Fishing Monthly - Latest Fishing Reports - Updated Weekly
loading sponsors banner ... please support our sponsors
COMPILED WEEKLY BY GARRY SMITH IN CAIRNS:
e-mail: lavallesmith@iig.com.au
Gold Coast
Conditions last week on the Gold Coast started a little blustery but eased off throughout the week. Plenty of boats took advantage of the light winds and calm seas to head offshore for a fish during the latter part of the week.

Trolling the surface was once again the preferred method of angling offshore during the week. East of the Southport Seaway some impressive catches of marlin, dolphinfish, tuna and the odd spanish mackerel were taken on either trolled skirts or slimy mackerel. The most productive areas were between the 24 and 36 fathom lines with a few fish coming from the 50s and from Spot X. The area off Kirra has been a little quieter this week but there were still a few small black marlin up to 80 kg tagged in this area. Tweed Nine Mile has been fishing well with yellowfin tuna, spanish mackerel, wahoo, mack tuna and the odd marlin coming from this area. Some big yellowtail kingfish and giant trevally were also taken on livebaits. It has almost been possible to walk across the Palm Beach and Mermaid Reefs with over a hundred boats in each area every morning of the week. These anglers were rewarded with some nice spotty mackerel on pilchards and metal lures, as well as the odd spanish mackerel and cobia on livebaits. The shallow reefs have been fishing reasonably well with tailor, squire, parrot and trag jew all coming from the 24 and 36 fathom reefs during the week. The 50s have been fishing well for yellowtail kingfish, amberjack, sampsonfish and a few cod on livebaits or heavy metal jigs.

There has been plenty of action in the Seaway this week with some nice fish taken on both baits and lures. Plenty of bream came from the rockwalls with whitebait and yabbies being the most productive baits. A few flathead were also taken as bycatch using these offerings. The north wall has been fishing very well on the incoming tide for trevally and a few tailor and tarpon on small metal lures, soft plastics and deep diving minnows. Livebaiting the end of the north wall saw a few bigger tailor and trevally coming to the boat along with the odd school jew and mangrove jack. The kingfish have been a little quiet lately though a few were taken at the crack of dawn on the southern end of the pipeline and at the Wavebreak Island rockwalls. Queenies have been chasing baitfish on the surface most mornings but have been very hard to tempt due to the small size of their prey. Try using tiny metals or small baitfish profile flies to entice these hard-fighting fish. The Broadwater has been producing plenty of flathead in the drainage channels and deeper holes. Most of the fish are congregating in the deeper holes as the shallow water is just too warm for them at the moment. If flats fishing is your scene, try the areas around Crab Island with soft plastics and small minnows on an incoming tide for some nice lizards and bream. Whiting have been around in all the usual spots further up the Nerang, with the Council Chambers fishing especially well on the night time flood tide. Yabbies, shrimp and bloodworms have been the pick of the baits for this species. Most of the canal entrances, bridges and snags have been holding a few mangrove jack, trevally, cod and tarpon so try trolling deep diving minnows, casting soft plastics or fishing small live herring or mullet.

The beaches have been fishing well for a feed of bream, dart and tarwhine. These fish were mainly taken from the deeper gutters and holes on local baits of pippies and beachworms. A few nice flathead have come from the Spit and Broadbeach letting whole pilchards drift along gutters and into holes. Whiting have been fairly rare on the beaches this week but try beachworms in the shallow holes and gutters on the morning high tide.

Hinze has been fishing steadily with good numbers of bass taken during the work. Working surface or sub-surface presentations around dawn and dusk has been very popular. While most of the bass are only just over legal, they still put up a good show on light tackle. During the middle of the day try trolling the deeper sections or the steep points in the dam for the odd bigger bass. Soft plastics and live shrimp also accounted for a few fish while the sun was high in the sky.

John Polson & Paul Revie
The Fisherman Pty Ltd
Sporty's Warehouse
32 Strathaird Rd. Surfers Paradise
Gold Coast. QLD 4217
Australia
Phone: +61 7 5531 6511
Mobile: +61 418 751220
www.thefisherman.com.au

Top
Moreton Bay
I haven’t been fishing the bay since the bad winds and rain but spent time offshore in The Trench targeting billfish during the Moreton Bay Billfish Challenge. On the good ship Vesuvius, a 30ft Black Watch, we caught two black marlin and one striped tuna each day for a perfect six fish from six strikes record. This was enough to win the overall champion boat title. I was also lucky enough to win the last man standing draw, which was a prize of a $2500 Furuno colour sounder. Not a bad way to cap off a great weekend. There will be a full tournament report in the reports section as soon as I get the full results.

