Fishing News

Welcome to the weekly Sunshine Coast Fishing Report! Due to illness, we were unable to post a report last week but we are back on deck and ready to prepare you for the coming week of fishing! Conditions look fairly good for the start of the school holidays. Saturday and Sunday are forecast to be perfect offshore, with low wind …

Inshore/Offshore fishing The inshore fishing has been producing quality catches. Lots of school mackerel have been caught on spoons either trolled or cast with the odd spanish mackerel taking a liking to bigger trolled baits.  The inshore reefs have been producing quality grunter, snapper, grass emperor, moses perch and the odd tuskfish.     A lot of the fish being …

Inshore/Offshore fishing Inshore has been fishing red hot!! Plenty of good reports of big grunter being caught on most of the inshore reefs along the coast. Fishing 20g soft vibes in brighter colors such as pink and 5inch jerk shads hoped slowly over reef and rubble bottom has worked a treat. This time of year you should also see yourself getting …

Inshore/Offshore fishing The inshore reefs have been producing some very tasty feeds! The squid and winter whiting have turned up in good numbers! The squid have been caught on most of our coastline from Burnett Heads to Elliot Heads. Jigging squid jigs in the shallows will get you into the action, drifting with the tide or using your electric motor is …

Fishing on the coast over the past week has been fairly consistent with good weather conditions, if you don’t mind a spot of rain! This weekend’s forecast looks favourable with calm offshore conditions. Friday promises to be a mild day with scattered clouds and a temperature range of 12-24C. The excellent weather continues into Saturday, with sunny skies, temps between …

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Welcome to winter on the Sunshine Coast! The temperature has certainly been dropping at night, but we’ve still been lucky enough to enjoy beautiful sunny days. The upcoming week looks good, with mostly pleasant temps ranging from 9-24C and showers forecast for next Tuesday. Offshore conditions look fairly good for the coming weekend and into next week, with the wind …

Inshore/Offshore fishing With the build up to full moon this Sunday the reefs should be alive with hungry fish, fingers crossed you are able to get out and have a crack! On the inshore reefs the rocks that are scattered along our coastline there has been some quality fish caught like tuskfish, sweetlip, grunter and the big spanish mackerel have …

Inshore/Offshore fishing The inshore reefs have been producing some very nice fish! The spanish mackerel, snapper and grunter have definitely been the standout fish with plenty of these on the chew. The spanish mackerel have been smashing slowly trolled gar rigged on a set of gang hooks and live baits set under a float while anchored. fishing   The snapper …

Welcome to the weekly Sunshine Coast Fishing Report. Thankfully the wind and poor conditions disappeared this week, leaving clear skies, warm days and next to no wind. Mostly sunny conditions are expected for the coming weekend, with Sunday looking to be the pick of the days. Offshore Snapper are slowly turning up with some quality catches reported. Pearl perch, grass …