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After 12 years of living and working in the Torres Strait, a job opportunity came up at the end of 2021 and so my wife and I made the decision to move back to Bundaberg, to be closer to family. Torres Strait trip It was all very last minute, so the rush was on to pack up our lives, book …

Revolution rarely comes twice in the one lure, but the Zerek Flat Shad X revolutionises the revolutionary Flat Shad. At the heart of the Flat Shad X is the patented belly slits that allow the plastic to easily compress in any direction, exposing the hook to ensure solid hook-ups. But the X takes the revolution to another level. The jig …

When I first came to live on the Cape over 30 years ago, the seasons definitely seemed to be more predictable. Wild Cape York While the actual times of the start and end of the wet did vary from year to year, the sequence of events that marked the transitions were much more defined. Wild Cape York As the dry …

A commercial fisher has been fined $15,000 in the Caboolture Magistrates Court. He had repeatedly failed to allow Fisheries officers to inspect his vehicle and boat, did not maintain logbooks properly and had non-compliant nets. The offences took place on a number of occasions over 6 months. In one instance, the fisher motored away from QBFP officers on the Caboolture …

Drier times ahead – Well, we certainly got smashed! As a result, the rivers saw record levels of floodwater and sediment. For the Noosa River and many other systems, this means a lot of displaced fish and larger congregations of baitfish. For the angler, this translates to finding larger schools of fish that should be very hungry. Sunshine Coast Noosa …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good week. It was nice to finally see some sunshine over the weekend after the terrible weather we’ve been enduring on the Gold Coast and the Tweed region lately. Hopefully we see less rain during the week to give everything a chance to dry and get some better-quality water through the open …

OFFSHORE / INSHORE Bundaberg fishing The weather at this period of time is looking OK for the bigger boats that want to get out and have a bottom bash. Good reports from the previous week with catches of red emperor, coral trout and grass sweetlip all coming onboard. For smaller boats… get out early before the wind picks up. There …

With the forecast showing a good weather window for Seventeen Seventy over the full moon in January, Jeff Sorrell decided it was the ideal time for the first trip of the new year. Seventeen Seventy offshore A quick phone call to club member Steve Watson soon had a crew put together, with Steve Barber being the third to take up …

And it’s still windy up here! It should be called Howling Bay not Hervey Bay. Golden trevally treat However, the fishing has improved post Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth and the Mary River flood. Golden trevally treat Plenty of nutrients are in the system now to attract bait. Golden trevally treat Not that I saw a lack of bait prior, only a …

The flagship spin reel in the Daiwa light tackle range once again elevates spin reel design to a new level with the release of the 22 Exist. A beacon of design possibility and performance since the original Exist was released in 2006, the 22 model introduces new design and technologies to deliver anglers their most advanced light-tackle Daiwa spin reel …