Scattered schools of spotted mackerel have been reported from all corners of the bay but there does not seem to be any area that is consistently producing results. Just keep your eyes open and don’t only expect to see huge schools of mackerel and birds churning the water to foam. Often the smallest splash or single hovering bird will lead you to a school of fish. Keep your eyes open for signs of ‘nervous water’ when the water ripples due to the present of moving fish under it.

Jigging the beacons will also produce a few spotties and schoolies at times but you will probably need to be the first angler there in the morning. The NW series of beacons off Bribie seem to be worth a try most of the time.

A few schools of tuna have been working along the front of Bribie Island in the mornings. Both mack and longtail tuna have been caught, along with a few frigates and even bonito.

Some good quality snapper have been lured from the shallow rubble grounds in the bay on soft plastics. Good squid have been caught from the weed beds north of Tanglaooma and also around Days Gutter. The simple prawn-shaped jig seems to be the most popular, especially in orange or pink.

Most of the estuaries have still been a little quiet since the recent rain but a few good quality whiting have been caught from the flats at the mouths of most prominent creeks and rivers. Worms are definitely the best baits but thin strips of squid will suffice.

A few muddies have come from most creeks but you will probably have to set your pots overnight if you are to get a few for a feed. The occasional jack has been caught from the Raby Bay canals, mainly on live baits fished in the deeper holes and around the rock bars. Soft plastics worked around the jetty pylons and other structure will also produce an occasional jack, as well as trevally, estuary cod and bream.

Trolling lures along the edges of the banks on a falling tide at Jumpinpin will still produce good numbers of flathead. Gold Bank, Kalinga Bank, Whalleys Gutter, Neverfail Creek and Mckenzies Channel are all worth a try.

May your bait be nervous.

Gordon Macdonald
Tackle Warehouse
Ph. (07) 3398 6500
masterbaitertackle@hotmail.com

Top
Moreton Bay - Wide
The Weather Gods smiled once again upon the offshore fishing fleet. Reefies, including good pearl perch made up the bulk of catches, with some quality squire, green jobfish, wrasse and cod thrown in.

While the bill fishing was slower this week, we caught a large swag of dolphinfish ranging from just legal to 5kg animals. Great fun was had by all as multiple hook-ups and jumping, running fish were the order of the day. Conditions are expected to stay brilliant for the next couple of days so I reckon there may be a few sickies taken to make the most of the fishing and the weather.

Regards,

Keith Hall
INCREDIBLE CHARTERS
20 Courageous Ct,
Scarborough 4020
Tel: 3203 8188
Fax: 3203 8199
incrediblecharters@bigpond.com

Top
Southern Freshwater




Rob Clouten & Paul Cass
Fishin Essentials
robdinga@gil.com.au

BEJELKE PETERSEN DAM:

The best bass at Bejelke Petersen Dam were taken in the deeper water (need to use a fish finder to locate the schools) jigging soft plastics and Jackall lures through the schools. A few yellowbelly have also been taken on spinnerbaits and live shrimp.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


BOONDOOMA DAM:

Boondooma Dam produced plenty of bass, mainly in the deeper water (around seven metres). Locating the schools with a fish finder and jigging Jackall lures and tail spinners were the best methods. A few yellowbelly were also taken casting spinnerbaits to the edges with a few also taken on live shrimp late in the afternoon.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


CHINCHILLA:

No report this week.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


CONDAMINE:

No report this week.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


COOBY DAM:

Cooby Dam produced a few yellowbelly on live shrimp and worms, along with a few trolling lures (purple Poltergeist) along the edge of the weed banks.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


COOLMUNDA:

No report this week.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


CRESSBROOK DAM:

The bass are well and truly on the boil at Cressbrook Dam, with a couple of big schools of bass up Bulls Creek. Casting Jackalls, spinnerbaits and soft plastics to the schools has been the best, but the bigger bass are out in the deeper water. You need to use your fish finder to locate the schools. There are also a few yellowbelly along the points taking cast spinnerbaits and live shrimp late in the afternoon.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


