Author: Top Catch

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

Caloundra 9 and 12 mile – big cod, tuskfish, school and spanish mackerel, moses perch, squire, grey morwong and grassy sweetlip.

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

Barwon banks – pearl perch, snapper, rosy job fish, trevally, fusilier and tusk fish

Murphy’s and the gneerings– trevally, moses perch, hussar, tusk fish, squire and school mackerel

Noosa – snapper, pearl perch, gold spot wrasse and amberjack.

Weather for the weekend looks amazing, if you are thinking of heading out we have a few spots left for a full day (9 hour trip) Saturday and a couple Sunday afternoon 5 hour trip. Like us on Facebook to keep up to date with catches and special deals.

Caloundra 9 and 12 mile – tuskfish, moses perch, pearl perch and the odd spotted mackerel

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

Barwon banks – fusilier, tuskfish, moses perch, trevally, spanish mackerel, jobfish and pearl perch

Murphy’s and the gneerings– school mackerel, tuskfish, moses perch, morwong, trevally and squire

Currimundi – Spanish mackerel, stripey sea perch, and moses perch

Friday looks the pick of the week weather wise and we have a few spots left for a full day (9 hour trip), high tide today was at 6:06am at 1.48m. Like us on Facebook to keep up to date with catches and special deals.

Hope you were out making the most of this weather over the weekend and getting into some good fish.  Conditions were superb offshore especially on Sunday and Monday and with the new moon phase rolling over and the fish were on the chew.  Hard to believe that it’s winter, warm days and warm sea temps have made things a little tough for catching winter species like snapper but it has kept the pelagics’ on the bite.  Species such as Spanish mackerel, wahoo, mahi mahi and tuna are still getting caught in great numbers and even some big trevally are hunting bait fish on the surface and taking our floating pillies and yakka’s.

Don’t know how much longer this will last but at the moment everyone is happy to hear the drags screaming!! Here’s what else has been happening over the weekend

Barwon banks- job fish, maori cod, fusilier, coral trout, moses perch, hussar, tuskfish, red throat emperor, pearl perch, mahi mahi and Spanish mackerel

Caloundra wide- squire, pearl perch, tusk fish, moses perch and gold spot wrasse

The gneerings and murphy’s- spotted and Spanish mackerel, tusk fish, king fish, cobia and the odd snapper.

Caloundra 9nm and 12nm- spotted mackerel and the odd Spanish, cobia, squire, pearl perch, moses perch, hussar and tusk fish.

Sunshine reef- spotted and Spanish mackerel along with the odd coral trout.

Chardon’s reef- Spanish mackerel, moses perch, tusk fish, grassy sweetlip and squire.

High tide in Mooloolaba today (Wednesday) is at 12:30 at 1.21m

Happy hunting