Fishing Tips

Saltwater river and estuary systems are loaded with structure, bait and a wide variety of fish species, including bread and butter basics like whiting, bream and flathead, and more exotic species such as snapper, trevally and grunter. When exploring new systems or hitting my local waters, one key structure that I like to target is saltwater yabby beds. In this …

The long-range weather forecast has not looked promising for me recently, which is just a bit stressful when you have multiple tours lined up, with some clients coming from abroad and no flexibility in their schedule. But for once Mother Nature smiled on me. I sit here now marvelling at the weather, but also grateful to take a rest. The …

Barramundi will be on just about every estuary angler’s mind as we move into October and closer to the closed season for this iconic fish. These chrome-sided fish are a majestic sight when they jump. Even people who have caught plenty still get that hit of adrenaline when a good sized barra surfaces. Central Queensland houses a great population of …

Fishing along the Clarence Coast of northern NSW has been above average in recent times, unless you’re a beach tailor fisher as these toothy critters have continued to play silly buggers by biting their heads off one day then disappearing for a week. One of the main reasons for the erratic tailor fishing is that stinking salmon have appeared in …

Round 2 of the fishing competition between the Power Boat Anglers Club and the Bribie and Rainbow Beach fishing clubs was held in late August. Initially there were to be two boats from the PBA taking part but with a forecast that was very hard to lock down it was decided to take just one, settling on Willpower, a 1992 268 …

For those new to fishing or who don’t have the resources or space for a boat, land-based fishing could be the only option. Even for people who do have a boat, land-based fishing can be relaxing and also very productive when you know where and when to fish. And for those who might not be able to afford a boat …

G’day crew, I hope you’ve all been keeping well these last few weeks and making the most of the beautiful winter days. snapper Despite a week of wind and rain in the middle of the month, most of August was glorious. It was good to see the rain didn’t murk up our local system for more than a day or …

Snapper have been going off out wide this season. Windarra Banks has been fishing well, but it’s been the 40-50-fathom line that has really been on fire. Unfortunately, the current has been on fire as well in recent days and probably won’t drop off now as it charges down the coast. When the wind is right the strong current is …

With the barramundi fishing season set to close in Queensland on October 7 in Gulf waters and November 1 in east coast waters, it seems like a good time to focus on this iconic tropical species. While countless words have been written about barramundi, methods for best targeting them can vary seasonally. October is part of the famous – or …

We’ve had a couple of good weather windows this month and the fishing in the bay has been consistent, with catches of flathead, squire or snapper, bream and tailor being pretty much the norm on every charter. I had a couple of customers recently who only wanted to do a jewfish tutorial to learn how to catch jew in the …