GLENLYON DAM:

Glenlyon Dam has been producing a few small cod, with local angler Brendan Tomlinson landing a 6.6kg cod trolling a spinner bait the weekend before last. There has also been a few yellowbelly and silver perch taken, mainly on bait.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


GOONDIWINDI:

The fishing has been a little quiet around Goondiwindi this past week, but with the water clearing it should be worth a try with lures.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


LESLIE DAM:

A few small yellowbelly and silver perch have been taken in Leslie Dam, mainly on live worms and shrimp, in the late afternoon. A few yellowbelly have also been taken trolling the points early in the morning.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770



SOMERSET DAM:

No report this week.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


STANTHORPE:

No report this week.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


ST. GEORGE:

The cod have been a little quiet are St George but there have been a few yellowbelly taken, mainly upstream, using live bait.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


STORM KING DAM:

No report this week.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 46329770


TEXAS:

Quite a few yellowbelly were taken on bait downstream in the river at Texas. There were also a couple of small but legal length cod and other undersized ones caught and released.

Peter Taylor
Mullet Gut Marine
Ph (07) 4632 9770
Fax (07) 4639 2543
mullet_gut@bigpond.com

Top
Lake Boondooma

Lance & Kristy Frahm
Lake Boondooma Kiosk
Open 7 days 8am-5pm.
Ph 07-41689694, fax is 07-41689691,
PO Box 24, PROSTON 4613.
lakeboondooma@wondaishire.com
Stop Tailor Netting - Phone (07) 3284 0043 or 0414 376 217
Bribie Is. & Caloundra
The fish have been just a little quiet over the past week due to the rain and windy conditions. The week ahead though will be full of glorious days to wet a line, so you need to be ready to capitalise on the situation.

Close to home there has been trevally off the Boardwalk, along with queen fish up to 2 kg on average. Most are being taken on lures, with the odd one belting a live bait.

Some good whiting have been taken towards Diamond Head and Military Jetty. Heaps of mud crabs are around, and the run will continue for some time to come as the fresh hits the waterways and flushes everything out. The bream and flathead have gone quiet because of the torrential rain of late but should make a come back over the next few weeks. Same for the bait fish, which have been scarce but when the fresh departs we should start getting quite a bit in the cast net.

Down the back of Bell’s Creek some quality mangrove jack have been landed using live herring and prawns. It is amazing how small a fish will belt a live bait. One was only six inches in length and got caught up on the hook.

Outside, the reefs have been hard work but the ever reliable sweetlip and cod have kept the numbers ticking over. Mackerel should start to belt lures. It is always a good time to try for them after SW winds.

Small pan sized squire have been caught around the Inner Gneerings but still no sign of the coral trout rush around this time of the year. Hopefully they should not be too far away - fingers crossed. Murphy’s Reef has fished best in the late afternoon until just after dusk, with early morning efforts proving to be a bit of a waste of time.

Pike are on the chew and are worth catching to use as bait out wide. The yakkas are scarce again because of all the fresh in close but will be out in the deeper water for those who need to catch them. More sail fish and cobia have been reported out at the top end of the Banks. Numbers should really improve over the next couple of weeks so get out and have some fun.

So the week ahead should bring us plenty of action if the weather holds out to what is promised. Good Fishing!

Brad McKendrick
Raine & Horne - Caloundra (07) 5491 3555
Compiled by Brad McKendrick from local fisherman with local reports.
brad@caloundraproperty.com.au
Currimundi to Coolum

Gavin Platz
Tie ’N’ Fly Outfitters - Ph (07) 5444 0611
tienfly@sun.big.net.au
Northern Sunshine Coast

A huge variety of fish are now on the move in the Noosa River. Flathead, whiting, chopper tailor and bream are active around the river mouth, the Woods Bays and near the yacht moorings in the inner bay, where mangrove jacks are also on the bite, mainly taking live prawns. The Munna/Culgoa Point area has been a top flathead spot, trolling C-Lures, with Jack Snacks proving very successful, as are live worms to lure quality bream. Weyba Creek has also produced good sized flathead. The stretch between Lake Cooroibah and Lake Cootharaba has been good for anglers targeting golden trevally and mangrove jacks.

