Recipes

THIS grilled fish recipe is the simplest and tastiest way to cook any whole fish on the campfire, resulting in a herb-crusted crispy skin and a flesh that is smoky and moist. The fingermark pictured was used as the basis for this recipe and was an ideal size. Ingredients 1 whole fish, 40cm in length Bush spice seasoning Oil Method …

NAVICO, the world’s largest manufacturer of marine electronics, recently announced the launch of C-MAP Embark, a nautical navigation app designed to refresh the planning, cruising and fishing experience with a clear aim in mind – to make it simpler. C-MAP Embark is powered by map data from official hydrographic offices. This data is continuously updated and augmented from thousands of …

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G’DAY everyone, in this month’s article we will discuss some options for finding fish in our estuaries during November. The water temperature will rise to about 25C, which means the typical winter species including bream and tailor will slow down while mangrove jack and whiting fire up. Mangrove jack are without doubt the biggest bucket list fish targeted in the …

CORAL reef fin fish will be off-limits from Monday, 5 November 2018, in the second of two annual closures to protect these fish during spawning season. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol District Manager Tony Loader said the closure would start immediately after midnight at the beginning of 5 November and end immediately before midnight at the end of 9 November. …

Well we saw some great storms and more rain at the start of the week, which topped up the rivers and has finally carved out a bit of channel in the Noosa Bar. This has allowed most to get offshore as the swell dropped as did the winds. The swell was still too big for smaller craft and it was …

Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, after a bit of a windy and rainy start to the week it was great to see the weather come good with light winds and a return to sunny conditions on the Gold Coast. Let’s have a look at this week’s action It’s nice to see reports of quality Mangrove Jack …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Looking at the forecast for the Bundaberg area for this weekend, things are looking pretty good!  The tides are looking pretty small so fishing the deep will be ON!  The red emperor have been on the chew over the last few weeks with quite a few people getting close to their bag limit every trip.  Big flesh baits …

WITH an increase in surface activity on the Fraser Coast during spring, I find myself hosting many new guests. Often they have had very little experience with this style of charter. It’s lures only, and with little to no trolling involved it can be a bit daunting, particularly when the unsettled weather of mid-spring is thrown into the fray. There’s …

FORMOSA Marine is certainly one of the more innovative boat-building brands operating today. In the 20 years since its inception, the business has gone from strength to strength and the Formosa range has continually expanded, including adding the Sea-Rod sub-brand to its portfolio in 2011, with a plethora of innovations along the way. I recently found myself on the Tweed …