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.
The inclement is still persisting in the local Bundaberg area, and although it is good to see all the dam levels rising, once again this has made it difficult on the fishing scene.
Midweek in the local Bundaberg area saw a patch of good weather and a few boats headed offshore, and with light winds most set a course for the islands and gutters.
Reports showed good catches of sweetlip, coral trout, red emperor, snapper and parrot.
The closer reefs produced snapper and sweetlip. A lot of anglers have started to target the snapper on soft plastics with great results. Fishing light braided lines on spin reels and using plastics in 4-6 inch sizes are the go.
The rains in the Bundaberg area over the recent weeks, have certainly put a damper on wetting a line. With all the local estuarine systems running fresh, this has made it very difficult to snag a creel full of fish.
But, there are encouraging signs with large bream being captured in the Burnett River, as well as the occassional salmon. The bream have been mainly in the top end of the river with the salmon in the deeper holes in the mid reaches.
The rain we have received recently in the local Bundaberg area should improve the fishing enormously.
Well, now that it’s back to work and back to school , the luxury of going fishing whenever you want has gone out the window. Now you’ll have to wait for the weekends and pray that the weather will be on your side.
In the local Bundaberg area, crabs are still being caught in good numbers and most of them are coming from the Burnett and Elliott Rivers and Baffle Creek. Make sure you are up to date with the crabbing rules and regulations before dropping those pots.
In the local Bundaberg area, mackeral seem to be a hot topic at the moment with good numbers and good quality macks being caught.
The offshore grounds are producing some excellent spanish mackerel, and trolling large lures and rigged baits such as slimeys, gar and wolf herring have been the favoured methods.
The fishing in the local Bundaberg area is on the improve after the very welcome Christmas rains.
Well, it has been a treat to see some rain, and most of the local areas around Bundaberg received some well-deserved down falls.
The tops of the Kolan River and Baffle Creek are running fresh so the fishing in these areas can be hard, but heading down river should see the salt water and the fish, such as jacks, trevally and queenfish. The fresh has also pushed the mud crabs out and down to the salt, so drag out the pots.
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