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Hi Everyone, it’s awesome to see the great weather continue on the Gold Coast with fine conditions for fishing both offshore and inshore on offer. Our Coomera Houseboat customers have been having a great time finding plenty of fish and crabs in the Broadwater and Jumpinpin. Let’s have a look at a few good fishing options. It’s been great to …

QUEEN Mary Falls is one of southeast Queensland’s most iconic day trip destinations. Located within Main Range National Park, this waterfall is one of those spectacular locations that satisfies the need for adventure. The trip to Queen Mary Falls is an extremely picturesque drive, though if travelling from Brisbane you will be cruising on blacktop to get there. However, don’t …

IT is that time of year when we are spoilt for species to target offshore. On the shallow grounds we’ve seen a lot of offshore mulloway or jewies as they are affectionately known. Most people associate them with inshore estuaries, rock walls and structure close to river mouths, but they certainly aren’t limited to those areas. The range of these …

ALUMINIUM plate boat manufacturer Formosa Marine has released a lockable enclosed cabin Hard Top with a roller door. This new option is now available for the Half Cabin and Centre Cabin models in the Offshore range in sizes 580 to 740 and the Classic 580. Discover the 7.4m range. The Half Cabin, Centre Cabin and X Bowrider models are available …

AS much as it is awesome fun to run around in flash big new rigs for boat reviews, sometimes it is good to get back into something that would suit a mix of boaters from the first-timer to the hard-core fisho and crabber. In this instance I’m referring to the Stessco Catcher. For many years, the 4.3m Stessco Catcher was …

Hi Everyone, what a fantastic run of weather we’ve been having on the Gold Coast this week with light winds, small swell and plenty of awesome fish being landed. Let’s have a look at this week’s action. It was great to see the swell drop off over the weekend matched with light winds gave everyone the green light to head …

With the consistent run of cooler nights the water temperature in the river have really started to drop, and fishing the run out tide in the evenings has seen the odd jack being taken on live bait. Mangrove jack tend to feed a bit more in those warmer currents running out of the lakes after the sun has been on …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE For the first time in ages the offshore forecast for the Bundaberg area was pretty good last weekend. It was great to see so many larger boats get a chance to head offshore. By all reports most boats managed to land a quality mixed bag of reef fish, including coral trout, red emperor, parrot, grass sweetlip, hussar and …

MOTORGUIDE’S newest release – the Xi3 – is the quietest and easiest to use motor in its class. Indeed, rigorous testing has proven it to be up to 40 percent quieter than its nearest competitor. But there’s a lot more to it than that. MotorGuide’s latest offering also has wireless control straight out of the box, with a hand-held remote …

THE latest round of surveillance results for white spot disease have now been finalised, with the results showing no further spread, which is welcome news for the Queensland seafood industry. More than 60 sites across the state were tested for the virus that causes white spot disease and the findings have shown there is no indication the virus is spreading. …