Jewfish are suckers for live baits and large flesh baits. When fishing inshore, live yellowtail scad, poddy mullet, big herring and even live whiting (legal of course) are ideal baits. A good tip is to duck outside to the close bait reefs and load up on yakkas before fishing the seaway entrance. Using the larger baits helps keep the pickers …

What a wet and windy week we’ve had on the Gold Coast, lucky our Houseboat customers have plenty of good anchorages around the Broadwater and Jumpinpin to hide out of the wind and make the most of their time on the water.  Let’s have a look at options after the rain. Just as the Broadwater and Jumpinpin areas had started …

A good run of weather for all our Coomera Houseboats customers last weekend and early in the week was the perfect end to May.  The first day of winter kicked off with a cool south westerly on the Gold Coast.  Let’s have a look at what been biting this week. Our Houseboat customers did well again this week getting amongst …

We have just had a couple of the most perfect Autumn days around Coomera, with lots of sunshine and very low winds but it looks like that is all about to change. The forecast for the Gold Coast has us expecting quite a bit of rain over this coming week end. The winds are going to stay east to south-easterly …

Even with a bit of rain around it’s been a good week to get out and about on the Gold Coast and chase a few fish, let’s see what was biting. The Gold Coast Seaway has been a great spot for a variety of fish firing this week, and our customers have reported good catches of Bream, Squire, Tailor, Trevally, …

Mud crabs love whiting frames as bait but we have also had success with reef fish frames. The best shop-bought bait will always be mullet chopped in half to allow plenty of scent into the water. While the water stays clean, sand crabs are around as well, with the mouth of the Nerang River providing the better-quality sandies. This is …

It’s been pretty windy on the Gold Coast this week, making finding a weather window between the constant Northerly and South Easterly wind changes a bit challenging. While the wind is around the estuaries and river have been the best option.  The weekend is looking ok at this stage for getting out amongst some action. Customers that have found a …

Plenty of school size fish up to 70cm are still in the area but the big girls don’t seem to hang there as much as they once did. It is definitely still worth a throw though and you will come across far fewer boats as well. The water depth ranges from 6m in close to about 12m out wide at …