The local surf beaches have copped a hammering from big swells. The best results have come from Marcus and Sunrise beaches, which have been producing dart, and chopper tailor. From the rock groynes on Main Beach, quality tailor to 3kg have been chasing surface poppers, while chopper tailor and spotted mackerel are taking pilchards.

On the freshwater scene, at Lake MacDonald, the Three Ways area worked best for bass chasing spinnerbaits and Jackalls. In Borumba Dam, saratoga were responding well to spinnerbaits in the area opposite the boat ramp, in the afternoons. Around Eagles Nest bass were another target species which were chasing spinnerbaits and Jackalls.

Cheryl Lacey
Davo's - (07) 5449 8099
www.fishingnoosa.com.au

Top
Hervey Bay

Conditions are great, with plenty of large school mackerel in the deep water throughout the bay. The reef fish is firing at most of the common spots. At night the shallow reefs are producing blackall and grass sweetlip.

Salmon are on the chew in the Mary and Susan rivers. Mackerel, queenfish and trevally are being taken from the Urangan Pier. There are plenty of flathead along most parts of Fraser Island.

Regards

Dave Ingrey
Fisherman's Corner - Ph (07) 4128 1022
fishcor@bigpond.net.au

Top
Bundaberg
This past week has seen near-perfect weather. The mackerel have been in big numbers along the coast with schools of spotties and school mackerel being the most prolific, and the odd grey and Spanish mixed in to test out the drags.
Trolling lures has been the most productive method, with spoons and minnows that dive to about two metres and trolled at about six knots. Other floating baits such as pillies and gar have also been well rewarded with Spanish and school macks and big blue fin tuna and the odd yellowfin tuna. Stan Jones also landed a small marlin on a floating gar just a few miles off Burnett Heads.
In the rivers there have been some good grunter, bream and flathead. Some keen anglers have scored some big king salmon and jack while live baiting. Several anglers also nailed some big barra now that the season has opened. The season re-opened at mid-day on the 1st February.
Monduran is still producing some nice barra, but the fish seem to have moved a little deeper, so diving lures that get down to three metres are the go, and fleuro colours have stood out as the favourite.
The other big news this week is the release of the State Government Green Zones. This has the potential to stop all fishing from Barolin Rocks at Innes Park, and Hoffman’s Rocks at Bargara, as well as other areas.
An officer from the Environmental Protection Agency will be holding two information sessions at the Bundaberg City Council Supper Room on Friday, 11th February. One will be from 2.30pm to 4.00pm, and the other from 6.00pm to 7.30pm. Until then, more information is available from the website at www.epa.qld.gov.au. We will be putting in a joint submission, so if you want your name on it come in and let us know, or you can log your own submission on the website. Locally, Nita Cunningham and Rob Messenger are the people to whom to voice your opinion.
Best breezes,
Tim Mulhall

Tim Mulhall / Matt Costar / Ben Shorten
Salty's Fishing Team
Salty's - Ph (07) 4153 4747
info@saltys.net

Hi Folks,
The Barra have been back on the chew at Monduran this past week or so. Reports have been coming in from quite a few fishos about a lot of legal and just under sized rats, which makes next season look like it will be a screamer.

I have been throwing soft plastics at them for a couple of weeks now and gold or white seem to be the favourite colours being followed back to the boat. I rig them with a Gamakatsu 5/0, with one or two split shot sinkers to suit the application of the area I am working around. My success rate has been average, with nothing to brag about, but as soon as I crack the right pattern I will let you know.

There have been some big barra weighed in at the kiosk this week, which shows they are there. You just have to find the right spot. A good way to start would be to drop into the kiosk and talk to John or Jacky who have the daily feedback from everyone on the dam on what, where and how. Also as you are travelling along have someone spotting behind you, as the amount of barra jumping out of the water behind boats is remarkable. If you see one this would be a good spot to have a go at trolling.

I was following a friend a couple of days ago and a minimum of four barra had jumped behind him. I also had one jump and slap the boat beside my side console and just clear my engine cowl. Needless to say I nearly had to change my undies. The size we have spotted jumping, range from approx 50cm to around 80+ cm.

The photo is of a barra that Leslie Reibelt sent me of a 115cm, 24kg Monduran barra. If this doesn't keep you keen nothing will. Well done Leslie.

