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Hey everyone, Well we had a deluge of rain last week flooding the systems and are only just now venturing back on to the water, the systems are still brown and fresh and will take another week to clear up but we had some good success in the middle to lower reaches yesterday on the run in tide.

 Monday the 23rd as the rain began to plummet down we had Mark Wheelahan from Brisbane along with Scott Wothdrspoon and Chris Elliott from Melbourne out with us for the afternoon session and in the wet and windy conditions we pushed up to the middle reaches where Chris bagged just the 1 Flathead, Scott bagged 2 Flathead and a bream while Mark nabbed 3 Flathead and a Bream for the session in less than ideal conditions.

 We then had the rain come down in bucket loads for the next few days, so much so that I jumped on a plane to Perth to get some sun on the bones! The systems flooded extensively and are only just now beginning to clear

 Friday the 3rd we ventured back on the water for the afternoon session with Ron Wilson from Melbourne and Rob Warne with Bernie Crisp from Bendigo, VIC. We fished the lower reaches 1st up playing on the run in tide pushing the salinity and clarity back into the system. With a slow start in the lower reaches seeing Bernie hook up on the 1 Flathead before we pushed up the system a bit to one of the flats where we got a hot bite on the drifts seeing the boys hook up and miss some nice fish before Bernie got the 1st solid 53cm Flathead on board and as it fell to the net the hook dropped out and Bernie proceeded o cast straight back out again and as I was dealing with his 1st fish he hooked up on another solid Flathead which fell to the same net bagging a 52cm Flathead to have a brace of fish in 2 casts. The boys fished nicely on the drift with Ron bagging a nice Grunter Bream along with 4 Flathead while Rob battled well also bagging nice 50cm Flathead along with 3 other Flathead, a solid 32cm Grunter Bream and a Estuary Cod, while Bernie ended up with 5 Flathead for the session.

 That’s all until next time everyone, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Queensland’s Sunshine Coast And Darwin In the Northern Territory.

Hey everyone, well the weather was the underlying factor in this weeks report with a few charters lost to the deluge of rainfall that we had earlier in the week but with the king tides this weekend it’s helping cleanse the fresh from the systems and fingers crossed the rain will stay away for the forthcoming week!

 Monday morning we were out on the water with Geoff from Caloundra and Mark and his father in law Allen from Brisbane. We pushed into one of the creeks early on to avoid the wind where Mark hooked up 1st on a Flathead before Mark had a solid hook up and some darting runs before a nice 63cm Flathead fell to the net for some happy snaps. The rain then proceeded to come in strong squalls and we pushed up the system between the downpours with the boys persevering in howling winds and sideways rain to see Mark bag 2 Bream and a Flathead with Allen having no luck and Geoff bag another Flathead and a Bream for the Morning.

 Tuesday saw a 100mm of rain come to the cost keeping us off the water and on Wednesday we had a corporate day with 52 people from Farmoz in Sydney where we liaised with The Sunshine Coast Barra park where all had a fun day seeing about 10 fish to 2 90sm Barra coming ashore.

Thursday we headed offshore with Tony from Melbourne in search of the Tuna schools which had just began to turn up before we had the rainfall and windy conditions where we trekked up and down the coast but to little avail with the blow scattering the schools and as hard as we searched we found no fish breaking the surface and unfortunately we didn’t turn a reel for the morning.

 Saturday Morning we were out on Maroochy river with Shane Adams and Glen Pringle from Nth Brisbane along with Andrew Jacobsen from Sth Brisbane along with Vadim Mirmilstein from Melbourne where we had the last of the incoming tide early on seeing Andrew hook up on a juvenile Jewfish early on and aslo bag 2 Flathead for the morning. Glen nabbed  3 Grunter Bream and a Flathead and Vadim bagged 3 Bream and a Flathead. Shane had a slow start but came good with a Jewfish and a nice 45cm Flathead late in the Morning.

