| Updated at: Saturday, August 23, 2008 |
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| Queenfish on Terminator Snapbacks and golden trevally on fly in Sandy Straits yesterday morning. |
| Paul Dolan's Fraser Coast Sportfishing ph:4128 4952 http://www.frasercoastsportfishing.com |
| Bream at Gatakers Bay and River Heads. It’s forecast to be windy in open bay waters tomorrow. Best advice is to fish the sheltered waters in the rivers and creeks for bream and flathead. |
| Tackle World Hervey Bay ph:4128 1022 http://www.tackleworldhb.com.au |
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| Good gutters are starting to form along the eastern beaches, a few tailor and dart have been caught. A reminder that there is a total fishing ban from midday August 1st until midday September 30th, in an area from 400 m south of Indian Head to 400 m north of Waddy Point and 400 m seawards of those locations. |
| Fraser Island Backpackers ph:4127 9144 http://www.fraserislandco.com.au |
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| Parrot, sweetlip, moses perch and small snapper about 20 miles north of Wide Bay Bar yesterday. |
| Rainbow Beach Reef Fishing Charters ph:5486 8666 http://www.rainbowbeachfishing.com.au |
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| Try for tailor early morning around the third cutting at Teewah, bream and luderick along the rock wall at the Noosa River mouth and trevally along the Tewantin reach, all these areas have produced a few. |
| Barra Jacks Tackleworld Noosaville ph:5449 3666 http://www.tackleworld.com.au |
| Flathead on Rio prawn lures in the lower reaches of the Noosa River this morning. Remember the minimum legal size for dusky flathead is 40cms and maximum size is 70cms. |
| Noosa Deep Sea & River Fishing Safaris ph:5474 2179 http://www.noosariverfishingsafaris.com |
| Tailor and flathead at Teewah on Tuesday. |
| Noosa Surf Fishing Tours ph:0411 368239 http://www.noosasurffishingtours.com.au |
| Sand whiting in the shallows between the Noosa River mouth and Noosaville reach, bream throughout the river, a few flathead around the river mouth and trevally in Weyba Creek. |
| O Boat Hire & Bait Supply ph:5449 7513 http://www.oboathire.com |
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| A few cod, snapper and morwong on North Reef yesterday. |
| Laguna Charters ph:5449 7454 http://www.lagunachartersnoosa.com.au |
| Snapper, pearl perch, sweetlip, cod and scarlet sea perch on North Reef on Thursday and yesterday. |
| Noosa Deep Sea & River Fishing Safaris ph:5474 2179 http://www.noosariverfishingsafaris.com |
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| A few tailor and bream along the north shore of the Maroochy River mouth and in the Cod Hole, flathead around Cotton Tree, the Motorway Bridge and mouth of Petrie and Eudlo Creeks. |
| Swan Boat Hire ph:5443 7225 http://www.swanboathire.com.au |
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| Tailor off the rocks at Point Cartwright, bream, tailor and luderick along the rock walls at the mouth of the Mooloolah River, bream and trevally on top of the tide along the La Balsa reach, garfish in The Basin and around the moorings, a few mangrove jack in the canals, sand crabs in the lower reaches and mud crabs in the upper reaches. |
| Kawana Bait & Tackle ph:5444 5551 http://www.kawanabaitandtackle.com.au |
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| Snapper to 5kg and parrot on Coolum Reef and a few snapper to 3.5kg and grassy sweetlip on Murphys Reef on Monday. |
| Barry McDade Fishing Services ph:5437 7754 http://www.scofs.com.au |
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| Bream and garfish off the rocks at Shelly Beach, small snapper around the coffee rock at the NE end of Bribie Island, trevally and queenfish inside Caloundra Bar, bream and a few luderick along the Boardwalk, bream in the deeper holes in Pumicestone Passage and sand whiting on the banks out from Golden Beach. |
| Caloundra Fishing World ph:5491 4566 |
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| Flathead at Mission Point, sand whiting at Lime Pocket and The Skids, bream in the creeks and a few chopper tailor on top of the tide in the main channel. |
| Donnybrook Boat Hire ph:5498 8247 |
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| Tailor on top of the tide off White Patch and bream at the mouth of Elimbah Creek. |
| Toorbul Store & Caravan Park ph:5498 8210 |
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| Bream near Tiger Rock, Buckley’s Hole and under the Bribie Bridge, a few small snapper near the entrance to Pacific Harbour Canals, chopper tailor at Red Beach and greenbacks at the northern end of the island. |
| Bribie Sports & Cycles ph:3408 1347 |
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| Snapper, pearl perch, pigfish and rosy job fish at Deep Tempest earlier in the week. |
| Reel Easy Charters ph:3880 3312 http://www.reeleasycharters.com.au |
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| Flathead near the public boat ramp in the Caboolture River and it would be worth a go for bream and whiting at the river mouth. |
| Beachmere Boats ph:5496 8106 |
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| Small snapper on the shallow reefs from Scarborough to Scotts Point, flathead and chopper tailor along Scarborough foreshores and flathead in Hays Inlet. |
| Redcliffe Bait & Tackle ph:3284 6939 |
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| The river has been producing flathead, whiting, sole and chopper tailor. |
| Dohles Rocks Boat Hire ph:3886 1512 |
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| Bream at night off the Shorncliffe Jetty and try for bream and flathead near the trawler moorings in Cabbage Tree Creek. |
| Sandgate Bait & Tackle ph:3269 9701 |
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| A few tailor along the eastern beaches. |
| Bakers Bait & Tackle Bulwer ph:34082855 http://www.moretonisland.com.au/product.php?id=67825 |
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| Snapper and pearl perch on the 35’s on Monday. |
| Tom Cat Charters ph:3820 8794 http://www.tomcatcharters.com.au |
