The weather for offshore fishing along the coast near Bundaberg has been poor of late, and along with the current Coral Reef Fin Fish closure, this has meant no offshore fishing for the past week.
Well, the weeks just keep passing us by and summer is fast approaching us. The warmer water temperatures have got some of the summer species on the chew already.
With the warmer weather upon us the fishing action around the Bundaberg area is starting to heat up. All the local river and estuary systems will have plenty to offer in the coming weeks. The offshore reefs are also producing, providing the winds are favourable.
The offshore fishing has been limited due to weather conditions, as well as the recent Coral Reef Fin Fish closure. The closure has now lifted, so we’ll see what the weekend bring regarding the weather.
Well, the weeks keep slipping by and the fishing is still fantastic around the Bundaberg area.
The Coral Reef Fin Fish Closure starts on the 12th of October and runs until the 16th so offshore fishing is out, but the dams and estuaries are fishing well.
The fishing has been a bit quiet offshore around Bundaberg, due to lousy weather conditions, so most of the big boats have been tucked away in their sheds.
However, the rivers and creeks have been fishing really well.
A few storms in the Bundaberg area early in the week put a bit of a local run-off into the rivers and creeks, but it hasn’t upset the fishing with most systems fishing well.
Well once again we’ve seen a week of near perfect weather that gave a lot of boats the opportunity to head offshore. The smaller tides that we have had during the week have made fishing conditions to almost as good as it gets; and there were some fantastic fish caught.