 Saturday Afternoon  saw us on Maroochy again with Peter Coulson and his Son Josh from Melbourne where we pushed up the system in less than ordinary conditions with strong winds and a dirty fresh run out tide. Josh fished hard and battled the conditions to come up with a nice Jewfish and 3 Bream for the session while Dad Peter bagged a nice Grunter Bream for the Afternoon.

That’s about all until next week everyone, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming reels to You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light tackle Sports Fishing Covering Queensland’s Sunshine coast And Darwin In the Northern Territory.

Hey everyone, another busy week on the water this week with the weather behaving apart from the heatwave that we had come through on Tuesday and Wednesday making for some sweltering days on the water with high humidity for good measure before a cooler change came through on Thursday.

Monday morning we had Tim Blake from Maroochydore and Callum Cherrett from Camden in Sydney out for a session on Maroochy river where Tim did well getting 2 Bream, 1 Flathead and a Trevally for the morning where Callum nabbed just the 1 Bream.

Tuesday morning we headed offshore with Roger Parker and Jirah Luck from Toowoomba to chase some Tuna schools which are just beginning to turn up,after heading north we had just begun to find the fish with one solid hook up before the fish spat the hook and two more good surface strikes before a southerly change came through making for tough conditions and we headed back across the bay to see us flick some plastics around Mooloolah river but to little avail.

In the afternoon session on Tuesday we headed to Maroochy River with Roger in tow along with Ben and Joe Gray from Miles, QLD where we pushed up to the middle reaches which saw  Ben nab 2 Bream and 4 Flathead and Joe get stuck in with 2 Flathead with the larger one coming in at 45cms. Roger again struggled before nabbing just the one Bream.

Wednesday we were on Maroochy river again with Matt Sahlquist from Biloela, NSW along with Peter and Riley Auld from Alexandra Headland and Brian Knight from Wurtulla which saw all the boys get stuck into fish with the Grunter Bream beginning to fire in the system. Matt nabbed just the 1 hard hitting  Grunter Bream and 1 Flathead, Peter bagged the 2 Grunter bream with son Riley  doing the same and Brian bagged 2 Grunter Bream and the one Flathead for the morning.

 In the Wednesday afternoon we had Vivian Frahm bring her grandson Clayton Becks from Brisbane out with us where on the run out tide Clayton fished the Plastics well getting his twitch down pat to nab 4 Grunter Bream and two Flathead coming in at a nice 44and 46cms.

Thursday morning we were back on the water again all be it in very windy conditions with Darryl and Joe Rangiah from Brisbane along with Alistair Jeffrey also from Brisbane and the boys were joined with Paul Barram from Toowoomba who came out for the full day session. Darryl nabbed a Grunter Bream on the 1st cast before the wind blew hard pushing us in to out of the way spots and seeing a late morning bite on the Flathead as the tide changed, Darryl bagged 2 Grunter Bream for the session while son Joe got a nice Flathead. Alistair bagged 1 Silver Bream and 1 Flathead before we dropped the boys back at the ramp to proceed with Paul for the rest of the day seeing us get a late bite in the middle reaches which saw Paul bag a total of 4 Flathead, 2 Silver Bream and 5 Grunter Bream for the day.

Friday the 13th wasn’t quite to bad for David Sinclair, originally a Scot but now resideing in the USA bring his 2 grandchildren Brandon and Isiah Edwards from Brisbane out for the afternoon on Maroochy river where Isiah bagged a Grunter Bream on the 1st cast and also ended up bagging a Flathead shortly after, Brother Brandon wasn’t to be outdone nabbing 2 Flathead for the session with David coming in ahead with 2 Flathead and a Bream for the afternoon.

 That’s all until next week everyone, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels to You All….Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Queensland’s Sunshine Coast And Darwin In the Northern Territory.

Hi once again everyone, well the new year kicked in with a bang with lot’s of tourists about the coast and the weather behaving for a change with some mixed results, the good weather also brought out the extra traffic on the water making the lower reaches basically unfishable with all the noise and boat wakes with some good catches in the middle reaches and the upper reaches still shut down with the fresh.

