Yearly Archives : 2014

Hi all hope you are getting out today (Wednesday 10 Dec. 14) as the weather is stunning. Today has window of 10 knot s/e to n/e winds and swell around the 1m before the northerlies pick up again tomorrow and a strong s/e change on Friday may keep us at home for the weekend. The past week has been a little unpredictable, the stormy weather forecast for the weekend didn’t really come through until Monday and Tuesday so the few that headed out early and came home early got some nice conditions for fishing. We however played things safe, we enjoyed an awesome full day on Friday and done an early half day on Saturday before the rain set in. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were all cancelled.

So not a whole lot of fishing for us in the past week but we did get some in and it was well worth it!! The best fish this week was this massive bull mahi mahi weighing in at 21kg. He was caught while trolling just inside the banks and put in a great scrap leaping out of the water and diving deep at times all the while flaring those awesome electric blue, green and yellow colours. It measured 1.58m long and is the biggest mahi mahi i’ve seen. A real top catch!!!!

Here’s what else has been getting caught

The gneerings and murphy’s- squire, tuskfish, cod, sweetlip and stripey sea perch

Coolum reef- school and Spanish mackerel, cobia and tuskfish

Barwon banks- tuskfish, snapper, red throat emperor, pearl perch, hussar, moses perch and mahi mahi

Caloundra 9nm- tuskfish, squire, moses perch, pearl perch and sweetlip

Caloundra 12nm- tuskfish, squire, sweetlip, cobia and moses perch

Currimundi reef- squire, sweetlip and school mackerel

North reef- Spanish mackerel, cobia, tuskfish, jewfish, snapper and tuskfish

Sunshine reef- Spanish and spotted mackerel

There have been plenty of sweetlip around latetly this one came from currimundi reef, weighing in at 4.5kg – great fish

If you would like to come along on a trip drop us a line at bookings@topcatchcharters.com.au or give us a call on 0429013012 and we will make it happen until then happy hunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is what was caught last week;

Currimundi – school and spotted mackerel, sweetlip and stripey sea perch

Caloundra 9 mile – squire, sweetlip, pearl perch, moses perch and maori cod

Caloundra wide – trag dew, tuskfish, hussar and kingfish

Barwon Banks – snapper, tuskfish, moses perch, hussar, cobia,and  mahi mahi from the surface

Murphy”s and the Gneerings – sweetlip, casino online tuskfish, squire, cod and trevally

Noosa – sweetlip, squire, moses perch, cobia, tuskfish and mahi mahi

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Hi all,

Top catch charters are back in the water and ready to tackle the upcoming pelagic season. Apologies for being “off the radar” so to speak – unfortunately we had a setback just over 2 months ago. Our boat had run over an old net which was adrift at sea, it did a lot of damage to the gearbox and propeller but it’s now all fixed and we have been fishing a lot over the past 2 weeks.

The weekend just gone was a right off due to the strong northerlies but we fished nearly 10 days straight prior doing a mixture ½, 3/4 and full day trips. The shorter trips have gone really well considering we are in between our main snapper and mackerel seasons. Caloundra 9nm and 12nm reefs have been working well for sweetlip, snapper up to 4kg, pearl perch, tusk fish, moses perch and the odd king fish. We also had a bit of a look up to the north on Coolum reef to see if any mackerel had shown up. We got one so not a whole lot of numbers yet but we did hook a mahi mahi on the troll and bagged a couple of nice cobia, sweetlip and stripey sea perch as well.

The pics above are of a 6kg rainbow runner and a 2kg sweetlip which have thick of late.

The weather overall has been pretty special over the last few weeks and it certainly turned it on for us on the full day charters, with glassy conditions until late afternoon. We fished mainly the shallower area as the current was running really hard. Species caught included snapper to 4kg, red throat emperor, amberjack, tusk fish, moses perch, hussar, pearl perch, cobia to 7kg and fusilier. I’m really looking forward to bottom fishing out there this weekend as we approach the new moon phase, hopefully the current isn’t too bad and we can fish some deeper areas. We did see a free jumping marlin about 30kg and tried a little bit of trolling out there though we didn’t have success. It is a good time of year for mahi mahi and wahoo so we will be starting to target those species a lot over the next 6 weeks and look forward to some big schools’ of Spanish mackerel just after Christmas.

The weather is heating up and so is the pelagic fishing!!!!! If you would like to join in on the action flick us an email or simply phone to book your spot on a charter. Who knows the next fishing trip could land you your TOP CATCH.

