Well, the fishing has been great lately with a good list of species being caught in the local rivers around Bundaberg as well as offshore.
The rivers have produces some top class fish with some excellent bream being caught around the rocks. The sand flats are producing some top flathead fishing with best results coming from using soft plastics by fishing with 3” to 4” plastics rigged on 1/8th size jig heads. Some of the flathead have been over-sized, so please remember their maximum size of 75cm.
This week in the Bundaberg area we have had some great reports coming in from our offshore anglers, who tell us that they have been able to fill their ice-boxes with a mixture of reef species.
On the outer reefs sweetlip, parrot, hussar and red emperor have been filling the creels, and the occassional spanish mackeral is still patrolling around these outer reefs.
The closer inshore reefs and gutters are producing some nice sized snapper up to about 5kg.
With a window of opportuinity predicted in the Bundaberg area this weekend, the local reef anglers should get the chance to wet a line.
On the outer reefs sweetlip, hussar, red emperor and spanish mackeral will be the main target species, and live baiting for these should produce best results.
On the closer inshore reefs and gutters most anglers are targeting snapper. Creating a good berley trail increases your chances of catching these fish.
Well, we have had a mixed week of weather in the local Bundaberg area – moderate winds and even some rain in some parts. The winds have kept most of the offshore anglers at home, so this should be a good time to do some gear maintenance.
For those who wanted to try their luck, most have had to rely on the rivers to produce a feed. There has been some fantastic fish caught in the Burnett River over the past week. If you were keen enough to brave the winds and rain you would have been well rewarded.
Due to rough weather around the Bundaberg area this past week there has been no offshore action, so most of the fishing has been confined to the local river mouths and estuaries.
The fishing around the river mouths has been exceptional with reports of small school mackeral, tailor and winter whiting around the channel markers of the Burnett River. The mackeral and tailor have been caught by trolling small deep diving hard bodied lures in natural baitfish colours. The winter whiting have been taken by drifting the channel using yabbies, squid and Berkley Gulp plastic worms.
Well, finally, a break in the weather in the Bundaberg area!
During the past week a few boats headed offshore, but unfortunately the big tides made it harder to fish the deep water. Some of the areas in closer, such as the 15-Mile Gutter, the 16-Mile the Kolan Patch and the Barjon fished really well. Venus tuckfish, cod, red emperor, big grass sweetlip and big coral trout were all taken. The coral trout have been caught on live baits with Yakkas being the favoured livie.
With the unpredictable weather around the Bundaberg area over the past few weeks, it may have been a good time for the offshore anglers to stay home and do a bit of maintenance on the boat and trailer.
Well, we have had a good run of weather in the local Bundaberg area over the past week or so, and this made for a very successful weekend for the VMR Family Fishing Classic which was held at Burnett Heads.
Some excellent fish were caught in the local rivers and offshore, with the Sunday being the better day. A lot of boats headed out wide and some big fish were landed, including big red emperor to 14.5kgs, big cobia, snapper and big coral trout. Good numbers of spanish mackerel, parrot and other mixed reefies were also caught. The good fishing weather was great for the competition.
Well, the weeks just keep passing us by and so does the weather, with wind, rain and some calm seas in the local Bundaberg area thrown in, just to keep us on our toes.
Well, the local Bundaberg area has seen some unsettled weather over the past week or so – wind, a bit of rain and a bit more wind, and this was enough to stop us from heading offshore, so most of the anglers opted to fish the rivers, creeks and river mouths.
The local river mouths are holding plenty of bait and this brings out the bigger fish. Schools of tailor, queenfish, trevally and even school mackerel have all been caught. Trolling small baitfish-sized lures in chrome colours and casting chrome spinners and spoons are the best ways to catch the pelagics.
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