Category: Fishing Facts & Tips

1% Tips to Improve Success, Fishing with Soft Plastics for Flathead by Guy Lambert (YT @gaffedbyguy)

1% Tips to Improve Success, Fishing with Soft Plastics for Flathead by Guy Lambert (YT @gaffedbyguy) Soft Plastics for Flathead

Flathead are a highly sought after fish that basically eat anything that vibrates or wiggles in front of them. This makes soft plastics a really lively, natural way for targeting them. But it isn’t easy all the time, so here are some tips for fishing the tough bite and improving your catch rates. Gear for […]

“Bait Shop Near Me” – Tackle Land Sandgate

“Bait Shop Near Me” – Tackle Land Sandgate

For years I struggled to find a dedicated Bait Shop near me that sold quality bait and tackle. There were ample places like Servo’s BCF, Anaconda that all sold the same bait from a major wholesaler. They do this because it was quick, cheap and it was really just a convenience for them. The bait […]

Lake Borumba Bass – Understanding the Code By Rod Thompson”

Lake Borumba Bass – Understanding the Code By Rod Thompson” Australian Bass

Situated Lake Borumba is situated 50klms south of the old Queensland gold mining town of Gympie which is a 90 minutes drive north of Brisbane. Once you leave the Bruce Highway to reach the dam you travel through some of the picturesque parts of the Mary Valley that were once going to be lost to […]

How to Use Soft Plastics And Hardbodies By Kylie Askew

How to Use Soft Plastics And Hardbodies By Kylie Askew Kylie's Whiting

Never tried Lures, well I would like to share how to use Soft Plastics and Hardbodies. Having been a lure fisher for the past 35yrs, and progressed from a beginner, to someone who is now very proficient with both soft plastics and hardbody lures (in my opinion lol). I thought that I might be able […]

Keeping it Simple, Jetty Fishing Basics for Beginners

Keeping it Simple, Jetty Fishing Basics for Beginners local fishing shorncliffe pier

Why are people drawn to Jetty Fishing or Pier Fishing? Most structures like a Jetty or Pier can be fished when the winds are up, the clouds have moved in or when you have no other option than to be land based. Jetties and Piers are like an Artificial Reef for the hundreds of different […]

Land Based Shark Tagging Basics by Aaron Davison

Land Based Shark Tagging Basics by Aaron Davison

Introduction Shark fishing has long been a recreational activity along the Queensland Coast. From the fifties when Bob Dyer was catching record Tigers off Cape Moreton, to the current crop of pier/land-based enthusiasts, all manner of species and weights have been achieved. Thankfully, catch and release fishing has caught on in the past couple of […]

Impoundment Barramundi Techniques by John Hazelwood

Impoundment Barramundi Techniques by John Hazelwood Impoundment Barramundi

General Information The iconic Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) has been stocked in freshwater impoundments in Queensland for many years now, beginning in 1985 I believe, at Lake Tinaroo near Atherton from where a fish weighing 45kg has been recorded. In recent times other impoundments like Lake Awoonga and Lake Monduran have produced incredible numbers of huge […]