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| A few tailor along Main Beach and try for dart, bream and tailor along Flinders Beach. |
| Point Lookout Bait & Fresh Fish ph:3409 8724 |
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| Flathead around the southern bay islands, in Canaipa Passage and the channels between Redland Bay and the mouth of the Logan River and school mackerel in the Rainbow Channel on Tuesday. |
| Fish Head ph:32079965 http://www.fishhead.com.au |
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| Flathead around Never Fail Islands and in the lower reaches of the Pimpama River and bream at night along Kalinga Bank. |
| Jumpinpin Charters ph:5546 1880 http://www.jumpinpin.com |
| Tailor off the NE tip of Crusoe Island, bream along Kalinga Bank, in Cobby Passage and along the southern end of Russell Island, flathead at the entrance to Swan Bay and mouth of Behm Creek. |
| Cabbage Tree Pt Boat Hire ph:5546 1332 |
| Flathead in Jacobs Well Channel and sand whiting around Never Fail and Pandanus Islands. |
| Jacobs Well Bait & Tackle ph:5546 2229 |
| Bream and a few whiting around Little Rocky Point, bream off Cabbage Tree Point and a few tailor inside the Pin Bar. |
| Gem Bait & Tackle ph:3287 3868 |
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| Bream and flathead around Sovereign Islands and in Coombabah Creek, bream and whiting along Paradise Point foreshores and estuary cod along the Sanctuary Cove reach of the Coomera River. |
| Paradise Point Bait & Tackle ph:5577 4277 |
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| Trag jew and a few snapper on the 36’s NE of The Seaway yesterday. |
| Ross McCubbin Fishing Charters ph:0428 729393 http://www.adrenalinefishingcharters.com.au |
| Snapper and trag jew on the 36’s NE of the Seaway on Wednesday and Thursday. |
| Fish'n'Fun Charters ph:0402 211454 |
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| Tailor and flathead along the beaches, chopper tailor in the Deep Hole, bream on hard bodied lures off the southern end of Crab Island and at the entrance to Lake Intrepid and bass on small diving lures in the upper reaches of the Nerang River. |
| Doug Burts Fishing Tackle World ph:5532 0678 |
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| Good dart, bream and a few tailor along Mermaid Beach and a few bream and whiting on the first of the ebb tide in Tallebudgera and Currumbin Creeks. |
| Miami Bait & Tackle ph:5572 8270 |
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| A few tailor at Kingscliff, Cabarita and Miami Beaches and a few bream in Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks. Pearl perch and yellowtail king on the 50’s east of the Tweed and a few trag jew, snapper and parrot on the 24’s this morning. |
| The Boatshed Bait, Tackle & Boat Hire ph:5525 0338 |
| Flathead and bream on soft plastics in Southport Broadwater yesterday. |
| Brad Smith Guided Fishing ph:0419 028704 www.oceandive.qld.ms |
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| A few tailor early morning along Kingscliff Beach, bream along the rock walls at the mouth of the Tweed River, luderick in Jack Evans Boat Harbour and flathead in Cobaki Lakes. |
| Anglers Warehouse ph:5536 3822 http://www.anglerswarehouse.com.au |
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| Pearl perch, parrot, snapper and trag jew on the 45’s east of the Tweed earlier in the week. |
| Cushy Fishing Charters ph:0418 631076 http://www.cushyfishingcharters.com.au |
| Trevally and snapper around Cook Island and the Mud Hole yesterday. |
| Down Under Charters ph:0408 753647 http://www.goldcoastfishing.com |
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| Pearl perch, amberjack, samson fish, small snapper, parrot and pigfish on the 32’s east of Kingscliff yesterday. |
| Kingscliff Fishing Charters ph:0411 151755 http://www.reelfishn.com.au |
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| Good dart, bream and tailor along the beaches from Cabarita to Brunswick Heads and good bream, a few flathead, whiting, trevally and luderick in Mooball Creek. |
| Pottsville Bait & Tackle ph:02 6676 0588 |
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| Bream along the rock walls at the mouth of the Richmond River and in the lower reaches and good luderick around Munsies Point, the Porpoise Wall and Burns Point Ferry. |
| Dave’s Bait Shop ph:02 6686 2481 |
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| Bream and luderick along the rock walls at the mouth of the Evans River and bream, flathead and a few whiting in the lower reaches. Tailor and bream along the beaches before the wind freshened. |
| Evans Head Sports & Marine ph:02 6682 4536 |
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Bass have been caught by targeting moving schools with a sounder and jigging soft plastics in the main basin and around the points and it would be worth casting spinner baits to the shallow banks for golden perch and bass. | | Matthew Mott's Sportfishing Charters ph:0428 682594 |
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Bass on soft plastics cast to the shallow banks at the top end of the dam and schooling bass located with sounder towards the dam wall. | | Matthew Mott's Sportfishing Charters ph:0428 682594 |
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Bass during the day on spinner baits and at dusk on surface lures around the dam edges. | | Mullet Gut Marine ph:4632 9770 |
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A few golden perch on live shrimp off the bank. | | Mullet Gut Marine ph:4632 9770 |
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A few golden perch on live bait. | | Mullet Gut Marine ph:4632 9770 |
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Plenty of small cod earlier in the week, remember minimum legal size for murray cod is 60cms. | | Mullet Gut Marine ph:4632 9770 |
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Bass on soft plastics and purple coloured spinner baits in the western arm. | | Doug Burts Fishing Tackle World ph:5532 0678 |
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A few cod and golden perch on live bait along the Texas reach of the Dumaresq River and at Goondiwindi in the Macintyre River. | | Mullet Gut Marine ph:4632 9770 |