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[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, pretty average conditions for wetting a line with a persistent cold Southerly wind, overcast conditions and rain on the way to end the week on the Tweed and Gold Coast. Monday looks we will see a return to good weather to start the week. Let’s see what’s being caught this week.

Anglers would have noticed a large amount of snot weed starting to make fishing a bit harder throughout the Broadwater and Jumpinpin the past couple of weeks. There seems to be a lot more around earlier this year than normal, usually September is the prime Month for weed. A lack of rain the past couple of months has not helped, a good dumping would help to break up the snot weed.

Coomera Houseboat customers have been getting stuck into some great quality Bream from Jumpinpin this week. Numbers have been ok during the day but fishing at night is still the prime time for landing the larger quality fish. Spots that produced have been Short Island Huts, Kalinga Bank, Crusoe Island, Perrys Hole, Whalleys Gutter, The Never Fails, Tipplers Passage and Tiger Mullet Channel. Best baits are White Pilchards, Blue Bait, Prawns, Mullet Fillet, Mullet Gut and Yabbies.

Flathead have been around in better numbers with some good-sized fish starting to show up. Plenty of bait fish around Jumpinpin and the Broadwater at the moment is a great sign as we edge closer to breeding season for these awesome fish. Hopefully, we get a flush out soon to clean up the snot weed as it can be a massive pain when targeting Flathead on lures. Drifting bait is a good way to cover ground and find Flathead if you not used to fishing with lures. Yabbies, White Pilchards, Blue Bait and strips of Mullet Fillet make great baits. Flathead have a habit of wearing through trace line pretty quickly, so I recommend at least 12lb trace when using bait in case they swallow the hook. For the lure fisho’s if you can manage to dodge the snot week trolling hard body lures along the Mangrove lined banks of Islands and edges of Sandbanks is a great method as Flathead will sit head into the current waiting for bait fish to swim past. Trolling against the tide is not recommended as the fish will have to turn to attack your lure and can often result in them missing the lure and not hooking up. Some good areas to try your luck are Bedrooms, Tipplers Passage, Paradise Point, Aldershots, Never Fails Islands, Kalinga Bank, Tiger Mullet Channel, Cabbage Tree Point, Currumbin Creek, Coomera River, Brown Island, Logan River and the Tweed River.

I have included the link to Fisheries Queensland with information on the Snapper and Pearl Perch closure which commenced on the 15^th of July and finishes 16^th of August 2020. Make sure you know your responsibilities https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/sustainable/sustainable-fisheries-strategy/fisheries-reforms

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports this week in the Tweed River has all been about one of our favourite lure crunching fish, the good old Flathead. We have been getting some serious numbers of fish in all sorts of sizes from big to small and at the same time have handled them carefully and released them as this is a spawning time for this species. Jigging the deep holes and drifting the deeper channels with vibes the likes of Ecogear zx40s, zx43s, Samaki vibelicous and Ecogear vx blades have all performed equally well. To mix the week up we have also done a bit of trolling in the same areas with some deep diving minnows and got some fantastic results. Both techniques also caught a lot of Bream and the odd Whiting that hammered the lures which is unusual at this time of year for Whiting to take lures in the colder water. We did not catch a Jewie this week but hopefully we will this coming week as they are great fun.

 

Clint reports the fishing has again this week been fantastic with great daily catches of various fish, big Arrow Squid, and nice Blue Swimmer Crabs. It is easy to forget how lucky we are to live on the Gold Coast with its diverse and amazing fishery. We are boating some really nice big Tuskfish, as well as Flounder, Winter Whiting, Tarwhine, Bream, Tailor. Best bait has been live yabbies, best lures have been Ecogear ZX40 in 440 and 411 colour, ZX43 in 404 and 440 colour, Samaki Vibelicious 70mm forktail in white bait and ghost bait colours. Use Sax Scent goldprawn scent on sunnier, calm days, and Smithy’s UV prawn Sax scent when there’s cloud cover, less light, dirtier green water such as during run out tide. The new size Ecogear ZX will be popular with a lot of anglers. It’s slightly bigger size seems to attract bigger fish on average and it’s 8.8g weight makes it easier to stay in the strike zone during tidal flow. This coming week the Broadwater area between the seaway and Sovereign Island will hold plenty of bait and fish schools.

 

Hope you all have a good week and stay healthy and safe. If you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.

 

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, pretty average conditions for wetting a line with a persistent cool Southerly wind, overcast conditions and rain on the way to end the week on the Tweed and Gold Coast. Monday looks we will see a return to good weather to start the week. Let’s see what’s being caught this week.

 

Anglers would have noticed a large amount of snot weed starting to make fishing a bit harder throughout the Broadwater and Jumpinpin the past couple of weeks. There seems to be a lot more around earlier this year than normal, usually September is the prime Month for weed. A lack of rain the past couple of months has not helped, a good dumping would help to break up the snot weed.

