Hi everyone, hope you have all had a good week. It’s been a bit wet ‘n wild on the Gold Coast at times this week, with some cracking storms moving through producing strong winds, hail and heavy rainfall making conditions very unpredictable. The good news is when it wasn’t storming, we saw plenty of sunshine and nice conditions in between …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, the weather over the weekend for Father’s day was a bit average and that theme continued on into the week with strong winds and big swells persisting for the majority of the time, at least the rain disappeared. At this stage Saturday morning may provide a short weather window before …

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. With the Snapper and Pearl Perch closure now over and some lighter winds on the way heading offshore will be on …

THIS time of year is always very exciting. There are plenty of late season prawns still being caught around the bay islands, big mud crabs are crawling around in the creeks ready to dig in before the winter chill hits and all of the cold weather species are starting to show up. May was an awesome month for mackerel and, …

There are still good numbers of mackerel about for those of you who troll lures or rigged bait. Deep diving hard-body lures between 150-200mm work well when trolled at 4-6 knots. The same sized lure with a smaller bib will be good on the troll at a faster speed of around 8-9 knots too. I use a 20cm length of …

WINTER has flown by and we are already almost into spring, though our winter species here on the Gold Coast will still be in full swing. Here in Queensland we have just experienced our first year of the snapper and pearl perch closure, which was in effect until August 15, meaning you could not target or keep either of these …

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a good week, with over 100mm of rain falling on the weekend over most suburbs on the Tweed and Gold Coast the flush out is great news for fishing over the next few months. For those keen to brave the cool nights and early mornings, bream have been on the bite in big …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, the strong Westerly winds have brought a cold snap to the Tweed and Gold Coast. A big swell for offshore waterways is on the way making fishing inshore the best option as we head towards the weekend. Let’s have a look at some options to try in the westerly winds. …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, bit of a mixed bag of weather hanging around the past week with plenty of wind, a few showers and a couple of weather windows for keen Fishos mid-week to get outdoors for a fishing mission on the Gold and Tweed Coasts. Let’s see what’s been on the bite. As …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, for Mum’s that enjoy fishing it was nice to see some great conditions last weekend for Mother’s Day on the Gold and Tweed Coasts, with the Tweed River an awesome option. Bit windy for the rest of the week with a small weather window to get out and about. Let’s …