Fish Species Guide

Gold Coast Tailor Fishing Classic 2023

tailor

The annual Tailor Fishing Classic is just around the corner and we’re gearing up to make it the biggest and best yet! Kick-off is at 4pm on Friday 21 July, with lines out in time to make weigh-in from 10am to 12pm on Sunday July 23. Entrants are able to fish from the Queensland NSW border to the tip of …

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Trevally, tuna and mack thrills

trevally

Autumn is coming to a close and it definitely shows. trevally Longtail tuna are tapering off, but mack tuna are still around, and bait is shrinking in size. So, yes, the usual stuff is happening in Hervey Bay for this time of year. April had us often chasing trevally, going from school to school of tuna and occasionally finding trevally …

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Abu Revo 5 Rocket LP

revo

Redesigned from the ground up, the fifth generation of Revo low-profile reels have been designed to provide best-in-class precision, power and performance. The Revo Rocket features an asymmetric body design and X2-Cräftic alloy frame and side plate to provide the ultimate balance in weight, strength and ergonomics. The EXD concept design allows anglers to maximise their casting performance. Anglers have …

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Catching up on catches in Tin Can Bay

tin can bay

G’day crew, I hope you’re all well and have been out wetting a line because there were some cracker back-to-back days over the past few weeks, that’s for sure! Sorry for missing last month, with the Easter long weekend and so many holiday makers around Tin Can Bay recently, time has certainly been a precious commodity. So this article will …

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Raymarine delivers Axiom 2 XL glass bridge chartplotters

Raymarine

Raymarine, a world leader in marine electronics, has announced the availability of Axiom 2 XL – a sophisticated line of glass bridge chartplotters for premium yachts and integrated helm solutions.   The largest and most powerful navigation displays in the award-winning Axiom family, Axiom 2 XL offers superior performance and the elegant simplicity of Raymarine’s LightHouse operating system. Designed to …

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A fisher wonderland – Lake Macquarie

lake

At around 1.5 hours’ drive from Sydney and only 20 minutes from Newcastle city centre, Lake Macquarie makes for a perfect one-day fishing trip or quick weekend getaway to escape the city. This is one of the 30 Recreational Fishing Havens along the NSW coastline and is renowned for some great fishing, whether just a casual day on the water …

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Sunshine Coast – weekly fishing report

fishing

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 …

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Fish n’ SIPS Tagged Fish Competition update

Competition

Finally, we have a fourth winner in the Fish n’ SIPS Tagged Fish Competition – with only eleven tagged fish remaining to be caught in the five impoundments. Mark Hennessy from Brisbane with a 109cm barramundi caught in Lake Tinaroo on the Atherton Tablelands was a very happy chap. Mark has $3000 to fund his next trip to Lake Tinaroo …

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Bundaberg – weekly fishing report

Fishing

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 …

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Solarez Ultra-Thin Bone Dry Clear

solarez

Solarez Ultra-Thin Bone Dry Clear cures ‘bone dry’ to a clear hard glossy finish in under 10 seconds. There’s no mixing necessary and no tacky finish that needs to be wiped off with alcohol, as for other products. Ultra-Thin Bone Dry Clear is non-yellowing, a UV-cure, with ultra-low viscosity and a glossy hard finish. Available in a 14g bottle with …

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