Fish Species Guide

JEWFISH and tailor dominated catches during June here in the Clarence Valley, which is to be expected. I’ve been writing about it for 27 years now and it was happening long before Captain Cook touched down, so it amazes me the number of people still surprised by the yearly event that happens right along the coastline. Winter equals a lot …

THIS pea and ham soup recipe is one of the author’s mum’s traditional winter warmers. Grab a blanket, put your Uggies on and snuggle up with this tasty stomach-warming soup any night of the week. Ingredients 1 bacon hock 250g yellow split peas 2 potatoes, chopped 1 large onion, diced 2 carrots, chopped 1 large zucchini, chopped 1/2 sugar loaf …

With the breezes mainly blowing offshore over the weekend most offshore anglers keep to the closer reefs, some larger craft ventured to the outer reefs and found they where really firing. On North Reef There were good numbers of snapper being taken on Micro Jigs, the 40 – 50g sizes seemed to be doing the job. The Blue Blue Sea …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE With the offshore forecast for the Bundaberg area not looking too flash for the weekend, it may be time to do some boat/trailer maintenance. If you were one of the fortunate ones who got offshore during the week, you would have done well. Good tides made for great fishing and plenty of quality fish were caught. Red emperor, …

HAVING owned and fished out of a side console for over 10 years, I have a bit of a soft spot for this style of boat. The reason I feel this way probably relates to how I use the boat, which usually involves fishing two or three-up with a mix of casting and trolling lures or bait fishing, crabbing and …

Hi Everyone, we’ve been lucky enough to have another nice week here on the Gold Coast for all our Houseboat crews enjoying time on the water during School Holidays. The Fishing has been good the past week with reports of some great catches coming in. Let’s see what’s been biting this week. Customers have reported some good catches of Bream …

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IT’S no secret to anyone who has known me for more than 30 seconds that I’m a huge fan of canoes. The primary reason for this is their incredible versatility – one simple craft can perform so many tasks. One of my personal favourites, aside from paddling of course, is canoe sailing. Canoes have a relatively stable and efficient hull …

IN the build-up to winter, the Bundaberg area was experiencing little to no good weather for offshore fishing, and when a weekend finally arose, other commitments prevented me from heading out. But at long last a weekend came along when nothing stood in the way and once Friday night arrived, the boat was packed and the alarms set for the …

A MAJOR sting by the Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol has uncovered unlawful black market fishing activities in Brisbane. A total of 70 charges were laid against four men, two of whom were commercial fishers, with a total of $35,690 in fines handed out. Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said the detection of such significant offences, …