Until then happy hunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not the best week for offshore fishing again, the weather has been overcast with moderate to fresh winds.  Hopefully we will be back in the action by Thursday / Friday next week – weather permitting.  Here is what is being caught;

Barwon banks –  Snapper, pearl perch, rosy job fish, spangled emperor, trevally, tskfish and moses perch

Caloundra wide – snapper, pearl perch, cobia and moses perch

Caloundra 9 and 12 mile – estuary cod, snapper, pearl perch, sweetlip and tuskfish

Murphy’s – squire, hussar, tuskfish and pearl perch

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Caloundra 9nm- school mackerel, tuskfish, snapper, moses perch and trevally

Caloundra 12nm – pearl perch, sweetlip, snapper, hussar, moses perch

Caloundra wide- snapper, pearl perch, amberjack and gold spot wrasse

Barwon banks- hussar, moses perch, gold spot wrasse, pearl perch, tuskfish, amberjack and snapper

Murphy’s and the gneerings- moses perch, hussar, pearl perch, snapper and school mackerel

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This weekends weather is looking amazing, a welcomed change from last weekend being a bit windy.  Here is what was caught last week

Murphy’s – snapper, pearl perch, moses perch, hussar and amberjack

Caloundra 9 mile – school mackerel, tuskfish, moses perch, pearl perch, morwong and some nice snapper to 4kg

Barwon Banks – tuskfish, jobfish, snapper, pearl perch, cobia, moses perch and amberjack

Caloundra wide – pearl perch, snapper, trag jew, gold spot wrasses

We have a new moon phase rolling over so this week and next week will fish really well, added to the fantastic weather should lead to some great fishing.  We still have the odd spot left over the weekend so give us a call and get in on the action.

Murphy’s and Gneerings – squire, pearl perch, moses perch, amberjack, hussar and tusk fish

Caloundra 9nm– squire, sweetlip, pearl perch and moses perch

Caloundra 12nm-snapper, tusk fish, estuary cod, moses perch and morwong

Caloundra wide– snapper, pearl perch, amberjack and gold spot wrasse

Barwon banks– pearl perch, rosy job fish, fusilier, cobia, tusk fish, gold spot wrasse and squire

High tide was at 10:58am at 1.53m.  Tomorrow will be the best window to get out fishing before the change on Friday.

School holidays have been busy, everyone interested in the half day fishing trips.  The kids have been busy too catching these beauties; 2-3kg pearl perch and 4kg mackerel

Murphy’s reef and Gneerings – squire, hussar, pearl perch, trevally, moses perch and morwong

Caloundra 9 mile – squire, tuskfish, moses perch and some big pearl perch up to 3kg

Caloundra 12 mile – estuary cod, tuskfish, mosees perch, pearl perch and snapper

Caloundra wide – pearl perch, gold spot wrasse and snapper to 6kg

Barwon banks – snapper, pearl perch, moses perch, fussilier, rosy job fish, tuskfish and hussar

The bigger fish have been coming from the deeper bommies and marks on those outer reefs and once again the dusk bite is working better than the morning.  Low tide was at 10:59am.

This is 6kg snapper was caught at Caloundra wide yesterday

Well I think we can officially say snapper season has started. Its later than usual but the water temperature has finally dropped enough and these beauties are starting to move into shallower waters to breed. The new moon phase over the weekend had them chewing with the afternoon fishing a little better than the mornings. No monsters were landed the biggest was 4kg but the numbers were there with plenty of fish in that 1-3kg range. Friday was a ½ day charter without seeing one but Saturday, Sunday, Monday were full days on the banks and there were plenty. They won’t take long to move in closer now- Can’t wait!!!!!!

Lots of these 2kg fish from the banks on the weekend.

Here is what else that has been happening-

Murphy’s reef and the Gneerings– tusk fish, pearl perch, trevally, school mackerel, moses perch, hussar and sweetlip

Caloundra 9nm– pearl perch, squire, tusk fish, cobia and moses perch

Caloundra 12nm– squire, pearl perch, school mackerel, sweetlip, big cod, tusk fish and moses perch.

Caloundra wide– snapper, pearl perch, amberjack, gold spot wrasse and moses perch

Barwon banks– snapper, red throat emperor, amberjack, pearl perch, moses perch, fusilier, big trevally, Spanish mackerel, rosy job fish, tusk fish, maori cod and gold spot wrasse.

Noosa– north reef produced tusk fish, squire, sweetlip, pearl perch, estuary cod and trag jew and squire, sweetlip, stripey sea perch and tusk fish from sunshine reef.

The weather looks pretty good for the next week or so the pick of the days looks like Friday so that might be a good chance for boaties to get out to the wider reefs. Afternoons seem to be fishing a little better than the weekends( plus it’s a little warmer) so it might be worth trying that dusk period! The next tide in Mooloolaba is a high of 1.29m at 11:03am.

Happy hunting!!!!

 Caloundra 9 and 12 mile – school mackerel, pearl perch, moses perch, tuskfish and some big estuary cod taking the live bait

Caloundra wide – pearl perch, squire and amberjack

Barwon banks – tuskfsh, moses perch, hussar, pearl perch, squire and rosy job fish

Murphy’s and the gneerings – tuskfish, school mackerel, moses perch, pearl perch and blue barred parrot fish

The afternoons have been fishing better than the mornings of late especially if you want to catch snapper, and Friday’s new moon phase is going to have the fish chewing. High tide was at 6:28am at 1.36 metres. This week is fully booked but we still have a few spots left next week so drop us a line