Screaming drags, a yahooing crew and lit-up pointy-nosed missiles greyhounding across the surface. That is the scene so often repeated in Hervey Bay waters this time of year. It is marlin time right now, and the juvenile blacks have arrived!
Once considered the domain of the wealthy, game fishing...
As spring unfolds and temperatures rise, many of us switch our fishing into overdrive as our favourite warm water predators spring into action. No one fish inspires more fishos or creates such excitement as our beloved barramundi – and their season is upon us – right now!
We are blessed to live h...
Hervey Bay may not be renowned as a bream fishing mecca - but maybe it should be. During the winter months, our waters are teeming with sizeable bream that gather in vast spawning aggregations in highly accessible waters.
WHERE TO FIND BREAM IN HERVEY BAY
Shore-based anglers get to challenge them...
Here in Hervey Bay, we look forward to an annual run of snapper that begins late autumn and hits top gear mid-winter. It has been a little warmer than usual so far this season, so early efforts inshore proved to be challenging - but that is all about to change.
Few fish are as widely spread and ...
Glorious weather windows combined with a subsided East Australian Current out on the shelf can only mean two things its winter time and that you need to drag out the electric combos for a deep drop mission.
Fishing depths from 100m to as deep as 500-600m of water is no easy task and takes some s...
Some of the best reef fishing to be experienced around Hervey Bay is through the months of May to August!
As we approach the end of Autumn and make our way into the winter months, we traditionally enjoy lighter wind patterns offshore allowing boaties to venture wide to their favourite offshore f...
What Makes Winter Great in Hervey Bay – Snapper
Oily calm seas greet you and your crew as you point your pride and joy out into the bay. It is cold. Well, Queensland’s version of cold anyway, but you are rugged up, rigged up and rearing to go.
All eyes are on your sounder as you come off the pla...