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Squid and flatty on gold coast

If the next few weeks are anything like the past couple have been, we’re all in for a real treat. Both gold coast inshore and offshore fisheries have been out of control, with numerous prized catches coming in from everywhere. Let’s start with inshore first. Only 100m from the gold coast boat ramp I launch from, there were squid galore. …

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Z-Man Goat Tribe

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THE whole Goat tribe has arrived! After the success of the 3” Baby Goat and an influx of angler requests, we’ve added the 3.75” Goat and 4.25” Billy Goat to the Z-Man Australia range. Not only a dynamite topwater presentation, the dual paddle feet also pump on a standard jig head for fishing subsurface for a wide variety of species. …

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Quality flathead test Tin Can Bay anglers

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G’day crew, sorry I’ve missed the past couple of months. Between the shop, work, kids, sick kids, a new kid, Covid, staffing issue and life in general… sometimes things get a bit hectic. But hey, we’re still smiling and sneaking out for an occasional fish. With August and September behind us and the days starting to warm up, you can …

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Tips for Moreton Bay kingfish and snapper

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Over the past few months, the weather wasn’t able to make up its mind about what it wanted to do. This makes things a little frustrating when all you want to do is go fishing for kingfish and snapper! I was always told, never waste a good day to hit the water and never waste a bad day, get ready …

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Endangered White’s Seahorse Released in Botany Bay!

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Last week, following a three-year ongoing collaboration between DPI, SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium, UTS: University of Technology Sydney and Gamay Rangers – Botany Bay along with the UNSW, 111 captive-bred White’s seahorses were released into Seahorse Hotels in Botany Bay. The release marks the third successful release of the White’s into the wild. The Seahorse Hotels, which were installed earlier …

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Mercury Marine launches a savings special just in time for summer

mercury marine

Mercury Marine has launched a savings special just in time for summer on a range of portable outboard engines. Available from participating dealers, Mercury is offering discounts on selected 3.5hp, 5hp, 6hp, 9.9hp, 15hp and 20hp manual start (MH) and manual start long shaft tiller (MLH) EFI FourStroke engines. If you’re tired of fishing off the beach, rocks and kayaks …

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Successful tail surveys on K’gari (Fraser Island)

K’gari

Another successful tailor survey season for our monitoring team on K’gari (Fraser Island) this year! Our team sampled 483 catches and measured 4881 fish. 1227 fish skeletons were donated, allowing us to collect 370 otoliths (fish ear bones). These donations help us keep a close eye on tailor stocks and ensure their sustainability. Find out how we process otoliths to …

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Noosa – weekly fishing report

Noosa

Warmer times to come – Noosa Report Welcome to November and everything we love about the coming month. Though it’s still quite cold in the mornings, the water temperature is on the rise. We are now starting to see some summer species coming through, which means those with casting rods and metal lures can get excited. Offshore has been a …

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Bundaberg – weekly report

BUNDABERG

BUNDABERG INSHORE/OFFSHORE With our inshore reefs swarmed with yakka, the pelagic fishing has been red hot. Heaps of anglers had fun using topwater lures catching a few cracker queenfish, tuna and trevally, while these predators smash bait balls. Fishing the pressure edge side of reefs was a great technique, as was keeping an eye out for any action along the …

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More mulloway stocked

For the second year running, the dedicated team at Department of Primary Industries’ Port Stephens Fisheries Institute marine hatchery have successfully reared tens of thousands of healthy mulloway fingerlings as part of the DPI Marine Stocking Program!  🐟🐟🐟 We have now completed the stocking of 30,000 juvenile mulloway into the Georges River in Sydney’s south, 10,200 fingerlings into the Hastings …

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