Using the Lowrance HDS-12 on my boat was a big part of our success. Insight Genesis mapping helped us locate and pinpoint the top and bottom of ledges as well as holes. It also helped us position the boat to either drift the right line or hold and cast to isolated structure. Using the Lowrance’s side imaging to locate bait schools was …

G’day everyone, I hope you found my previous article useful in trying to get yourself onto a spanish mackerel or two. As most of you would know, we have two separate closures for Queensland tidal systems – one was February 1-21 and the second closure starts March 1, finishing March 21. Up until this point, I’d been right into the …

October is an excellent month to be on the water in southeast Queensland. Mangrove jack are getting very active and the flathead season continues around the Gold Coast and Tweed areas. Bull sharks will be very lively in the upper reaches of creeks, harassing herring and mullet schools. This month, flathead generally slow down in the local rivers on Brisbane’s …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice week. At the time of writing my report, we were once again under the threat of heavy rainfall and strong wind this week on the Gold and Tweed coasts. We can’t seem to get a break from this weather pattern. I do hope that everyone stays safe, and we see some …

Hi everyone, hope you are all safe and well after the drenching from the intense weather system that past over the Gold and Tweed coasts last weekend – finally stopping on Monday, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction behind it. Given the quantity of debris moving through the system, the amount of freshwater and bad water quality… not much …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, it’s was nice to see some good weather last Saturday giving everyone a good weather window to hit the water and have some fun on the Gold Coast. Unfortunately, conditions mid-week were a bit average with wind, swell and rain hanging around. At the time of writing my report it’s …

HI everyone, hope you have all had a good week, the weather has certainly warmed up during the start of spring on the Gold Coast, which is great news for those anglers who enjoy targeting inshore estuary species because they’ll be on the move. Gold Coast Coomera With September school holidays kicking off this weekend, it’s a great time to …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, it was nice to see the great run of weather continue as we transition into Springtime on the Gold Coast, we will see the days starting to warm up and the fishing will continue to get better. Let’s have a look at some options as we head into the weekend. …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, it was great news to see the lockdown come to an end in South East Queensland giving anglers the green light to get out the water and go fishing. It was a bit of a quirt start to the week with a bit of wind and rain, lets hope the …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, cooler weather combined with wind and showers for majority of the last week has greeted anglers on the Tweed and Gold Coast. Tuesday and Wednesday were the best days to hit the water, if you are keen to get out over the weekend the forecast is looking fairly good with …