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The Beaches are still turning up good numbers of really nice Bream and Chopper Tailor to the anglers with a keen eye for picking the gutters (deeper water) which has had some form about it with the southerlies blowing earlier in the week. The best reports from the beaches have been from Tee- Wah beach with some lovely mixed bags …

PARLIAMENTARY Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Richard Colbeck will this weekend attend the National Recreational Fishing Conference and Tournament on the Gold Coast where he will speak about the Government’s commitment to the sector. “The Government is working to further strengthen lines of communication with our recreational fishers – who are estimated to contribute a massive $2.56 billion to the …

Finally, the weather forecast for the Bundaberg area looks okay to get out and wet a line. For the offshore boys, just keep an eye on the change that is meant to come through sometime on Monday. However, with a bit of luck there might be an opportunity to get stuck into some quality reef fish over the weekend. By …

With the cooler weather we have experienced over the last week, anglers have had to dust off the old woolly jumper before heading out for a fish, the offshore gang have had a field day with light offshore winds and little swell we have seen some great fish hitting the decks. Starting at Sunshine Reef there has been a good …

TZTOUCH2 is a touch-only multi-function display (optional joystick available) and Furuno designers have developed a simple, refined, bright and bold user interface where accessing menus is done from the main screen or via an ‘edge swipe’ motion. TZtouch2 is the first MFD from Furuno to include a built-in 56-channel GPS receiver and dual-frequency 600w/1kW fishfinder. The fishfinder includes Furuno’s unique …

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“I started out with little 10-footer tinnies, then upgraded to 12 footers and then a 16’ aluminium centre console,” Shaun said. “I also did a lot of professional fishing in catamarans – 18, 23 and 28 footers as well as a 48’ Randell. “But most of my fishing career was out of a large plate boat – a 22’ Pacific …

Well its official; winter is here!  With temps dropping to only 2 degrees this week it has been time to break out the winter woollies AKA socks with the pluggers! The Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic wrapped up last weekend & despite being a little down on numbers from last year it was in my opinion a roaring success.  Whilst …

G’day fellow anglers, There have been some great fishing opportunities on the coast this week with offshore, along the beaches and in our wonderful waterways. We had a cold snap on Tuesday and Wednesday with temps getting into single figures all up the coast with more of that sort of weather still to com. There are weather reports of another …

With the cooler weather we should see those cooler water species really come on the bite! Snapper, tailor and large winter bream should all be firing in the later part of the week.  Offshore there have already been some great reports with good pearl perch and Snapper from the Barwon Banks with Parrot, Amberjack and Moses Perch amongst them. Pearlies …