Davo’s Tackleworld – Noosa

Finally we have seen some of the wettest and roughest conditions in what feels like years to hit the coast. This has been on the wish list of many anglers for years as the river has long been filling with sand. After the rains we should start to see some great fishing next week as the fish adjust to the …

Well things are definitely starting to heat up on the land and offshore. The start of the pelagic season is becoming more apparent with mackerel and tuna starting to appear. We are also seeing wahoo and Mahi making for a positive outlook ahead. Offshore Spanish are on most people’s radar and even though they aren’t here in bulk numbers they …

Good numbers of whiting are moving along the beaches with some good schools being spotted at Sunrise and Sunshine Beach and caught on cured or live worms. Tailor have been caught on sunset and after dark at the third cutting and up at Double Island point on the Northshore beach along with the start of our annual dart run. Small …

As the winds dropped the boat ramps were pretty much full mid week and quite rightly so. The Noosa bar has been a bit easier to cross and there have been some great weather windows for all. Out wide North reef has been holding medium sized jewfish over the meter mark. These fish will take a wide range of lures …

Offshore has been a mixed bag of success this week as the winds persist and the swell has been up on the Noosa Bar. The estuaries have also seen a change following the previous weeks rain and even the freshwater is warming up. Starting offshore there was a weather window for bigger boats on Thursday which saw boat ramps chokka …

What a week we have had on the coast. With the first heavy rainfalls of the season the land and rivers have had a much needed flush out. As the rivers turn to a dark brown this push of freshwater should see the bait which was scattered far and wide now become more concentrated in the lower estuary. Offshore the …

This week we have seen a change of season coming. For the first time in a long time the seasonal rains are fast approaching. This makes now a great time to start fishing as fish tend to feed hard before and after the rains arrival. With the rain we usually see the rivers along the coast have a much needed …

This week saw some hot action for many anglers as we pushed toward a Friday new moon. With offshore continuing to blow the focus has been on mangrove jacks and flathead in the estuary. The BIG flatties have been around although a little quieter. Mangrove jacks are becoming more popular and this week we have seen some cracking fish landed …

A few charters did well to punch through the swell on the bar and head out to wider marks to score a good mixed bag. Double Island is always a favourite when the sea’s allow and the catch consisted of snapper, cobia, mahi mahi, tuskies, sweetlip, AJ’s and jewfish. As mentioned in previous reports you can access DI by launching …

With the winds becoming variable from a few knots to 20+ the offshore scene has been quieter this week. Some smaller boats managed to head out and make the most of conditions and came home with smaller snapper, sweetlip and a coral trout or two from Sunshine Reef. The charter trips ran to DI and managed bigger snapper, cobia, sweetlip, …