New Years eve we had Ian Lewis and his son Sam out with us where we had an afternoon session on Maroochy river pushing up to the middle reaches where Sam nabbed 1 Flathead and 2 Bream with Ian fairing better with 3 Bream and a solid 54cm Flathead.

Monday the 2nd of January we were on Maroochy again for an afternoon session with Geoff Lamb from Mooloolaba and Jeremy Hardwick from Maroochydore along with Shane Plumridge and his son Keegan from Brisbane where Keegan did well to hook up first on a  juvenile Jewfish and proceeded to fair the best of all the boys bagging 2 Jewfish and 3 Flathead for the session, Geoff bagged 3 Flathead and a Javelin Fish while Shane managed just the 1 Flathead with Jeremy coming from behind in the last 15 minutes to bag 3 Flathead.

 Tuesday we had Ian Hutchinson from Bribie Island along with Paul Mabb from Caboolture and Brian Swan from Redcliffe for the full day on the Maroochy river system where we fished extensively throughout the system starting in the lower reaches and working our way up the system as the traffic built up. Brian fared the best of the boys in the difficult conditions with the middle reaches firing the most to see him bag 5 Flathead, 2 Silver Bream and 2 Grunter Bream. Ian came in next best with 4 Flathead while Paul nabbed just the 2 Flathead and a Bream for the day.

Wednesday morning we had Misty York and Scott Thompson from Toowoomba out with us where Scott was 1st to hook up with a sole of all things before Misty fired into action nabbing 4 Flathead for the morning with Scott coming from behind in the final stages of the session to end up darwing it level with ish in the last 2 casts bagging 1 Sole, 1 Bream and 2 Flathead for the session.

Wednesday afternoon we had Chris Smith and his father Kevin along with his Father in Law Geoff Johnson and Terry Lace out on the Maroochy where we fished the flats in the middle reaches with Chris hooking up 1st to see a nice keeper Flathead at 48cms come to the boat.Father Kevin showed to young boys a thing or two nabbing a nice 47cm Jewfish and dropping a stonker of a Flathead just near the boat before nabbing 2 more Flathead to 45cms. Geoff bagged 2 Flathead, 1 Bream and also a Jewfish,Terry nabbed 1 Bream and 2 Flathead before Chris stole the show near the end of the session with two more keeper Flathead coming in at 44cm and a respectful 54cms!

Thursday we had a full day session again with John Hellawell, John Hinde and Danny York where again we fished throughout the system with the best action coming late in the day when the traffic had backed off the river in the lower and middle reaches with Danny fairing the best with 3 Bream and 4 Flathead for the session, John Hinde bagged 1 Bream and 4 Flathead with John Hellawell nabbibg just the 2 Bream and a hard fighting Catfish for his efforts.

Friday afternoon we had Anthony Collins from Brisbane along with his two sons James and Will out on Maroochy river where the boys fished hard to get their technique right missing a few fish on the strike to see th overall result come in with Anthony get 2 Flathead while Will also nabbed 2 fish and James just the 1.

Saturday we had an all day session with Ron Tobias from Bathurst, Chris Jones from the Gold Coast and Mark Yalden from Alexandra Headland, We fished the lower reaches early on before the traffic started to build seeing Mark nab a nice Jewfish while Chris hooked up at the same time to drop a much bigger fish. We then fished the flats seeing all the boys get fish in the middle reaches and Ron score a nice Jewfish late in the day with Chris nabbing a 44cm Flathead. The end result saw Ron bag a 41cm Jewfish, 1 Flathead and a Bream, Mark nabbed a 46cm Jewfish and 2 Bream and Chris bagged 2 Fathead to 44cms along with 2 Bream.

That’s all until next time guys and gals, Until thrn Tight Lines And Screaming Reels to You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 in Soft Plastics and Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Queensland’s Sunshine Coast And Darwin In the Northern Territory.