 

Coomera Houseboat customers have been getting stuck into some great quality Bream from Jumpinpin this week. Numbers have been ok during the day but fishing at night is still the prime time for landing the larger quality fish. Spots that produced have been Short Island Huts, Kalinga Bank, Crusoe Island, Perrys Hole, Whalleys Gutter, The Never Fails, Tipplers Passage and Tiger Mullet Channel. Best baits are White Pilchards, Blue Bait, Prawns, Mullet Fillet, Mullet Gut and Yabbies.

 

Flathead have been around in better numbers with some good-sized fish starting to show up. Plenty of bait fish around Jumpinpin and the Broadwater at the moment is a great sign as we edge closer to breeding season for these awesome fish. Hopefully, we get a flush out soon to clean up the snot weed as it can be a massive pain when targeting Flathead on lures. Drifting bait is a good way to cover ground and find Flathead if you not used to fishing with lures. Yabbies, White Pilchards, Blue Bait and strips of Mullet Fillet make great baits. Flathead have a habit of wearing through trace line pretty quickly, so I recommend at least 12lb trace when using bait in case they swallow the hook. For the lure fisho’s if you can manage to dodge the snot week trolling hard body lures along the Mangrove lined banks of Islands and edges of Sandbanks is a great method as Flathead will sit head into the current waiting for bait fish to swim past. Trolling against the tide is not recommended as the fish will have to turn to attack your lure and can often result in them missing the lure and not hooking up. Some good areas to try your luck are Bedrooms, Tipplers Passage, Paradise Point, Aldershots, Never Fails Islands, Kalinga Bank, Tiger Mullet Channel, Cabbage Tree Point, Currumbin Creek, Coomera River, Brown Island, Logan River and the Tweed River.

 

I have included the link to Fisheries Queensland with information on the Snapper and Pearl Perch closure which commenced on the 15^th of July and finishes 16^th of August 2020. Make sure you know your responsibilities https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/sustainable/sustainable-fisheries-strategy/fisheries-reforms

 

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports this week in the Tweed River has all been about one of our favourite lure crunching fish, the good old Flathead. We have been getting some serious numbers of fish in all sorts of sizes from big to small and at the same time have handled them carefully and released them as this is a spawning time for this species. Jigging the deep holes and drifting the deeper channels with vibes the likes of Ecogear zx40s, zx43s, Samaki vibelicous and Ecogear vx blades have all performed equally well. To mix the week up we have also done a bit of trolling in the same areas with some deep diving minnows and got some fantastic results. Both techniques also caught a lot of Bream and the odd Whiting that hammered the lures which is unusual at this time of year for Whiting to take lures in the colder water. We did not catch a Jewie this week but hopefully we will this coming week as they are great fun.

 

Clint reports the fishing has again this week been fantastic with great daily catches of various fish, big Arrow Squid, and nice Blue Swimmer Crabs. It is easy to forget how lucky we are to live on the Gold Coast with its diverse and amazing fishery. We are boating some really nice big Tuskfish, as well as Flounder, Winter Whiting, Tarwhine, Bream, Tailor. Best bait has been live yabbies, best lures have been Ecogear ZX40 in 440 and 411 colour, ZX43 in 404 and 440 colour, Samaki Vibelicious 70mm forktail in white bait and ghost bait colours. Use Sax Scent goldprawn scent on sunnier, calm days, and Smithy’s UV prawn Sax scent when there’s cloud cover, less light, dirtier green water such as during run out tide. The new size Ecogear ZX will be popular with a lot of anglers. It’s slightly bigger size seems to attract bigger fish on average and it’s 8.8g weight makes it easier to stay in the strike zone during tidal flow. This coming week the Broadwater area between the seaway and Sovereign Island will hold plenty of bait and fish schools.

 

Hope you all have a good week and stay healthy and safe. If you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.

 

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Seabreeze is a great website to access a local forecast http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/

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[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, School Holidays has kicked off with plenty of family’s heading out on our Houseboats to enjoy the fabulous Gold Coast Waterways and hopefully catch a feed of fish. Conditions are looking nice on the Tweed and Gold Coast for getting out of the house and making the most of the great winter weather on offer. Let’s have a look at what’s been on offer for anglers this week.

With School Holidays underway this week it is a great time to get the kids out of the house, off the xbox, phone’s and spend some quality time trying your luck to catch a fish. You don’t need fancy gear if you are just getting started or want to try something different with the kids. A light estuary outfit with a running sinker rig will work well, Prawns, White Pilchards, Worms or Yabbies are great bait. Fishing from a jetty or the beach is a great option especially with kids as you can access facilities in most of the local parks. Some good spots to try are Coomera River, Paradise Point, Runaway Bay, Labrador, Biggera Waters, Broadwater Parklands, Marine Stadium, Nerang River and Jacobs Well. You will mainly be targeting Bream, Whiting and Flathead from these areas, they are a great fun for the kids to catch. Make sure you get a photo of them holding their catch and email it to me to go in the paper.

Jumpinpin has been fishing well this week with a mixture of Bream, Squire, Tailor and Jew Fish being landed by local Fishos. Try the Pin Bar mouth on the last of the run-in tide for Tailor and big Jewfish chasing the bait schools in the deeper water, Crusoe Island, Kalinga Bank and Short Island will also be worth a try. Some good-sized Squire have been landed hanging around the Bream schools at the moment, spots to start looking are Kalinga Bank, Short Island, Whalleys Gutter, Tiger Mullet Channel, Little Rocky Point and the Power Lines.

