Fish Species Guide

Offshore fishing quite good on Gold Coast

gold coast offshore fishing quite good

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, we’ve had nice conditions for spending time outdoors on the Tweed and Gold Coasts. The warmer weather is firing up the summer species which is great news for anglers.  Let’s have a look at what’s been biting. We’ve found the offshore fishing quite good on the close reefs, with regular contributor …

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Flathead Classic 2019 wrap-up

Classic 2019

I’VE been a bit quiet on the writing side of things, with work once again taking precedence over fishing, and the days I made it to the water being nothing short of shockingly below average. Classic 2019 What can I say but that was an absolutely crazy and unusual lead-up to this year’s Gold Coast Sportfishing Club Flathead Classic 2019. …

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Ripper return to Pennefather River

Pennefather River

HI, it’s Craig Tomkinson here. It had been two years since I last towed my boat to the Pennefather River near Weipa and I was so looking forward to going. With all the prep work done, I finished work on Friday, packed my gear and was ready to go Saturday. I was waiting for my mate Dave to show up on …

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Requesting rain on Northern Rivers

Northern Rivers

HELLO and welcome to this month’s edition of BNB. I can’t believe I am about to say this given I live on the NSW Northern Rivers – but oh my goodness we need some rain! Now I know plenty of others places around the state and entire country need rain, however, given this has to be one of the wettest …

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More than one thousand native fish rescued in Lower Darling operation

Lower Darling

The NSW Government has successfully relocated more than 1100 native fish as part of a targeted fish rescue operation in the Lower Darling, where drying pools and warming temperatures pose an imminent threat to fish survival. Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall recently visited Menindee and the Lower Darling River where the latest efforts were focused. “The relocation operations have been …

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Heading out early to beat the winds

early

With the winds coming up early on most days it was a case of heading out very early if fishing offshore or using one of the many sheltered locations throughout the Noosa River to fish. The few boats that did head out for the first light bite shot to Sunshine so they were not too far from home. The fish …

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The weather has shifted more towards summer

Summer

HI Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, the weather has shifted more towards a summer pattern with SE and NE sea breezes with the odd storm on the Gold and Tweed Coasts. Getting an early start on the water is the best option to try to beat the wind. Let’s see what’s on the bite this week. As …

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Easy breakfast muffins recipe

breakfast muffin

This easy breakfast muffins recipe is not only perfect for breakfast but can also be eaten cold as a tasty lunchtime snack. Kids also love them as an alternative snack in their lunchboxes. Ingredients: 3 eggs, whisked 6 slices prosciutto 25g finely chopped capsicum 25g garlic chives finely chopped 2 sheets puff pastry, partially thawed Method: Cut six 9cm rounds …

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Action-packed weekend around Bundaberg

weekend

What an action-packed weekend it was around the Bundaberg region.  We were fortunate to have some fantastic weather and by all reports, plenty of trophy fish were caught. BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Jade from Truansea Charters reported having a couple of excellent days reef fishing last weekend before the weather change that rolled through around lunch time Sunday.  Other anglers also reported …

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Paddling on Somerset region dams

Somerset

IF Brisbane is known as the River City, then Somerset Region must have to be Queensland’s Lakes District, though a little different to the one in Cumbria, northwest England. Wivenhoe and Somerset dams are Queensland’s third and fourth-largest dams respectively, and the lakes they form are fantastic boating, fishing and of course paddling destinations. At only one to 1.5 hours’ drive from …

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