certainly starting to see the weather shift to more of a typical winter pattern, which means we’ll get wind in the morning …

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Designed to exacting standards and built to withstand the rigours of Australian saltwater fishing, the Daiwa 23 Saltist rod range stands out from the pack. True to Saltist’s tradition for strength and design excellence, the 23 Saltist continues the evolution for the famous name to deliver anglers a rod series that is lighter, crisper and more responsive. Integrating many of …

Using wire fish traps to take Murray crayfish is unlawful and will not be tolerated. NSW DPI Fisheries Officers from the states South West have apprehended a man from Gooramadda, allegedly using an unlawful wire trap to take Murray crayfish from the Murray River near Howlong. As a result of a surveillance operation, the man was observed and recorded using …

Inshore Fishing Our inshore reefs are continuing to fish really well and provide plenty of variety for those heading out during the good weather we have had. Finding the bait has been key, most of our inshore marks are holding great amounts of bait and with that has been plenty of school mackerel, grunter, sweetlip and even some quality snapper, …

Golden snapper – more commonly known as fingermark – are a common species caught throughout the Gladstone harbour. Though it has been only in recent years that I’ve worked out the techniques and areas that consistently produce good numbers of this fish. A change of techniques – fishing vertically and deeper when fishing in rivers – was the first thing …

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Well, here it is, my favourite part and the steps that matter after all your hard work… the cooking that is, not the cleaning up. Before starting up Suncoast Skutes, I was a passionate and devoted chef, so hopefully I can nail a few good pointers for you this month. Without blathering on, we’re going to look at the most …