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports we had some chilly starts this week with the cool mornings turning into perfectly comfortable winter days. It has seen a bit of an unusual week in the fact that it has been about quality more than quantity. Some of the Whiting taking the lures in the deep holes have been crackers  and the same goes with the Bream with the average size being between 35 to 40 cm long. The best lures have been zx40s, vx45s and samiki vibelicous soft vibes and they have all worked equally well. We did not get a Jewie this week but there was still a few small but hard fighting Giant Trevally in the deeper holes. Trolling along the edges of the channels with slam 47 and pontoon 21 crackjacks also produced some quality Flathead around the first hour of the run-out tides.

Clint reports the fishing is amazing in the Broadwater with big daily hauls of up to 100 Fish, Squid, and Crabs. This is the best time of the year to catch a superb feed of fresh seafood. The big Arrow Squid have been thick and a heap of fun to catch, not to mention delicious in the pan! Ecogear ZX40’s really fire them up, and they then eagerly grab squid jigs. We have also been getting lots of nice big Blue Swimmer Crabs, Winter Whiting, Bream, Bar Tail and Dusky Flathead, Tarwhine, and heaps of Flounder. Ensuring our guests go home with a seafood basket from heaven. Best bait by far is live yabbies, best lures are Ecogear ZX40 in colours 440, 418, 411, 415, coated in Smithy’s UV Sax scent.

Gavin from Sea Probe Fishing Charters reports 50 fathoms has been still fishing well with nice size Kingys , Amberjack, Samson Fish, Snapper and Pearl Perch. Live baits like yakkas and slimeys are doing the best with a BKK circle glow hook and a good size sinker to get down to the bottom, also try pillies and squid. 36 fathoms try for Snapper Tuskies, Pearlies and Dolphin Fish and  24s and 18s Snapper, Jewfish and Cobia.

 

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Stay up to date with all fishing regulations in Queensland https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries

Seabreeze is a great website to access a local forecast http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/

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[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, it’s nice to see our happy Houseboat customers back out on the water this week having a ball exploring our local waterways and catching feed of fresh fish. A bit of wind, the odd shower of rain and a decent swell hanging around the Tweed and Gold Coast, just pick your time and heading outdoors will be worth it. Let’s see what’s biting this week.

 

Local Fisho Ben White (see photo in report) did well scoring his bag limit on big Jew Fish from the close reefs off the Gold Coast Seaway, we have seen some great catches over the past couple of weeks which is a good sign as winter kicks in. Big bait schools will call our local waters home and finding these schools will be the key to landing the predators like big Jew Fish, Snapper and Cobia which are a prized catch and top eating quality. Make sure you have a good look on the sounder before choosing your fishing spot, if you are in the right spot you should be able to jig your live bait from where you fish, after all that’s what your target species will be eating.

 

It’s been great to see our Houseboat customers back on the water and scoring some good feeds of bread and butter species this week including Bream, Whiting and Flathead have been the main target for anglers in Broadwater and Jumpinpin area chasing a feed. Customers have done well scoring a nice feed from the Tweed River, Nerang River, Coomera River, Pimpama River, Jacobs Well, Tiger Mullet Channel, Whalleys Gutter, Short Island and Logan River. Prawns, Yabbies, Worms, Mullet Fillet or Live Herring are all great baits.

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports well once again it has been a great week of fishing on the Tweed. Although we have not caught anything too big in size the numbers and variety have made up for it. Keeping a bend in the rod is what it is all about and being able to swap lures and techniques through the day is very exciting and eventually that big one will come along. In saying this we have caught the odd cracker Whiting and on most trips have been getting a few Flatties over 50cm. Jigging the deep holes with ecogear zx and vx vibes has been producing Flatties, Bream, Whiting, Big Eye and Giant Trevally as well as the odd small School Jew.

 

Clint reports on the water though we are seeing a typical winter pattern. The bigger Flounder and Squid have arrived in numbers, and the Flathead and Winter Whiting are increasing too. We should see schools of spawning Tailor over the next few months unless the netters take most of them. Ecogear ZX40 vibes in colours 415, 440, 447 and Ecogear VX45 vibes in colour 439 are doing well. Best of the Samaki Vibelicious soft vibe colour are white bait and ghost bait. This coming week I am fishing most days, and the Broadwater looks good, I will be fishing along the edges of the main channel South of the Seaway, and also near Marina Mirage, Anglers Paradise, Carters Bank, North Currigee, and Runaway bay.

 

Gavin from Sea Probe Fishing Charters reports on the 50 Fathoms Still Kingys, Amberjack some nice Pearlys and Snapper around use flesh baits pilchards squid and Live bait. On the 36 fathoms plenty of Dolphin fish on all the fads ,on the bottom at the 36s plenty of Tusk Fish also Snappers and Pearlies with odd big Samson fish being caught. On the 24s fathoms Cobia have been starting to show up with the Whales coming through live bait is the key and don’t be afraid to throw down a big live bait.

