Fish Species Guide

Gold Coast estuaries producing the goods

gold coast estuaries whiting

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Pelagics and reef fish offshore from Bundy

LAKE MONDURAN This awesome barra impoundment has really fired up this week.  Barra to 92cm have been responding well to hard body lures and soft vibes jigged vertically off the bottom.  Good news is that the dam received around 4500 barra fingerlings last Saturday morning.  These fingerlings were all about 15cm to 20cm in length and looked very happy in …

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Salt-Away a must-have for boaties

salt-away

WE all love fishing and boating, and the pages of this magazine are always filled with awesome fishing adventures, new techniques and magical destinations. However, something not as glamorous and very infrequently mentioned but a very important part of fishing and boating is the cleaning and maintenance of your gear. By this I mean your boat, motor, trailer, rods and …

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Aussie ingenuity in the modern age

As you can see, we Aussies tend to be a creative bunch, coming up with ingenious, often simple solutions to problems as they occur. On a less grand scale, often in a suburban backyard shed, anglers too devise imaginative solutions to challenges. Take a look at some of the rigs, cliff gaffs, lure retrievers, surf rods and so on that …

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Lake Tinaroo Barra Bonaza

lake tinaroo barra

All the areas I fished last year with Luke were well and truly out of the water this time and our better fish came from casting the points, while trolling accounted for several smaller fish. This is an exceptionally large lake and if you only have a smaller vessel or don’t feel comfortable travelling too far afield, barramundi can be …

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New name, same great service at Gold Coast Boating Centre

gold coast boating centre

IN May 2017, Gold Coast Boating Centre (formerly Marine Tune) expanded into a new 10-bay fully equipped workshop, which has allowed the transition of the old workshop into an additional third undercover new boat showroom displaying the popular Horizon, Stessl, Sea-Rod and Stessco aluminium boat brands. The new workshop expansion enabled Gold Coast Boating Centre’s qualified factory-trained technicians with over …

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Minn Kota Ultrex now available in Australia

minn kota ultrex

THE ICAST award-winning Minn Kota Ultrex is now available in Australia! Minn Kota has introduced the trolling motor anglers have only dreamed of – a hybrid that merges the body of a Fortrex with the brains of i-Pilot, complete with Spot-Lock electronic GPS anchoring and more. The Minn Kota Ultrex gives anglers the control and responsiveness of a Fortrex, plus …

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Lieuwe Mellae wins 150hp outboard as Mercury Technician of the Year

Mercury technician

THE Mercury Technician of the Year has been found, and it’s Lieuwe Mellae from Hitech Marine in Wollongong. His high-pressure win not only gives him the title: Lieuwe is now the proud owner of a brand-new Mercury 150hp FourStroke outboard. “I’m certainly happy I won, but it’s still a bit unbelievable really,” he said. “It was a tough competition, there …

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4WDing the Glasshouse Mountains

4wding glasshouse mountains

For novices, this track appears simply insane and undrivable, which alone motivates some very courageous (crazy?) people to attempt it. The bottom half of this track is called Little Red, and it also appears to be a pretty difficult track, however for those with some experience picking the right lines and with somewhat capable rigs, this track can be conquered …

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Good conditions send anglers offshore of Sunshine Coast

good conditions noosa

With the wind and swell finally dropping over the weekend in rare good conditions, plenty of anglers made the trip over the bar and headed for the reefs. Sunshine was the first stop for most with plenty of good fish on offer including coral trout, grassy sweetlip, squire, pearl perch, good maori cod and a few sneaky spanish mackerel. Most …

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