Until Next Week, Safe Boating

Brett Jones
Still Water Charters
stillwatercharters@yahoo.com.au
www.stillwatercharters.homestead.com

Top
Yeppoon

If you're retired or have a job that allows you to fish in the mornings through the week and you weren't out on the ocean last week, you should sell your fishing gear and take up golf. The mornings were near perfect pretty well all week.

From reports I've received, the reefies continue to bite their heads off and some excellent catches have been made. Out wide the big reds are on the chew, while closer in mixed bags have been the order of the day. For whatever reason, there seems to be a good population of large coral trout around the Keppel Islands just now. Not many are being landed mind you, but plenty have been hooked. Divers report they are seeing heaps of big trout too. Now the trick is to figure out how to catch them.

There are also some very nice doggie mackerel around the Keppels, but they are near the bottom in the deeper water. I caught three rippers the Sunday before last while fishing for reefies.

Looking to this week, I find there are going to be huge tides again during the middle days of the week. Again these will be monster morning highs, so reef fishing will be extremely difficult, if not impossible for most of the time.

The Causeway Lake run-throughs will no doubt be a magnet for the bridge rats and the good news is that you can now keep any barra you tangle with.

I'd try the beaches for whiting and dart now that we've had a week for the dirty water to settle out a bit, but the big tides will keep it pretty milky inshore just the same. The estuaries will be hard to fish mid-week too because of the amount of water moving around, but it might be worth a look towards the coming weekend for a prawn or two on the low tides.

Kim Martin

Top
Stanage Bay
How'd to all fishers and crabbers from Stanage Bay, Shoal Water and surrounding islands,

Well the weather has been all but perfect since the last fishing report. Hot days and light morning breezes made it great for boaties to head off to their destinations. The crews out on the reefs all reported good catches and big smiles. Shonk and the Dad’s Army crew are up catching plenty on the reefs. Reds, trout and lippers seemed to make up the catch in most of the ice boxes. The men in grey suits made a few appearances but overall plenty of fish were caught.

Closer to the ramp, the Kingsman crew, staying in the Pacific Oasis, seemed to have a thing going with the jew from the jew hole. The guys there pulled in some great quality jew on their stay here. Most would have been feeling it in their arms of a night, going by the size of the catch. There has also been some nice bream, grunter and fingermark making a show.

Barra reports are just starting to flow in but we would say more will come in the not too distant future. Mud crabs are still going very strong with the size and weight still in the heavyweight class.

No major complaints about the road coming in and no sales of spare parts, so the road is still holding up well. Remember bookings are still filling very fast, with people booking into next year already, so if you wish to visit please give us a call and we'll work out a great holiday for you.

Until next week, keep reeling in the big ones and hope to see you up this way.

Von & Tony

Von Ann Ireland
stanagebaymarine@bigpond.com
www.stanagebay.com

Top
Mackay / Seaforth

The opening of the barra season has seen fish of 70cm plus fall to trolled lures from Victor Creek through to Murray and Mathers creeks, with mangrove jack and fingermark for a bit of variety. The water is starting to clear after the recent heavy rain, and the tides that are building to the biggest of the year on Wednesday should produce good fishing on the flats between Seaforth and St Helens. Good grunter should be on the bite on slab baits of mullet and garfish or prawns.

There are prawns in most of the creeks and this should improve in coming weeks. Crabs are quiet but they will get better in the weeks ahead.

Offshore reports are patchy. There have been plenty of small trout on the bite but many are not making legal size.

Arthur Lovern
Seaforth Fishing Tours
Phone (07) 49590318
Peter Faust Dam / Eungella Dam

Andy Thomsen (Fishing Guide)
www.andysfishing.com.au
0409 466 336

Top
Airlie Beach / Whitsundays



Andy Thomsen (Fishing Guide)
www.andysfishing.com.au
0409 466 336
Whitsundays - Bluewater

Capt. Ken Bryant
Marlin Blue Charters Ph 07 49465044

www.marlinblue.com.au

Top
Townsville
Barra Fever:
If there is a sickness that I and many other North Queensland fishers look forward to catching each year it’s “barra fever.” Symptoms include anxiety, mild arm aches and sometimes shakes.

