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BUNDABERG INSHORE & OFFSHORE Bundaberg fishing report The inshore reefs have been producing some very nice grunter and late season spanish mackerel over the past week! The grunter have mostly been caught on 20g soft vibes and 5” soft plastics. Using a slow hop off the bottom, making sure the lure stays in the strike zone, has been key. If …

WITH this winter feeling colder than previous years, most days gave way to clear skies and the classic winter westerly wind. Sunshine Coast heats up This saw offshore conditions clear up and reef fish on the chew. The end of June provided anglers with a few great opportunities to land mackerel and snapper before the rain arrived and cooled the …

New moon, high tide – Very rarely do we get a chance to enjoy big tides with light winds and a dropping swell. Mid-week and mid-week next week finally allowed those of us who head offshore a few days grace to experience some reef fishing. Noosa fishing Out wide North reef saw the cobia showing up along with some chunky …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice week, it’s been a bit warmer this week thanks to some northerly winds pushing through increasing the daytime temperature on the Gold and Tweed Coasts. If you are thinking about heading offshore keep in mind that as of 15/7/2022 snapper and pearl perch are on the no take list in Queensland …

BUNDABERG  INSHORE & OFFSHORE Bundaberg weekly fishing report If the weather plays ball this weekend hopefully we can send it out wide and chase some nice reds, nannies and trout! Due to the recent fresh that has been pushing out of the rivers, plenty of debris like logs and branches have been common obstacles waiting for an unsuspecting boatie. Be …

AUGUST is a bumper month for flathead, flounder, winter whiting, tailor, school mackerel, bream and arrow squid in the Gold Coast Broadwater and the Nerang River. I love catching all of these species for the customers on my daily charters and prefer to release most of the fish, though keeping a few legal fish for a feed is also fine. …

THOUGH horrible weather persists, we managed to get out in June, after the wreck that we will call May! Light gear There have been quite a few days of cold weather, which signifies the return of snapper and the deeper schools of yummy grunter. Fishing around the full moon was fairly good however, I do expect the fishing to get …

THE last month of winter is upon us. June and July provide excellent fishing around southeast Queensland and August should continue to produce just as well. Flathead Flathead have been the most common capture, with excellent numbers turning up in all of the rivers and creeks around Brisbane. The ocean-fed rivers on the Sunshine and Gold coasts will see big …

A closed season applies to Murray cod from 1 August to 31 October in all Queensland waters in the Murray-Darling Drainage Division. Exceptions apply to some stocked impoundments. Closed waters also apply from 1 August to 31 October to allow Mary River cod to breed. See the full list of closed waters in freshwater areas. below. You cannot target Murray …

IT didn’t matter what report you looked at, snapper catches were prolific in June and July this year, prior to the closure. Moreton Bay And it didn’t matter if you were land-based, on a kayak or kicking back in style – quality snapper were being landed left, right and centre! Guy nailed a very nice 57cm snapper when fishing in …