Fishing Reports

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 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.

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.

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.