Fish Species Guide

Brett is back from holidays but is very busy helping with the refurbishment of one of our spa boats Blue Sky.  She is looking fantastic and will be heading out on the water this weekend so I have offered to write the report this week. We have had some better days for heading out on the water for a fish …

Once again, for this weekend around the Bundaberg area, it looks like most of the fishing will be restricted to the local rivers and creeks, due to the south-easterlies that just don’t seem to stop. The good news is that most of our local rivers are starting to fish really well, and with the new moon Saturday night, the bigger …

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With dust, soot and tyre smoke bellowing out from under his 60 Series, Shane finally accepted his fate and reversed back down for me to give it a crack. Now let’s just say I was quietly confident going into this track knowing the Milk Carton’s capabilities. As expected, the Milk Carton crawled up through the shale and onto the boulders, …

CORAL reef fin fish will be off-limits from Wednesday, November 15 in the second of two annual closures that protect these fish during spawning season. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol district manager Robert Russell said the closure would start immediately after midnight at the beginning of November 15 and end immediately before midnight at the end of November 19. “October …

Here’s a short ROV video of the newly installed modules, though they won’t look like this for long! We’ll update fishers regularly as the reef matures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtisN9liZfQ&feature=youtu.be This great fishing asset is designed to produce fish for many decades, creating a high value fishing location for current and future generations of recreational fishers in the southern Sydney region. Over the …

We have had a gusty week on the Gold Coast this week with a few storms and some isolated showers that have made the fishing a bit of a challenge. Brett is still on annual leave and from all reports he has been slaying it in the fishing department. Stories and photos to come no doubt, I can’t wait to …

The mouth of the Burnett River has also sprung to life after the fresh.  There is heaps of bream along the rock walls, with some big grunter and some quality flathead further upstream, and some three-tooth jew and a few silver jew have been caught at the mouth of Rubyanna Creek. The Town Reach has also produced a few bream …

Heading offshore around Noosa, the weather gods have finally smiled on us and given use some great fishable days, plenty of angler took advantage of the great offshore conditions and did the run to the outer reefs, snapper, pearl perch, gold band snapper, cod and jewfish all on the menu this week with the good old paternoster rig loaded with …