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The Noosa River has had yet another flush through after recent rains. With the full Moon this week and the larger evening tides I would be focusing my effort on the lower reaches of the river. In Woods Bay there have been good numbers of trevally (big eye, gt, golden) and tailor being caught throughout inner and outer Woods Bays. …

A round of the ABT Bass Electric Series was held at Lake Gregory last Sunday.  By all reports the fishing was a little tough but most local Bundy anglers managed to land their bag limit.  Local legend Dave Magner took out the event, weighing in two nice bass he caught by casting at schooled fish in the deeper water.  Dave …

Well I’ll be! The weatherman got it right this time for Tin Can Bay. The heavy rain & wind we had late last week was a distant memory by Saturday morning with clear blue skies & light winds. Best of all it’s been the same all week & set to continue for a few more days yet. Whilst the rain …

Hi there anglers, Unfortunately due to the weather there won’t be a lot of fishing happening this weekend on the Sunshine Coast. Judging by the fairly consistent weather predictions it does look like the wind and swell are dropping as of Friday to leave us with a good Sat and Sunday being the better with a slight chance of rain. …

We’ve also got a pending world length record Australian bass of 51cm. This fish was caught from Boondooma, so it will be great to see this verified and in the record book for years to come. Lure fishers have had great success all over the dam, but particularly in the timbered arms. The Boyne and Stuart arms have produced very …

It must have been one nervous fish in among these barra. As I continued up the bank I came to another section of lilies with a cutting through them. I dropped my lure towards the back of the cutting and it was almost instantly monstered by a slightly smaller barra. Fortunately it took off towards the middle of the river …

Mud crabs were running after the rain, with the kids getting the adults a good feed of four to eight crabs each trip. We had a visit from NSW Fisheries officers, which was unexpected, as someone who can’t count or doesn’t know the new rules for NSW must have made a complaint. I suppose having 17 traps stacked up may have …

May is often regarded as the end of the prawn run in the southeast Queensland rivers, but it can go for a couple more months depending on the season. For example, I was still getting big numbers of prawns in July and early August last year. Jew and threadfin The huge numbers of jew and threadfin salmon that have been hanging …

“Three commercial (monofilament) mesh nets were found and while the defendant had previously been licensed as a commercial fisher, his licence had been revoked and as such, he was not authorised to be in possession of the nets.” The defendant was charged for five offences under the Fisheries Act, fined $6000 for obstructing officers and $3700 for possession of illegal …