Well we have had a reasonable run of good weather for a change and this has allowed a lot of boats offshore. With the lighter winds being in the afternoon, most boats stayed out well into the night with most anglers catching their fair share.
This week has seen some ups and downs in the weather. Early in the week, we saw some ordinary wind with it backing off for a good calm weekend. A few bigger boats headed offshore midweek and most caught a good bag of mixed reefies. Some big coral trout were caught using live baits. Squid baits were also working.
Big reds, snapper, sweetlip and parrot were all caught and there are still good numbers of Spanish mackerel around. Try trolling big diving and high speed lures or for those who like big baits, try trolling gar, slimies and bonito to land you a spanish for sure.
The weather in the local Bundaberg area has been unpredictable for the offshore fishing over the past few weeks, with the best weather coming during the week. This is good for those anglers with flexible hours and/or time off, but for the rest of us, we will just have to wait till the next bout of calm weather.
Those who managed to get offshore during the week scored some great catches. The offshore gutters produced some great trout fishing. Big reds, snapper and sweetlip were also caught by using live baits.
Finally we have had a couple of good days of weather in the Bundaberg area.
The local reef fishermen had the chance to throw in a line, and a mixed bag of fish were reported, ranging from red emperor, sweetlip, parrot and coral trout. There are also a lot of black king hanging around the outer reefs and wrecks, along with some spanish mackerel.
Winter whiting should be starting to make their presence felt very soon. Areas to target would be the dumping ground out from the mouth of the Burnett River and along the beach at Woodgate.
Well, the weather in the local Bundaberg area has once turned for the worse, so most of the fishing this week has been done in the local rivers, creeks and dams, with the Burnett River fishing exceptionally for most species.
Well, at last we have had a break in the weather around the Bundaberg region, with several days of less than 10 knots of wind. This allowed a lot of boats to head offshrore. With the wrecks and gutters producing some great fish, nannygai, sweetlip, snapper, cobia and Spanish mackeral were caught.
Well, the fishing in the Bundaberg area is on the improve for both offshore and in the rivers. On the days that the winds were light, some anglers headed offshore to do a spot of reef fishing, and most were well-rewarded with coral trout, red emperor, sweetlip, parrot and the usual mix of reefies.
Some of the reefs are producing some great pelagic fishing with good catches of cobia, mackerel and trevally, so this is a good option to top up the ice box.
Fishing in the Bundaberg area is on the improve at last. Most of the rivers have stopped flowing and the fresh will eventually fade out. A few more big tides should see a lot more salt water push back up the rivers and the fish back on the chew.
Unfortunately the wind has put a damper on the offshore fishing and it just won’t stop blowing! As a result, the local rivers and creeks have been the areas most anglers have been concentrating on. The upper reaches are still fresh but are improving, and the best fishing has been down around the mouths.
Less than perfect weather, did not deter the kids keen to take part in the annual Take a Kid Fishing Day held at the river mouth at Elliot Heads on Sunday, 14th March 2010.
This day is held every year and is sponsored by Sunfish, the Department of Primary Industries, the Australian Fishing Trade Association and Tackle World Bundaberg.
Unfortunately due to the recent rains, the fishing in the Bundaberg area has been very limited. All of the local river systems are flowing fresh and most of them will remain fresh for weeks, if not months, especially the Burnett River, as all the dams and weirs upstream have been overflowing and running hard. This means that most of the fishing will be done down around the river mouths.
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