Fishing Tips

DPI Fisheries is employing new techniques to map important estuarine habitats, such as seagrass, mangrove and saltmarshes and understand their changes over time. These new techniques include: Object based image analysis; Machine learning and; Drones. Drones are being used to capture high resolution imagery and to validate and check the mapping for accuracy. Drones are also being used to help …

As always, I hope you have all been keeping well and getting out and banging a few good fish. Tin Can Bay So far, the start of the year sure has been a wet and windy one! Tin Can Bay But rain is always welcome on land and sea. Tin Can Bay And didn’t the creeks get a good flushing …

Well, I guess the news from the past month is the nagging swell. Menace marlin mackerel It’s been relentless but the bars have been workable on the tides, and the good news is there are fish out there. Menace marlin mackerel Small black marlin have been reasonably prevalent this summer and have given anglers a thrill with their antics. Menace …

And just like that… we’re into autumn. Mad mackerel month The weather has made it a little difficult over the past month, with very unsettled conditions that have in turn made fishing very patchy. Mad mackerel month Some days the fish have been biting their heads off and other days… not even a nibble. Mad mackerel month I haven’t missed …

We try to focus on children and families, both in these articles and in the shop particularly. Teaching youth fishing There is a very good reason for this… ‘teach a child to fish and…’ Teaching youth fishing There are so many endings to this sentence and not many the same. Kids learn so much from us at a very young …

Hasn’t the year flown by already… here we are in March and winter is just around the corner. Moreton Bay round-up Pelagic action has dominated the catches coming from the bay, with plenty of doggy mackerel being caught around the beacons – mainly from the M8 north and the Measured Mile across to Moreton Island Sandhills. As usual, birds have …

It’s been a bit of a downer for some anglers, and as I mentioned last month, it’s re-think time. Largest stocking rate Yellowbelly can be taken 2.5m below the surface with small hard-body lures set around 4m behind the boat trolling or just casting into the tight inlets where water flows down from recent rainfall. Largest stocking rate The gullies …

You spend your whole life discovering new fishing gems, and living in the middle of the Cape provides plenty of options if you take the opportunity to explore that bit further. East coast reef Even after 30 years up here, I’ve only scratched the surface – much of that due to the fact that many areas are still extremely difficult …

Are you as excited as I am? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would be well aware that as of February 1, the Queensland saltwater barramundi season has officially re-opened. Barra season re-opening I can’t wait to get back out on the salt and chase a big chrome slab. Barra season re-opening The Shimano King of Kings competition …

We are into another year, and my prayers were answered – if only for a short spell – they were still answered. Fishing prayers answered Just before Christmas, there was a lovely run of weather but that of course didn’t last long. Fishing prayers answered The remnants of ExTropical Cyclone Seth have me sitting at home again – lucky for …