Fish Species Guide

Typically, by February a fever has kicked in on the close reefs, attracting frequent fishos and visitors to wet a line in a melting pot of excitement and frustration. mackerel Yep, you guessed it… mackerel season! With the mackerel run well and truly underway and the southern closures – south of Stanage Bay to the border – taking effect on …

The Oar-Gee Lures Oarsome 130 is a minnow or a thin body lure 130mm in body length and comes in three depth options. The Oarsome 130mm 1m will troll and cast at 1m, the Oarsome 130mm 3m will cast to a depth of approximately 2m and troll at 3m, while the Oarsome 130mm 5m trolls to 5m and will cast …

Toyota Australia has announced pricing and specification for the upgraded LandCruiser 70 Series range, with the venerable workhorse arriving in Australian showrooms priced from $75,600 plus on-road costs for the 76 Series WorkMate wagon. Along with enhancements to exterior styling, comfort and convenience features and safety technology, the 70 Series introduces a six-speed automatic transmission for the first time – …

A free resource for landholders, community groups, recreational fishers and biosecurity organisations, FeralFishScan is a purpose-built community website and app for recording feral fish sightings and evidence. Since European settlement, the deliberate or accidental introduction of non-native fish into Australian freshwater ecosystems has resulted in the establishment of many populations of pest fish species. These species are broadly considered as …

February is generally one of the hottest months of the year in southeast Queensland.  rivers It can produce some wild weather, such as heavy rain and storms, so we’ll have to wait to see what Mother Nature feels like sending our way as the month progresses. At the time of writing, the rivers were still fairly brown from the recent …

The Surecatch Chin Guard is designed to be an easy to rig weighted keel for your troll baits. Pre-rigged with stainless-steel hooks, the chin guard comes in two weights – 115g and 85g. The 115g unit features a gang of three 8/0 hooks, while the 85g unit has three 6/0 hooks. The weighted chin guard features a highly polished finish …

Important – any sooty grunter caught in the Mary River MUST be destroyed, no matter the size. Same applies to any sooty grunter caught in any southeast Queensland waterways. This announcement comes on the back of sooty grunter potentially being caught and released into waterways that are NOT their natural environment. This causes an imbalance in the system and impacts …

A highly invasive species of clam, freshwater gold clam (Corbicula fluminea), has been detected for the first time in Australia at several places along the Brisbane River at Savages Crossing, Colleges Crossing and Riverside Park. Freshwater gold clam is highly invasive because of its rapid growth rate, high reproductive rate, and ability to broadcast its larvae over a broad area …

Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation, have now introduced Mercury Joystick Steering for Single-Engine Vessels, compatible for use with the Mercury Verado family of V8, V10 and V12 outboard engines from 250 to 600hp, at the Discover Boating™ Miami International Boat Show in Miami Beach, Florida. Enhanced by electric steering, Joystick Steering for Single-Engine Vessels rounds out Mercury’s suite …

Welcome to this week’s Sunshine Coast Fishing Report. Poor weather conditions have resulted in few catches over the past week. This week’s report therefore is short and sweet! With more rain and wind predicted for the coming week, it’s looking like another quiet week on the water. Offshore Over the last week, the weather gods turned on a few prime …