Catching bream and bass on plastics seem to be the rage at this time of year, but when the temperature drops to our coldest temperatures, these species get a bit lethargic and tend to only nip or bite at the tail soft our plastics – this is called short striking.
Well, around the Bundaberg area, another week of wild weather has passed us by and the strong winds have kept us from heading offshore. However, the local rivers and creeks keep turning it on, with some red-hot fishing sessions.
At the moment the offshore reefs around Bundaberg are producing good-sized black king, red emperor and sweetlip.
Snapper are a little bit slow at present, but as the season progresses, the size and quantity should increase.
The past week has seen some fantastic fishing around Bundaberg, both offshore and in the estuaries.
The guys who got a chance to head offshore were well rewarded with some monster red emperor, cod, coral trout, big sweetlip and a good bag of the usual mixed reef fish.
The offshore fishing around the local Bundaberg area has been a bit quiet with only the usual mix of hussar, parrot, sweetlip and the odd snapper, trout and rd emperor.
There has been a few cobia and spanish mackeral taken also.
Well, we sure have seen our fair share of bad weather recently. Rain, cold and very windy weather has put a stop to offshore fishing.
The only fishing that has been done is in the rivers and dams, with the rivers producing some top quality fish.
Around the Bundaberg region, the Burnett River is still fishing well with plenty of over-sized bream being taken in the upper town reaches.
The fishing around the Bundaberg area over the past few weeks has once again been sensational, in both the estuaries and offshore.
The offshore areas have been producing some monster red emperor and big trout, as well as sweetlip, parrot and big hussar.
The past few weeks have seen near-perfect weather around the Bundaberg area for the offshore anglers.
Well, the fishing around Bundaberg has been fantastic of late, with red hot fishing both offshore and in the estuaries.
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