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Stay up to date with all fishing regulations in Queensland https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries

Seabreeze is a great website to access a local forecast http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/

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[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, cold is an understatement last Saturday with only the keenest Fishos heading out to try their luck on the Tweed and Gold Coast. The rest of the week, we have been blessed with sunny days and light winds making spending time outdoors much more inviting. Once the swell eases heading offshore will be a good option. Let’s have a look at what’s been happening.

Reports of some quality fish around the southern end of the Broadwater this week seeing Fishos land a good variety of species such as Snapper, Tusk Fish, Tailor, Yellow Tail Kingfish, Jew Fish, Flathead, Flounder, Bream, Squid and Morwong. Fishing around the mouth of the Gold Coast Seaway has been extra productive with large bait schools of Hardy Heads and Yakka’s proving irresistible to predators. The run-in tide has fished well, try starting a drift from the mouth of the Seaway and heading either North in the main channel towards Currigee or South towards Marina Mirage. Live baits have been getting smashed, dead baits like White Pilchards, WA Pilchards, Mullet Fillet, Prawns and Yabbies will all do the trick. Soft Vibes and Metal Vibes up to half an ounce in weight work well in the deeper water and is a favourite form of fishing for me. I try to target the last 2 hours of the run-in tide and the first hour of the run-out tide for best results.

As the water starts to cool down quality Whiting are heading back up the rivers in numbers, local angler Wayne Young has had a good week finding an excellent feed of some great quality fish. The Tweed River, Tallebudgera Creek, Nerang River, Coomera River, Pimpama River and Logan River are all great spots to try your luck. Whiting bite best when the tide is running at a decent pace, fishing can be quite slow during a tide change. I recommend live bait is the way to go, Worms and Yabbies are at the top of the list and can be great fun to catch, especially for the kids. Fishing lite is the key, 6 to 9lb mainline, a long 6lb fluorocarbon leader matched a size 6 hook for worms or a size 4 hook for Yabbies. A decent-sized sinker is recommended, I usually use a 4 or 5 ball even in quite shallow water. Just keep moving around until you start to find consistent numbers of fish on the bite.

Tailor are starting to show up more regularly around Jumpinpin towards the top of the tide and the first hour of the run-out. The Pin Bar Mouth, Crusoe Island, Kalinga Bank, Tiger Mullet Channel, Mouth of Whalleys Gutter and Canaipa Passage are all worth a look. When targeting Tailor it’s crucial to find the bait to find the fish, birds actively feeding is a great indication of a school of Tailor. If things are a bit quiet, try trolling shallow diving lures around 65 – 90mm in length until you can temp a fish, once located you can try casting metal slugs or surface lures. Matching the size of baitfish they are feeding on is very important, once feeding fish are fixed on bait if you don’t offer a similar-sized lure they will not be interested, this is called matching the hatch.

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports the Tweed River continues to produce good Flathead, School Mulloway, Bream and the odd Whiting in the middle to upper reaches. On the flats in lower light with hardbodies that dive to 3.5m, and on Samaki Vibelicious white bait and Ecogear ZX40 colour code 447 in the deeper holes that are holding bait.

Clint has had a bit of maintenance to do this week, so only made a couple of trips to the Nerang River and Gold Coast Broadwater. I will be making a lot more trips soon and very much looking forward to it. The Nerang River is producing Mulloway, Flathead, Giant Trevally and Bream on soft vibes and blade lures. The Broadwater has Squid, Flounder, Winter Whiting and Flathead biting around the Hollywell area, on yabbies and Ecogear ZX40 blades colour 440.

I hope you all have a good week and stay healthy and safe. If you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.

 

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Stay up to date with all fishing regulations in Queensland https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries

Seabreeze is a great website to access a local forecast http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/

If you have any great catches to report or fishing photos please email them to  brett@fishotackle.com.au    Good luck with the Fishing.  Brett[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][stm_sidebar sidebar=”651″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, a bit of a mixed bag of weather hanging around the past week with plenty of wind, a few showers and a couple of weather windows for keen Fishos mid-week to get outdoors for a fishing mission on the Gold and Tweed Coasts. Let’s see what’s been on the bite.

As the weather cools down, chasing a Jew Fish particularly at night-time becomes a great option. I have noticed some good-sized schools of Mullet have started to show up on the southern end of the Gold Coast. This is a promising sign as quality Jew Fish will be hunting close by. I prefer to fish the Gold Coast Seaway area at night as the Jew Fish tend to rise in the water column and can hit the Mullet on the surface, the day time boat traffic will spook the both Mullet and Jew Fish. During daylight hours you are best to anchor up over the pipeline, and drop-down live baits or fresh mullet fillet as the fish will be feeding in the deeper water. Jumpinpin Bar is another excellent area to target big Jewfish, especially around the entrance on the Northern side, which has some great deep holes in which bait and predators hide. Large soft plastics and big soft vibe lures work well when drifting through the area. I find the best time to target a big Jewfish is the last 2 hours of the incoming tide, the tide change and the first hour of the runout is the prime bite time. Big Jewfish can be a bit elusive, but if you put in the time and effort the rewards are well worth it.