With the long anticipated start of the barra season, the rain over the last couple of weeks could not have come at a better time. Although Townville didn’t get the torrential downpours that both the Haughton and Burdekin river catchment received, the freshwater has definitely stirred up the barra and mud crabs, with good catches being reported.

Before the rain there were reports of good numbers of blue salmon in both the Hinchinbrook Channel and the Burdekin river systems. Earlier in the week muddies were being taken in good numbers on most of the flats throughout Cleveland Bay. However numbers appear to have slowed in the last couple of days.

Reports of barra catches have been good, with the Hinchinbrook Channel fishing very well and a number of the creeks in the southern part of Cleveland Bay also producing some nice fish. There is still a bit of fresh in both the Haughton and Burdekin rivers and the catches of barra in these river systems should improve over the next few weeks.

The first weekend after the opening of the barra season has come and gone and if you are ever wondering just how many people love to chase barramundi then wonder no more. There were probably more boats on the water than there were cars parked at the Dairy Farmers Stadium when the Cowboys beat the Broncos in the semi finals last year.

Prawns were also about in numbers before the rain and they can only get better once the creeks and rivers clear up a touch.

Reports of good fingermark have continued this past week, with large numbers of squid being present also. Squid lighting is proving very productive regardless of which phase the moon is in.

Reports of offshore fishing have been extremely good with many boats reporting very good catches of reds, with some very big fish in excess of 20kgs being landed. It is unusual to find these great fish in so close to the coast at this time of year. Coral trout are also being taken in good numbers, and many fishers have been impressed with the size of the fish at present. Hope the good fishing continues.

Play Safe

Danny Brooks

Danny & Rosalie Brooks
Tackle World
Ph. 0747251266
tackleworldtsv@beyond.net.au

Top
Hinchinbrook - Lucinda
Hi Friends,
Well the start of this year’s barra season has had it all - the good, the bad and the ugly.
The seasonal rains and stream rises that occurred a couple of weeks before the season opened on Feb 1 really was a bonus, with late spawning taking place. Many anglers reported no roe present in fish taken in the first few days. Sadly the opening days are a green light for many anglers to bring in as many fish as they can over a period of days, with lots of boats with three or more anglers fishing.

On the really ugly side of things, on the first couple of nights commercial harvesters meshed some 200 barra in a couple of creek areas south of Lucinda. This extraction level has been talked up as a bumper start to the barra season. What they fail to say is that it is all over in about a week, with most of the barra and potential removed during that period. It really does come down to selective support to a hand full of netters and little foresight by fisheries law makers who are sadly out of touch with current resource levels in many areas. In this situation it is grossly unfair that in small creek systems a few commercial harvesters are allowed to take the lion’s share of barra, leaving not much at all for the local community for the rest of the year. It is a well known fact that the majority of barra producing wetlands are along the coast south of Lucinda, with fish migrating north into Hinchinbrook Channel during the wet season.

We now have had the boat back in the water for about a week, after a major refit and re-power. The big new moon tides late in the week made angling conditions tough in the channel and creeks, but early in the week some nice fish were landed.

The recent fresh in the Herbert River was enough to move species such as barra and mangrove jack away from their normal haunts, forcing anglers into hunting mode once again. Water temperature was very high during the week - in the low thirties in some areas.

This week the tides will drop away, leading up to the first quarter of the full moon, where once again the creeks and channels edges should fire.

Al Goodwin
Crackajack Sportfishing Adventures
Lucinda Ph/Fax 61+07 47778365
crackfish@ozemail.com.au
www.crackfish.com

Top
Hinchinbrook - Cardwell

Missionary Bay is still fishing well. Not quite to the "going off " stage but there are plenty of fish. Most of the fish (jacks and barra) we have been catching have been taken on the run in tide on the flats. We weren't lucky enough to boat any big barra on opening day but we had a few on. The downside is there are plenty of barracuda attacking lures and they are a bit of a nuisance. Some nice queenfish are also attacking bait schools in the bay, with yours truly boating a personal best of 110cm.Go Jimbo!

Meunga Creek has good barra and grunter in the mouth on the run out tide. As for the reef, I had a report that it was slow in the day but fishing well at night.

Safe Boating and I'll See Ya on the Water and remember "Fish for the Future, Practice Catch and Release".

Jimbo.

