Fish Species Guide

Applications for Recreational Fishing Trust Grants are now open! NSW Fisheries Would you like to improve recreational fishing in your local area? Fishers and community members are encouraged to apply for funding from the Recreational Fishing Trusts for projects that improve and promote recreational fishing across NSW. NSW Fisheries Anyone can apply for funding from the Recreational Fishing Trusts, including …

27 Queensland community-based not-for-profit organisations, fishing clubs and incorporated associations have received funding for community fishing projects. The funding will support fishing clinics, research and promote recreational fishing or fish habitat improvement and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community fishing projects. Fisheries Qld 4 commercial fishing groups have received funding. These projects will improve fishery management practice, trial cost-effective independent …

Prewinter warmer – Well, that’s about it for autumn and with winter knocking on the door, we can expect a mixed bag of weather. For now, the sun is finally out and with a predicted westerly wind and a brief drop in the swell, we could see a green light for the offshore crew. With the wind sitting strong from …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE AND INSHORE Bundaberg weekly fishing report Welcome back to another cracking fishing report. I hope everyone got out last weekend because it was absolutely mint, probably the glassiest I have ever seen it. Once again, this weekend’s weather is looking good. We should see lots of tasty reds being caught along with coral trout, tuskfish, sweetlip and all …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice week. It was great to finally see some sunshine for more than one day in a row on the Tweed and Gold coasts, which was more than we’ve had all year. The strong northwesterly wind hammered the coast earlier in the week – making fishing conditions very hard – bringing with …

One of the species high on the bucket list for estuary and surf anglers of temperate Australia is the enigmatic mulloway. Lure a mulloway Success with this species – as it is for many other less common angling targets – is perseverance. Lure a mulloway Sticking to the task, spending as many hours as necessary and studying the fish’s habits …

Ready to get your arms stretched? Z-Man HerculeZ Swimbait The new Z-Man 10X Tough HerculeZ pre-rigged soft swimbait is here! Built for barramundi, Murray cod, mangrove jack, flathead, mulloway and other larger predatory species. A collaboration between US Z-Man Fishing Products and Tackle Tactics Australia, the HerculeZ has been developed and refined over a couple of years using sketches, CAD …

I am guessing that like me, many of you will be wondering when this windy and rainy weather will stop. Gold Coast snapper Though it may seem to be a bit of an inconvenience, it is in actual fact creating a wonderful and very strong fish population for winter. Gold Coast snapper These weather cycles do two things in particular. …

When it comes to fishing the ‘fight hard and bite even harder’ fish, two species are on the top of the list for many anglers – amberjack and yellowtail kingfish. Jigging tips And we are lucky to have both of these in huge numbers in southeast Queensland! Jigging tips Though there are always good schools of these fish year-round, now …

Catching a trophy fish is always something special but having caught it on a custom-built rod specifically designed for the job is even better. Custom-built rod In this article, I want to share with you the process from start to finish on how – with the help of the team at United Tackle Australia and some input from my experiences …