Reports of some nice Flathead caught in the Tweed River, Broadwater, Jumpinpin and joining estuary systems. Try drifting and throwing soft plastics in the 3” to 4” size range like Zman Minnowz and StreakZ on a 1/4 to 3/8 jig head or working soft or metal vibes depending on water depth. Drifting enables you to cover as much territory as possible until you find an area holding good numbers of fish to concentrate your efforts.

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports the Tweed is still offering up nice Flathead, Whiting, Bream and School Jew. Now the water has cleared fully, the deeper holes in the middle to upper reaches are fishing best. Try the flats during lower light periods or cloudy days by trolling hardbodies or twerking with vibes.

Clint reports in the Broadwater bit of light at the end of the Covid tunnel. I reckon we’re fortunate to live in Australia. Especially Gold Coast! Water and fishing everywhere; it’s not hard to get out and enjoy it with so many options available. I’ve been making a few trips on the Broadwater while the wind was light and tides were neap. Fishing the run-out tides is most productive, or the deeper water on the run-in. I’ve been using Ecogear VX45 and Hurricane blades alongside the usual trusty Ecogear ZX40’s and Samaki soft vibes. The VX’s are terrific lures and mimic small baitfish very well, while the Hurricane Sting 37 blades in Bling prawn colour are super deadly! All of the above are accounting for School Flathead, Squid, Squire, Whiting, Tarwhine and lots of Flounder. Many excellent eating fish are plentiful in our local waters this time of year.

Gavin from Seaprobe Fishing Charters reports after the weather settles down get out there and try the  fads for Dollies using pillies and live baits. Out on the 50s also try live baiting for Ajs, Yellow Tail Kingfish , Snapper and Pearl Perch, in close on the 24s try for Snapper ,Trag Jew and Silver Jew.

I hope you all have a good week and stay healthy and safe. If you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.

 

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Stay up to date with all fishing regulations in Queensland https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries

Seabreeze is a great website to access a local forecast http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/

If you have any great catches to report or fishing photos please email them to  brett@fishotackle.com.au    Good luck with the Fishing.  Brett[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][stm_sidebar sidebar=”651″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, for Mum’s that enjoy fishing it was nice to see some great conditions last weekend for Mother’s Day on the Gold and Tweed Coasts. Bit windy for the rest of the week with a small weather window to get out and about. Let’s have a look at what’s been happening.

With the cooler weather hanging around looking for a feed of Squid has been a good option for some Fisho’s landing a great feed of fresh Calamari. You can catch Squid during the daytime or night time, I prefer to pick a run in tide on the Southern Gold Coast giving better water quality and as the tide rises access by boat over some of the more productive weeds beds where the Squid hang out. We have two main species inshore to target, the larger Tiger Squid or the Arrowhead Squid. I recommend a average sized Squig Jig between 2 to 3 inches long depending on what they are feeding on. Also metal blade vibration lures work well in the deeper channels near the Seaway south to Marina Mirage area. Land based fishing can be better at night, the key is to find somewhere that has good lighting on the water, the light will attract bait fish which will also attract the predatory Squid. Some good land-based spots are Paradise Point Jetty, Grand Hotel Jetty and boat ramp, Sundale Bridge Jetty, Marine Stadium and the Gold Coast Seaway Rock Walls will all produce some quality Squid.

Reports again this week of some quality Tailor showing up along the Surf Beaches from the Tweed North to the Northern End of the Gold Coat and South Stradbroke Island. I still prefer to fish the incoming tide if targeting Tailor from the beach, the bigger fish will usually follow the bait into the gutters which are scattered along the coast. The Gold Coast Seaway and Jumpinpin Bar are also fishing well with some big Tailor showing up. Best tip is to keep your eye on the sounder for bait fish, also watching out for birds diving on the water can indicate fish feeding on bait. Best baits are whole WA pilchards, Mullet Fillet and White Pilchards, for the lure Fishos Tailor tend to respond well to trolling Shallow diving lures, Surface lures and Metal Slugs.

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports the Tweed River is awesome this time of year. Mild and calm weather, Flathead and Mulloway are pushing upstream to their winter hunting grounds, I love it! The odd trip is producing some quality Flathead, with some big Whiting and Bream amongst them. Popping MMD splash prawns in honeybee colour over shallow water is getting the surface strikes, while in the deeper channels teabagging with Ecogear ZX40 blades in 440 and 447 colour and Samaki Vibelicious 70mm soft vibes in Ghost bait and White bait colours are getting plenty of solid fish.

Clint reports in the Broadwater good numbers of bigger Flathead are showing up which is great to see, and expected this time of year. Samaki Vibelicious soft vibes and Ecogear ZX40 account for their share share of Flatties, in much the same colours as Smithy mentioned above, in the clear water normal for the dry months. The water temperature dropped to 20 degrees in the Nerang River after the cool weather. This will bring on more Flathead, Squid, Mulloway, Snapper, Flounder and more tasty species. A good time to fish is just past the full moon and into neaps, my favourite tides for working the deeper sections of the Northern Broadwater such as Currigee reef, Ephraim reef, around the Seaway, and the main channel East of Carters bank.