Jim Lee
Un-Reel Sportsfishing Adventures
Ph (07) 40660032
0408 842691
jimlee@qldnet.com.au
www.un-reel-sportsfishing-adventures.com.au
Cairns

Robert Erskine
Erskine's Tackle Shop
51 Mulgrave Rd Cairns
Ph (07) 4051 6099
erskinestackle@bigpond.com
Cairns - Reports compiled by Garry Smith

It has been a hit and miss start to the barra season. The odd fish has been landed but there have not been any significant catches. Prawns have been on the run in many areas and they are of excellent size.

The reef has been hot and cold, with some excellent catches last week, but the weekend was quiet during the day, with night time better. The odd trout, red and big Spaniard have been taken.

Garry Smith
lavallesmith@iig.com.au

Top
Port Douglas

Lynton "Heff" Heffer
Ph (07) 4098 5354
www.fishingportdouglas.com.au

Top
Cooktown

Leonard Todaro
Reel River Sportfishing.
PO Box 829 Cooktown Qld 4871
Ph 07 4069 5346.
reelriver@hotmail.com

Top
Karumba

Jason Jesse
Gulf Sportfishing Adventures
P.O. Box 228 Karumba
Phone - (07)4745 9434
gsakarum@tpg.com.au
www.gulfsportfishingadventures.com.au

Top
Weipa

Barra Dave Donald
Dave Donald SPORTFISHING - Ph (07) 4069 9064
DDSPORTFISH@bigpond.com
www.weipafishing.com

Top
Archived Weekly Reports

5/1/2004 12/1/2004 19/1/2004 27/1/2004
2/2/2004 9/2/2004 17/2/2004 23/2/2004
1/3/2004 8/3/2004 15/3/2004 22/3/2004 29/3/2004
5/4/2004 12/3/2004 20/4/2004 27/4/2004
4/5/2004 10/5/2004 17/5/2004 24/5/2004
1/6/2004 7/6/2004 15/6/2004 22/6/2004 28/6/2004
5/7/2004 12/7/2004 19/7/2004 26/7/2004
2/8/2004 9/8/2004 16/8/2004 23/8/2004 30/8/2004
6/9/2004 13/9/2004 20/9/2004 27/9/2004
4/10/2004 11/10/04 18/10/2004 25/10/2004
1/11/2004 8/11/2004 15/11/2004 22/11/2004 29/11/2004
6/12/2004 13/12/2004 20/12/2004



1/1/2002
7/1/2002
14/1/2002
21/1/2002
28/1/2002
4/2/2002
11/2/2002
18/2/2002
25/2/2002
4/3/2002
11/3/2002
18/3/2002
25/3/2002
1/4/2002
8/4/2002
15/4/2002
22/4/2002
29/4/2002
6/5/2002
13/5/2002
20/5/2002
27/5/2002
4/6/2002
10/6/2002
17/6/2002


1/1/2001
8/1/2001
15/1/2001
22/1/2001
29/1/2001
5/2/2001
12/2/2001
19/2/2001
26/2/2001
5/3/2001
12/3/2001
19/3/2001
26/3/2001
2/4/2001
9/4/2001
16/4/2001
23/4/2001
1/5/2001
7/5/2001
14/5/2001
21/5/2001
28/5/2001
4/6/2001
11/6/2001
18/6/2001
25/6/2001
2/7/2001
9/7/2001
16/7/2001
23/7/2001
30/7/2001
6/8/2001
13/8/2001
20/8/2001
27/8/2001
3/9/2001
10/9/2001
17/9/2001
24/9/2001
1/10/2001
8/10/2001
15/10/2001
22/10/2001
29/10/2001
5/11/2001
12/11/2001
19/11/2001
26/11/2001
3/12/2001
10/12/2001
17/12/2001
24/12/2001


3/7/2000
10/7/2000
17/7/2000
24/7/2000
31/7/2000
7/8/2000
14/8/2000
21/8/2000
28/8/2000
4/9/2000
11/9/2000
18/9/2000
25/9/2000
2/10/2000
9/10/2000
16/10/2000
23/10/2000
30/10/2000
6/11/2000
13/11/2000
20/11/2000
27/11/2000
4/12/2000
11/12/2000
18/12/2000
25/12/2000

Queensland Tide Times

Bureau of Meteorology