Fish Species Guide

Hi Everyone, we’ve had a pretty nice week on the Gold Coast, a bit of rain last weekend was  good for the river systems stirring the bait fish up and even getting a few good late season Mud Crabs. Some of our Houseboat customers scored a nice feed of crabs in the Coomera River.  Let’s have a look at some …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE How awesome was the offshore weather around the Bundaberg region during this past week?  This did allow plenty of boats to head well offshore, and everywhere from the gutter, to the islands and out to the shelf all fished really well.  Most of the gutters produced some quality parrot, grass sweetlip, cod and the odd trout.  Out around …

In the river the bream are in great numbers. Larger fish have been taken around the river mouth and the Noosa Sound as well a good sized fish right the way along Gympie Terrace and the Tewantin Area. A great option is to fish unweighted soft plastics, cast to the edge of the shadow line of pontoons and jetties these …

ALUMINIUM plate boat manufacturer Formosa Marine consistently shows its determination to build quality boats. The smallest developments add up to more value when buying a boat. Read on for latest from Formosa Marine for 2018 so far. A new and improved scupper design for the self-draining decks includes a bungy tension cord for a tighter seal in extra-choppy waters. Scuppers …

ON the back of the successful 2017 Evans Head Fishing Classic, Australian Fishing Tournaments is returning and will once again be managing this world-class fishing competition and making a significant contribution to the local economy in the process. The Evans Head Fishing Classic is synonymous with family fun, and now well into its twenties it has continued to add new …

TERRY Allwood of Wondai put on a great display of angling skills to win for the second time this season at round two of the Basstasstic qualifying series held at Cania Dam. He won at Boondooma Dam in round one and stormed home with the win this time around. On the Friday pre-fish, he didn’t land a single fish. He …

SNAPPER, come on down! June is an awesome time of year for getting rugged up, grabbing a mate and searching for a feed of snapper. A few spots reasonably easy to access either land-based or by boat or kayak will produce a good feed. Traditionally, we like to start at the mouth of the Brisbane River and work our way …

CURTIN University researchers are investigating options for the sustainable use of the dead carp biomass that could result from the potential release of syprinid herpesvirus 3 (carp virus), under the National Carp Control Plan. The research project ‘Assessment of options for utilisation of virus-infected carp’, involves laboratory-based processing trials as well as commercial-scale trials of processes that produce usable carp-based …

SUZUKI Marine is pleased to offer its commercial operators extra peace of mind by announcing the extension of its commercial warranty to two years for outboards sold from May 1, 2018. This means that any four-stroke outboard from 2.5hp to 325hp bought by a commercial operator in Australia will be covered for two years/1500 hours or one year/unlimited hours from …

The Noosa River has seen plenty of quality bream being caught throughout the system as temperatures have cooled. The river mouth has been producing some nice fish to 35cm on mullet strips, mullet gut and fowl gut. Smaller   soft plastics like Keitech 2 and 3 inch Easy Shiners on lightly weighted jig heads have also been of the lures of …