 

Gavin from Seaprobe Fishing Charters reports out on the shelf there has been Blue Marlin around Jim’s Mountain, Riv Grounds with boats catching up to 4 Blue Marlin a day and also the odd big Yellowfin Tuna  using lures anywhere from 8 to 15 inch lures. On The 50 and 36s Fathoms the current was raging up to 3 knots so very hard to fish but still few nice Snapper, Pearlies and Tuskys have been biting with the Dolphin Fish still around the fads.

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[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, it was great to see everyone back out on the water over the Long Weekend enjoying the new relaxation in the Queensland Government boating rules. Cool and Windy conditions on the Tweed and Gold Coast has made catching a feed hard work. Good news for the weekend and Mother’s Day with some better weather on the way. Let’s see what’s been on the bite.

I recommend before heading out on the water that you make sure you check out the latest news from the Queensland Government, Maritime Safety Queensland or the New South Wales Government if fishing the Tweed region.

With the wind and swell up during the week combined with big tides due to the full moon hitting the protected estuary’s and rivers was the best option. Some great catches of Whiting are still on offer as the water starts to cool down. Some good spots to try are the Logan River, Tweed River, Tallebudgera Creek, Coomera River, Pimpama River and the Nerang River which all offer protection from the wind. Quality bait is the key to success, live worms or yabbies are the best choice when it come to catching a feed of Whiting. Choose an area where you can target both shallow water and deeper water at the same time with your rods until you can work out which depth the majority of the fish are feeding in. Once you can work out a pattern then concentrate your efforts in the most productive depth. Big tides mean good water flow which is important when targeting Whiting, the old saying no run no fun does apply. Make sure you are using a heavy enough sinker to keep your bait in contact with the bottom, I usually use a size 4  ball sinker and even go a 5 ball in the river depending on current flow. If the fish are quiet just keep on moving until you find some life, I usually move if I have not caught a fish in 30 minutes. Light main line and light leader will attract more bites, I normally go for a 6lb fluro carbon leader works best.

Reports of some good early season Bream around Short Island, Tiger Mullet Channel, Logan River, Jacobs Well, Tipplers Passage, The Coomera River, Paradise Point and the Gold Coast Seaway. Mullet Fillet, White Pilchards, Mullet Gut and Yabbies are great bait. A good burly trail is important when chasing Bream, pellet options from Wilson Fishing and Stimulate will do the job. As we step closer to winter, all the early signs for a great Bream season is good news for anglers.

Some nice Tailor have come from the surf gutters along South Stradbroke Island the past week, the early cool Westerly winds combined with lots of bait fish have attracted some quality sized fish. The swell is tipped to drop for the weekend, a beach fishing session would be a good idea.

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports he has been getting out when he can, the Tweed this time of year fishes well for Flathead, and the Whiting and Bream are still active on surface lures.

As the water cools more the bigger Bream, Mulloway, and Flathead appear and are best targeted in deeper water with vibes and soft plastics.

Clint has been fishing the Gold Coast Broadwater during the settled weather and neap tides. So many good eating fish around at the moment and the fishing was on fire this week. The best fishing coincided with the smallest tides of 0.5-1 metre range, allowing us to fish the open channels more, 6-8 metre depth has been best. We have been catching a lot of good size Tuskfish. These fish are very feisty and hit our Ecogear ZX40 and Samaki Vibelicious 70 lures with venom then tear off on a screaming run, great fun on light tackle. Best ZX colours at the moment are 411, 414, 440, best Samaki soft vibe colours are ghost bait, pearl shrimp, and white bait. Flathead are increasing in numbers and size, as are Founder, Squid, and Winter Whiting.  The cold change will bring on Snapper, big Bream, Mulloway, Flathead and Squid. Heaps of great fishing to look forward to!

Gavin from Seaprobe Fishing Charters reports weather permitting on 50 fathoms there is still a good mixed bag of Snapper, Pearlies, Amberjack, Samson fish and Pig fish Out there just using squid, pillies and live bait are the best options. Also try the fads on the 36s and 50s for some Mahi Mahi (Dolphin fish) with pillies and little lures working  best and in closer around the pin there is plenty of Mac Tunas and Long Tails in the mix as well to target on soft plastics and metal slugs.

Hope you all have a good week and stay healthy and safe, and Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful Mums out there. If you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.

 

 

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[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, we have been spoilt on the Gold and Tweed Coasts for the past couple of weeks with some perfect Autumn weather. This weekend will see a drop in temperature and a shift in the wind direction as we head closer to winter. Let’s see what’s been happening lately.

I recommend before heading out on the water that you make sure you check out the latest news from the Queensland Government, new regulations are in place from Saturday 1^st of May, New South Wales Government and Maritime Safety Queensland. Fishing for food is allowed at the time of writing this report.

