Fishing News

High tide, grey skies It certainly feels as though we’re in for a wet one. With weather alerts reaching mobile phones across the state, the big wet was predicted to fall and it arrived as predicted. This need not mean that fishing is going to be a bad thing, as this can make it excellent if you know where to …

Last week, a Murwillumbah man was found guilty of two charges of abusing a Fisheries Officer after posting himself on social media using offensive and abusive language towards a NSW Fisheries Officer. He now has a conviction and must pay almost $4000 in fines and costs as a result of his behaviour. Everyone is entitled to courtesy and respect while …

Great news for Bundaberg fishers! Recent monitoring at the all-water fish aggregating devices (FADs) showed an increase in the number of fish and variety of species. 21 fish species were recorded, including yellowtail scad, red emperor, saddletail snapper, gold spot cod, striped seaperch, Moses perch, purple tuskfish and painted sweetlip. You can help us monitor FADs by providing catch details …

Spanish mackerel stocks in Queensland waters will be protected by the first ever annual northern fishing closure starting this weekend on Saturday 22 October Graeme Bolton, Deputy Director-General, Fisheries and Forestry, said this closure would apply in waters north of 22˚S (slightly north of Clairview near Stanage Bay) for two three-week periods around the new moons in October and November …

Noosa – Cool snap continues This time last year we were busy feeling the heat. This year, we are still wrapped up in jeans with cool wind and rainfall ever present. With the bad weather this week, the offshore scene has been on hold for most anglers. Some boats made the crossing over the Noosa bar and the swell was …

Bundaberg Inshore/Offshore With this weeks weather being less favourable than previous weeks we have seen more people fishing our inshore reefs whilst heading out wide isn’t an option. Anglers have been getting stuck into some awesome fishing throughout the Bundaberg inshore reefs and this time of year the variety you can come across is astounding. With the recent influx of …

We want your fish frames ! We need fish frames from recreational fishers to help with the monitoring of Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, Snapper, Dusky Flathead, Blue Spotted Flathead, Pearl Perch Spanish or Spotted Mackerel.We don’t just want huge trophy fish, the little ones are just as important as the big ones. All legal length frames are wanted and will help …

Two men were recently convicted and fined $4000 each Two men were recently convicted and fined $4000 each for being in possession of spearguns and attempting to take fish while in the Brunswick River Habitat Protection Zone of Cape Byron Marine Park. In addition one of the men was convicted for providing a false name to Fisheries Officers and fined …

Court delivers strong deterrent to repeat offender for fishing in Marine Park Sanctuary Zones. A 45-year old man from South Durras NSW has been convicted and sentenced for Marine Park offences taking place on the 21st of December 2021. The man was observed fishing from a boat in the Murramarang Sanctuary Zone and Murramarang Special Purpose Zones in the Batemans …

BUNDABERG INSHORE/OFFSHORE With this weekend’s weather shaping up to be red hot we should see plenty of great fish being caught. The schoolie mackerel are all along our coast at the moment and are in numbers we don’t get to see too often. These fish have been in schools along almost any bit of structure that our inshore reefs have …