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Weather is perfect for Sunshine Coast closer reefs!

closer reefs

With the breezes mainly blowing offshore over the weekend most offshore anglers keep to the closer reefs, some larger craft ventured to the outer reefs and found they where really firing. On North Reef There were good numbers of snapper being taken on Micro Jigs, the 40 – 50g sizes seemed to be doing the job. The Blue Blue Sea …

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Cooler weather changes the way anglers fish at Noosa

cooler weather fish noosa

Now that we are moving into the coolest part of the year, the water temperatures have really come down. This is great news for anglers on the beaches as the cooler weather species like bream are really starting to show up with good numbers of fish over the 30cm mark being taken. Just remember if you get a real big …

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Quality whiting, trevally and tailor in Noosa River

quality whiting and trevally

In the Noosa River we are seeing quality whiting on the chew. The bigger fish have been taken around Lake Donella, Weyba and the stretch from Dog Beach down to the sand bags. Most whiting are taking live worms and peeled prawns on a number 4 Instinct long shank hook. For the lure fisherman try surface lures such as Strada …

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Noosa River anglers spoilt for choice

anglers spoilt noosa

The Noosa River has again seen anglers spoilt with great catches of trevally and tailor. The predatory fish have been very active around the river mouth, Woods Bays, Munna Point and up on the first ski run chasing bait brought in on the tide. Casting slugs, soft plastics and surface lures like the Strada Tournament 80mm poppers and 95mm Bassday …

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Conditions improve offshore on Sunshine Coast

conditions improve offshore

In the river the bream are in great numbers. Larger fish have been taken around the river mouth and the Noosa Sound as well a good sized fish right the way along Gympie Terrace and the Tewantin Area. A great option is to fish unweighted soft plastics, cast to the edge of the shadow line of pontoons and jetties these …

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River fishing improves as temperatures drop

temperatures drop noosa

The Noosa River has seen plenty of quality bream being caught throughout the system as temperatures have cooled. The river mouth has been producing some nice fish to 35cm on mullet strips, mullet gut and fowl gut. Smaller   soft plastics like Keitech 2 and 3 inch Easy Shiners on lightly weighted jig heads have also been of the lures of …

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Perfect days prove awesome for Sunshine Coast fishing

perfect days spanish mackerel sunshine coast

With some absolutely perfect days over last weekend, anglers were out in force. Starting with the Noosa River; anglers were out early fishing the last of the run out tide in pursuit of large flathead. Woods bay, Munna point and the river mouth have all recorded good catches with ganged pillies and Entice 3 inch Vibe plastics doing the damage. …

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Get out early for the best fish around Noosa

out early fish red emperor

Time to toughen up and get yourself out early to make the most of the fantastic conditions we have been experiencing. In the river; flathead have been thick over the last month, with Weyba creek, the Sand bars near the mouth and of course the lakes all producing great fish. Smaller fish bait like small pilchards, white bait and hardy …

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Wind blowing but spanish mackerel around on Sunny Coast

big spanish mackerel sunshine coast

With the wind due to pick up on the weekend many anglers headed out last Friday and early Saturday to take advantage of the better conditions, plenty of angler headed for North reef with some great fish on offer. Cobia, spotty mackerel, spanish mackerel and tuna all hit the decks. Fishing with balloons has become popular for setting live baits …

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Cool water species on the chew off Noosa

cool water fish noosa

With some spectacular weather around Anzac Day, plenty of anglers headed offshore. There have been some great reports of cool water species biting well, with good pearl perch and snapper from the Barwon Banks and Parrot, Amberjack and Moses Perch also amongst them. Up on North Reef, more cool water fish including Snapper, cobia, jew, and mackerel have also been …

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