The benefits of all the rain at the back end of Summer have paid off with heaps of bait fish schooling up throughout the entire Broadwater, Jumpinpin and adjoining rivers and estuaries. Fishing will just get batter and better as we edge closer to winter. Currently the Gold Coast Seaway has been a hot spot with massive schools of Yakkas taking up residence. The Yakkas have attracted all kinds of predators for fishos to target including a few prized Mackerel, Tuna, Tailor, Jew Fish, Mangrove Jack, Snapper and big Flathead. The Seaway can be a tricky place to fish with strong currents making going tuff at times. The best time to fish the area is the last hour before and the first hour after a tide change which is also a prime bite time. Just watch how close you get to the pipeline or you will donate your tackle.

 

Mates James (see Snapper photo in report) and Jason did well trying their luck on the 24 fathom reef off the Seaway last Saturday landing a prized Snapper along with a mixed bag of Moses, Trag and top eating Tusk Fish float lining WA Pilchards and Squid. Once the swell eases up it will be well worth a look for a great feed of reefies.

 

Customers have landed some nice catches of Whiting in the rivers and throughout Jumpinpin and the Broadwater this week. Local Whiting expert Wayne Young (see photo in report) had a great trip landing a top quality feed in the Nerang River, also try Tiger Mullet Channel, Bedrooms, Canaipa Passage, Shoals at Jacobs Well, Coomera River North and South Arms and Paradise Point. Worms and Yabbies are the best bait.

Clint and Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters report the Tweed River continues to provide fun surface action with Whiting, Flathead and Bream willing to chase MMD splashprawns in Banana bender and Honey Bee colours. More Mulloway are showing up in the deeper holes of the middle reaches, Samaki Vibelicious in White bait colour and Ecogear ZX40’s work well for them.

There are a lot of fish moving around the Broadwater chasing big schools of small bait fish. The seaway is the main fish focus with a big variety of fish feeding there including Mackerel, Snapper, Bream and Flathead.

 

Gavin from Seaprobe Fishing Charters reports another week of great offshore weather, on the 50 fathom line. There is still a good mixed bag of Snapper, Pearlies, Rosy Jobfish, Amberjack, Samson fish and Pig Fish out there just using squid, pillies and live bait are the best options. Also try the fads on the 36s and 50s for some Mahi Mahi with pillies and little lures working best.

 

Hope you all have a good week and stay healthy and safe, if you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Stay up to date with all fishing regulations in Queensland https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries

Seabreeze is a great website to access a local forecast http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/

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[vc_row][vc_column][stm_post_animated_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, windy and rainy pretty much sums up this week on the Tweed and Gold Coast with tough conditions making fishing difficult. At this stage the weekend is looking very windy, finding a good spot to hide from the S/SE will be key to fishing success. Let’s have a look at some options.

Average would pretty much sum up fishing conditions this week on the Tweed and Gold Coast with Strong Winds and Heavy rain dominating the weather. Finding some shelter up around Jumpinpin, Logan River, Pimpama River, Coomera River, Nerang River, Currumbin Creek, Tallebudgera Creek and the Tweed River will be a plan for the weekend and week ahead. Customers have been scoring some quality Whiting, Bream, Flathead, Trevally, Estuary Cod and Mangrove Jack between the showers.

 

 

Weather permitting the Gold Coast Seaway has been producing a few nice Jew Fish and Trevally fishing the pipeline on the last hour of the run in and the first hour of the run-out tide, live baits have been working best. When we have a larger swell off shore it tends to stir up the feed and the Seaway will fish well seeing quite a range of species caught like Spangled Emperor, Squire, Grassy Sweetlip, Painted Sweetlip, Moses, Tusk Fish Bream and Tarwhine to name a few. Just watch out for the extra swell rolling through the area.  Fishing between the pipeline and the East Side of Wave Break Island is popular spot drifting over the rubble with baits or lures will be worth a try.

Anglers that headed out early last Saturday morning did well on the close reefs getting stuck into schools of Spotted Mackerel, hopefully after the blow some clean water will be pushed in the fish will still be around and hungry offshore.

Good luck to all fishos taking part in this year’s Pirtek Fishing Challenge held on Sunday 15/3/20, it’s a fantastic comp with some awesome prizes on offer. All money raised goes towards research for Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia, that’s a good reason to get out and show your support. You can check out all the details at https://pirtekfishingchallenge.com.au/making-difference/

Gavin from Sea Probe Fishing Charters reports before the wind kicked in Marlin were still biting around the 85m at Spot X and Deep Trag on live bait. If you do find it a little quieter try trolling 6 to 8 inch lures and also deep divers for them so u can cover more ground and try to find some other  bait schools ,doing this you can pick up Wahoo, Dolphin Fish and Stripe Tuna. In close around the 12 and 18 fathoms Spottie Mackerel have been still biting and on the 24s around the diamond reef trolling live bait or dead baits have been doing the trick for Spanish Mackerel

 

Smithy from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports on the Tweed the fishing this week has been outstanding with my clients catching over 20 fish a day on lures. Flathead, Bream, Whiting and Trevally have been lining up to smash a variety of lures using a variety of different techniques. Trolling pontoon 21 crackjacks along the edges of the channels has worked well as has deep water jigging with vibes in the deeper holes around the tide changes. Fishing the sea grass flats around the top of the tide in the clean water coming in from the ocean with mmd splash prawns has been productive as well with the Whiting and Bream queuing to smash them.

