The flow down the Burnett River from the recent rains is starting to slow down and a bit of salty water is starting to push back up river, and so are the fish. There has been a good number of bream about, mainly around the rocky areas.
Some great catches of big barra and king threadfin have been caught around most of the local river mouths on both lures and live baits.
There is still a run of prawns about – they are still a bit small, but tasty all the same.
The fishing around the Bundaberg area has slowed down a bit due to the recent rains which have caused most of our rivers to flood and they’re all running fresh.
Most of the upstream areas are near unfishable due to the catfish population, and most of the fishable areas are down towards the river mouths. A few nice fish have been pushed down including some big barra, threadfin salmon, jacks and big fingermark.
When the weather permits offshore fishing hasn’t been too bad, with most reef species being caught as well as some big cobia and spanish mackeral.
Well, we have seen our share of rain in the Bundaberg area this week, which has put a nice amount of flow back into the Burnett River. This should kick the food chain along again.
Those anglers who braved the elements during the week caught some nice fish with grunter (javelin fish) being caught. Big prawns and sprat have been the best baits.
We recently had some nice rain in the Bundaberg area and so far this has not affected the fishing at all.
The offshore fishing has been awesome with big red emperor, coral trout, sweetlip and the usual mixed reef species all being taken.
There is also a large run of spotted mackerel along the coat. Most have been caught casting chrome slugs into the feeding schools.
Finally we have seen a break in the weather around Bundy, and this saw a chance for most big boat owners to head offshore.
Not only was it perfect weather and the fish were on the chew, most of the outer reefs and islands produced great catches of coral trout, red emperor, cod, redthroat sweetlip, parrot and plenty of big hussar.
Some of the gutters in a bit closer also produced well, with trout and sweetlip being popular catches. Even the smaller reefs such as the Two Mile and Ryan’s produced some excellent school and spanish mackerel and even some cobia.
Well, the fishing is still red-hot around the Bundaberg area, both offshore and in the rivers.
On the days when you can head offshore there are some big trout, red emperor, sweetlip and the usual mix of hussar, parrot and stripeys.
Some big cobia and spanish mackerel have started to show up out wide and live baits are doing well.
Well, Christmas has been and gone, and I hope you all got a new rod and reel from Santa.
Earlier in the week saw a spell of good weather around the Bundaberg area for offshore boaties. It sure was good to see that calm weather after such a long time. The boats that went wide were well rewarded, so there were some beaut catches of big red emperor, coral trout, sweetlip and a good bag of the usual mixed reef species.
The rains over the past few weeks have seen some fresh come down the local creeks and rivers. Hopefully it won’t last for long.
The fresh had the mud crabs fired up and running up and down the river so dust of the pots and get them in. Most people have been crabbing with mullet as bait.
The fishing is still great with most species being caught. Some snodger bream have been caught with some measuring 40cm.
Well, over the past week or so, we’ve seen our fair share of rain and this has put a fair bit of fresh down most of the rivers and creeks, especially the Burnett River, and there is still a lot of fresh to come down the rivers.
Most of the fishing has slowed in the Burnett but there has still been some nice fish, such as bream, flathead and the odd jack, caught down around the river mouth,.
The Kolan River and Baffle Creek have been producing some good jack and grunter.
Well, the fishing around Bundaberg at the moment is still red hot with both river and offshore.
Offshore, when the weather permits, there has been some big red emperor, coral trout, cod, sweetlip and big parrot. Some cobia and the odd spanish mackerel have been caught also.
The inshore reefs such as the Cochrane Artificial Reef have been producing some grunter and some small snapper - please be aware of the new snapper regulations,
