Hervey Bay
Recent flooding has put a lot of dirty fresh water and debris into Hervey Bay. Fish the wider reefs with the cleaner water for grassy sweetlip, coral trout, cod and blackall. Avoid the rivers and creeks until the flood water stops running and set mud crab pots around foreshores adjacent to creek mouths. You could try for grunter bream around Point Vernon.
Fishos Tackleworld
Noosa
Bream, whiting and trevally in the lower reaches of the Noosa River; best on the making tide as there is a bit of fresh coming down on the ebb.
O Boat Hire & Bait Supply
www.oboathire.com
Flathead at the Noosa River mouth, grunter bream, queenfish and moses perch in Woods Bay, bream, estuary cod and sand crabs in Weyba Creek and bream on the making tide along the Tewantin reach.
Noosa River Fishing Safaris
Ph 0429 030 823
www.noosariverfishing.com
Pearl perch, sweetlip and cobia at North and Sunshine Reefs.
Noosa Deep Sea Fishing Co
Maroochydore
Sand whiting along the dirty water line inside the Maroochy River mouth, flathead around the mouth of the creeks, Goat and Channel Islands, grunter bream in the creeks and mud crabs throughout the river.
Swan Boat Hire
Mooloolaba
Trevally along the dirty water line in the lower reaches of the Mooloolah River, flathead and bream in the deeper holes and mud crabs throughout the river and canals.
Tackleworld Kawana
www.tackleworldkawanafishingstore.com.au
Caloundra
Flathead inside the bars, flathead, whiting, bream and mud crabs in Pumicestone Passage, queenfish, trevally and mangrove jack in the canals and mangrove jack, estuary cod and mud crabs in the creeks.
Caloundra Fishing World
www.caloundrafishingworld.com.au
Donnybrook
Small snapper along the drop off at 112, flathead on the ebb tide along the drop offs, mangrove jack and estuary cod in the lower reaches of the creeks and mud crabs out from the mouth of the creeks.
Donnybrook Takeaway, Bait & Tackle
www.donnybrook-tackle.edan.io
Bribie Island
Small black marlin at the Trench, spotty and school mackerel around the M3 and M4 beacons, sand whiting on the making tide at Sandstone Point and Elimbah Creek mouth, bream and flathead along the edges of the weed banks near the Avon wreck, grassy sweetlip and small snapper in Gallagher Gutter and tuskfish at the entrance to Pacific Harbour canals.
Island Fishing Supplies
Ph 0493 103 027
Northern Moreton Bay
Black marlin at the Trench, school mackerel, longtail and mack tuna around the shipping beacons, bream, whiting and flathead at the mouth of the Pine and Caboolture Rivers, best on the flood tide, as there’s still a bit of fresh coming down on the ebb and it would be worth setting a few pots for mud crabs.
Tackleworld Lawnton
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Moreton Bay Offshore
Snapper at Deep Tempest and mahi mahi around the FADs.
Frenzy Charters
Wynnum Manly
Flathead along the drop offs on Lota flats and mud crabs in the lower reaches of the creeks.
Water Tower Bait & Tackle
www.watertowerbaitandtackle.com
Wellington Pt
School mackerel in the Rous Channel, sand whiting around King Island and Wellington Point, sand crabs in the southern bay and mud crabs in the creeks.
Wellington Point Marine
Nth Stradbroke Island
Fishing Main Beach has been hard going due to strong winds and a solid swell. You could try for dart, whiting and flathead along Flinders Beach and around Amity Point.
Point Lookout Bait & Fresh Fish
Redland Bay
Sweetlip at Harry Atkinson and West Peel artificial reefs, school mackerel on the Hope Banks and between Green and King Islands, tailor in the surf at North Straddie, sand crabs along the edge of the dirty water line in the bay and mud crabs in the lower reaches of the creeks.
Mossops Tackle Store Cleveland
Grassy sweetlip at the northern end of Macleay Island, flathead on the NE side of Coochiemudlo Island and a few trevally around Peel Island.
Seano’s Inshore Fishing Charters
Ph 0433 732 310
www.facebook.com/broadwaterguidedfishing
Flathead, bream and sweetlip around Coochiemudlo Island.
Coochie Boat Hire
Southport
Small black marlin, wahoo and mahi mahi in 85 metres east of Southport, silver jew on the 18s and 24s, spanish and spotty mackerel on the 12s and 18s, sand whiting on the banks throughout Southport Broadwater, mangrove jack around the bridges, rock walls and pontoons in the rivers and mud crabs in Southport Broadwater, the rivers and creeks.
Gold Coast Fishing Tackle
www.goldcoastfishingtackle.com.au
Black marlin and mahi mahi in 80 metres east of Southport and sand whiting on yabbies in Southport Broadwater.
Ross McCubbin Fishing Charters
Ph 0428 729 393
www.facebook.com/LuckyStrikeChartersFishing
Currumbin
Flathead and bream on the making tide in the lower reaches of the creeks and it would be worth setting a few pots for mud crabs.
The Boatshed Bait, Tackle & Boat Hire
Tweed Coast
Flathead, bream, whiting, grunter bream and mangrove jack in the middle reaches of the Tweed River.
Brad Smith Fishing Guide
Ph 0419 028 704
www.bradsmithfishingcharters.com.au
Pottsville
Tailor and bream on top of the tide and sand whiting in the low tide gutters along the beaches and flathead, bream, whiting and mud crabs throughout the creeks.
Pottsville Bait & Tackle
www.pottsvillebaitandtackle.com.au
Evans Head
Bream and a few jew along Airforce Beach, bream, luderick and flathead in the lower reaches of the Evans River and mud crabs in the upper reaches.
Evans Head Sports & Marine
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Freshwater Fishing
Boondooma Dam
The water in the dam is dirty after recent rain. The bays are a bit cleaner and a few bass have been caught on spinner baits in the shallows.
Bjelke Petersen Dam
Bass at dawn and dusk on spinner baits off the bank and on jackalls in the shallows.
Matthew Motts Sportfishing Charters
Ph 0428 682 594
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Lenthalls Dam
The dam is affected by recent heavy rain and will take a week or two to settle.
Lake Monduran
Bass on trolled hard bodies and vibes along the deep edges in the middle reaches and a few barramundi along the tree lined edges and flooded grassy banks.
Fishos Tackleworld
Borumba Dam
Bass at dawn and dusk on spinner baits and vibes and a few saratoga at dusk on surface lures.
Tackleworld Kawana
www.tackleworldkawanafishingstore.com.au
Lake Kurwongbah
Bass on spinner and chatter baits along the newly flooded banks. Tackleworld Lawnton
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Hinze Dam
Bass early morning on surface lures and during the day on soft plastics along the newly flooded grassy banks and a few saratoga on small surface lures in the bays.
Gold Coast Fishing Tackle
www.goldcoastfishingtackle.com.au
Somerset Dam
Bass early morning on lures trolled to 8 metres along Queen Street and at dusk around Pelican Point.
Matthew Motts Sportfishing Charters
Ph 0428 682 594
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Bass on dark coloured chatter baits fished slowly around Pelican Point.
Charltons Fishing
Lake Samsonvale
Bass on chatter baits around the lily pads and weed edges and on small crank baits over the top of the weed beds.
Moogerah Dam
There is still a lot of dirty water and floating weed from recent rain and fishing has been slow. You could try bibless rattlers to get vibration and noise for the fish to hone in on them.
Maroon Dam
Bass early morning on surface lures along the tree lined flooded banks and on small soft plastics around the dam edges.
Charltons Fishing