If you have never tried fishing surface lures it is something worth trying as it is so much fun watching the lure get pack attacked as it splashes along the surface all the way to the boat.

Hope you all have a good weekend and get out for a fish, if you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.

New fishing regulations now effective fisheries Queensland http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2019/9/1/new-fishing-regulations-now-effective

Seabreeze is a great website to access a local forecast http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/

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Hi Everyone, hope you’ve all had a great week, a run of nice weather early in the week has been welcomed by anglers on the Tweed and Gold Coast giving everyone some great fishing conditions at times. A few showers will be hanging around as the week progresses, at this stage it looks like the wind is tipped to pick up over the weekend unfortunately. Let’s see what’s been biting this week.

Local fishing guru Wayne Young (see photo in report) did well this week landing an impressive 79cm Snapper from the 18-fathom reef east of the Gold Coast Seaway. Wayne said there was only a slight current making conditions perfect for float lining baits, the big Snapper hit his bait on the drop and then put up a great fight. The best advice is to get out there early to catch the dawn bite as the fishing was all done and dusted by 7am. When looking for a spot to fish sound around the general area until you locate life whether it’s bait or fish, once you have found life I do prefer to anchor up and start a burley trail straight away. Customers have reported some great catches of Spotted Mackerel from the close reefs off the Gold Coat this week, start looking at the bait grounds then make you way out to the 18 fathom grounds in search of a feed. Mermaid Reef and Palm Beach will be worth a go, keep your eyes peeled for birds working or top water activity like splashing or fish jumping. Slow trolled whole WA pilchards, small skirted lures or small shallow water diving lures should work, I also enjoy casting metal slugs and retrieving them fast. Sometimes you will have to try a few sizes of metal slugs until you match the bait size they are feeding on. For bait fishos WA pillie pieces will do the trick, a burley trail is a must.

A few nice Whiting have been showing up in the Broadwater this week, junior fisho Bec (see photo in report) did well landing a quality feed fishing the edges of the sandbanks around the southern end of the Broadwater using live yabbies she pumped. Whiting seem to move around a bit at times, you will catch a few then they go quiet for a while. If you haven’t caught any fish for about half an hour just move around and try another spot close by and see how you go. I recommend 6lb fluro carbon leader, and either a 4 – 5 ball sinker to keep the bait in the bite zone, worms and yabbies are the best bait.

Gavin from Sea Probe Fishing Charters reports Marlin have been a little quieter this week but still a few around thou, some lucky boats are still getting up to 5 billfish a day. The best spots to catch a Marlin have been Deep Trag, Spot X and along the 85m grounds using live Bait and lures. The 18 fathom reef is producing plenty of Spottie Mackerel which have moved in with the Blue water. Try using simple half pillies and full pillies and also casting 25gram slugs into the bait balls.

Smithy from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports on the Tweed what a difference a bit of rain makes with the whole area returning to its lush green self once again. Apart from dodging a few showers and getting caught by few out on the water the fishing has been very good by utilising the conditions. The upper reaches of the Tweed River are still to dirty to fish so we have been staying downstream and working the areas where the clean water is being pushed in by the tides. The area where the dirty water and clean oceanic water is meeting is holding a strong concentration and variety of species. Trolling pontoon 21 crackjack lures is producing Flathead, Bream and Whiting, we have been mixing it up by drifting and casting metal and soft vibes for the same species. The shallow flats around the last couple of hours of the run-in tide has also been fun for casting surface lures for Whiting and especially Bream that seem to be in numbers foraging over the shallow seagrass beds. We have also caught some small Giant Trevally on surface lures and by trolling around the areas where the birds are feeding on baitfish schools holding along the current lines.

 

Clint reports the Gold Coast estuary fishing is really starting to improve after the rain events and this will continue in coming weeks. Whiting were feeding in the Southern Broadwater along the channel edges between Sundale bridge and the Spit. Using freshly pumped yabbies or Ecogear ZX40 blades or Samaki soft vibes coated in Sax scent goldprawn will catch you a feed of Whiting, Flounder, and Flathead. As the dirty water dilutes further the fish will start to head slightly more upstream chasing food. Expect Mangrove Jacks, Bream, Grunter, Tarwhine, and Trevally to be on the bite.

 

Hope you all have a good weekend and get out for a fish, if you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.

New fishing regulations now effective fisheries Queensland http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2019/9/1/new-fishing-regulations-now-effective

Fisho Tackle and Coomera Houseboat Holidays now have Hire Tinnies follow the link to view http://www.coomerahouseboats.com.au/our-fleet-type/hire-tinnies/

Seabreeze is a great website to access a local forecast http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/

If you have any great catches to report or fishing photos please email them to  brett@fishotackle.com.au    Good luck with the Fishing.  Brett

 

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