Fish Species Guide

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 …

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 …

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 …

We’ve had a bit of a mixed bag of weather on the Gold Coast this week, seeing hot NW over the weekend before the return of the SE winds and a few showers mid-week. Let’s have a look at what’s been biting. The water temp has started to cool down a bit as we head toward the end of April,  …

BAFFLE CREEK AND THE KOLAN RIVER Both of these systems have really started to clean up and come good, with some really good quality fish being caught.  The mouths are producing plenty of whiting and flathead with a few big grunter coming out of the channels.  Further upstream along the rock banks and deeper holes there has been a good …

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SHIMANO’S Backbone Elite rods have proven hugely popular with the offshore game fishing set, delivering a range of line class options at really good prices. And the 2018 line-up has just been given a well-deserved tweak. There are eight rods in all; a 10kg stick with fixed guides and a roller tip as well as three 15kg options in a …

Lewan and I were trying to skull drag our mackerel to the boat on many days and this often worked on the smaller fish but boy did we lose some. We pulled hooks, broke hooks, broke wire traces and broke the line in an effort to get the mackerel past the sharks. As annoying as it is not being able …

Finally, it’s nice to be able to report about some decent weather for the Bundaberg area for this weekend. I’m sure all the kids will make the most of the lighter winds for the last weekend of the school holidays. BUNDABERG OFFSHORE After weeks of terrible weather, it’s nice to see a few nice days on the horizon. At this …

In the Noosa River, it has been a case of the early bird catching the fish, Trevally, queen fish and tailor have all been taken on the surface with both poppers and surface walkers doing some serious damage. Woods Bays, the back of Noosa Sound and the first Ski Run have been the pick of the spots. Try Duo Poco …