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.
We have had a great run of good weather this week which really suited those who had the opportunity to have the time off from work. Those who headed offshore were well rewarded, not only with calm weather but some great fishing as well.
With the smaller tides that are now with us, you will be able to fish some of the deep water towards the shelf. A lot of big red emperor have been caught in these area with most of the reds being between 10 and 15kgs which are top class fish.
This week has been a bit quiet on the offshore scene because of the strong south westerly winds, so we have been forced to fish the beaches, creeks and rivers. Tailor are all the talk at the moment with large schools hanging around the river mouths and along the beaches.
Most people are catching their bag limits of tailor by casting and retrieving lightly weighted pilchards on gang hooks or casting and retrieving lures such as the Manns 10plus, Flashas and other metal chromes.
My last article might have sounded a bit doom and gloom but the fishing at Monduran is still tough getting better everyday. We must consider that a lot has happened; the Fred Haigh Dam had risen from 24% to 77% in 2 months.
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