Hey everyone, well the Christmas week has come and gone and with a downpour of rain just before the 25th it made conditions less than ideal, already having the extra holiday traffic to deal with along with the jet skiers and water skiers we also had a good strong southerly wind thrown into the mix for good measure making for noise and wind in the loser reaches and a lot of fresh and brown water in the upper reaches. As I write this the systems are just beginning to recover and we hd a good bite session yesterday so hopefully the rains will stay away and the fishing will heat up for 2012.

Friday the 23rd we were out for a full day session on Maroochy river withbrothers  Matt and Dave Francis from Sydney and Brisbane respectfully along with Dave White from Buderim where we fished the lower reaches early on in the morning before the wind and traffic picked up pushing us up the system where the rain began to come down soaking us to the bones. The boys bravely battled the elements to see Matt bag 6 Flathead for the session with his brother Dave coming in at 5 Flathead and a Estuary Cod and Dave from Buderim bagging 5 Flathead for the day.

 Saturday saw us out for a full day session with Dave and Steve Spurling joined by Josh for the half day morning session in what had to be the worst of weather with the boys sticking it out, we had that much rain the back deck was awash with 2 inches if water and the bilge pump was working all day. Josh tried hard to little avail for the morning having a couple of strikes and hook ups but dropped fish, Steve didn’t fair much better for the full day and David came in with 4 Flathead and a Trevally for the day.

After Christmas we were back on the water for a full day on the 27th with John Billet from Esk and his son Simon from Sydney where the deluge of rain had done it’s damage dumping fresh brown water throughout the systems, We battled the elements and conditions but with the traffic, water and wind against us we struggled for most of the day seeing the end result with Simon getting the best fish of the day early on a 36cm Bream along with one more Bream and two Flathead, John came in with 2 Flathead, a Catfish and a juvenile Jewfish for the session.

Wednesday we had Paul Thomas from Bidddeston on the Darling Downs and Doug Perrin from Maroochydore with similar conditions to the day before if not sightly worse with the water conditions deteriorted the boys fished hard and we covered the system extensively seeing Paul bag just the two Flathead and Doug just the one. Hard times indeed!

 Thursday saw us out for the morning session with Bill and his son Jasper Hardy from the Gold Coast joined by Ben and Keane Hohnke from Ipswich where we tried the lower reaches early on with the push in tide to little avail before we pushed up to the middle reaches with Bill 1st on strike to bag a juvenile Jewfish followed shortly after by a catfish and another Jewfish  with Bill also bagging a Bream for the session to end up with 3 species and 4 fish. Ben also managed to bag 2 Jewfish for the morning but unfortunately both boys struck out for a duck!

Friday afternoon in windy conditions we had Martin Boering and his son Finn originally from Holland but now residing in Egypt where we pushed up to the middle reaches where thw eater is now clearing with every run in tide pushing the salinity back into the sytems with 7 year old Finn oming up trumps for the session seeing him bag 5 Bream and 6 Flathead to 39cms and Dad Martin coimg in with 3 Flathead and 3 Bream for the fternoon.

 That’s all until next time guys and gals where hopefully the rain will stay away and the winds will abate, ’til then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number One In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Queensland’s Sunshine Coast And Darwin In the Northern Territory

Hey everyone, my apologies, I know it’s been awhile since my last fishing report and I better get one in now before the holiday season kicks in to full gear and I’ll be constantly laying catch up. The weather has been a bit Topsy Turvy so fingers crossed that the rain and storms will stay away as we head towards the cyclone season!

On Wednesday 23rd November we were out on Maroochy river with Colin Elliot from Hervey Bay for the half day morning session where Colin got into the Flathead nabbing 4 for the morning along the side of the sand flats seeing Colin also bag a Bream for the session.

After some rain for the week we were out again on the following Wednesday with Jamie Collinson and his son and daughter Jordan and Jessica from Roma where we targeted the middle reaches of Maroochy river seeing the guys catch 4 species between them with Jamie nabbing a Flathead, a Silver Bream and a Grunter Bream, Jessica caught 3 Flathead, a Bream and a Catfish for her efforts while Jordan was ahead in the numbers stake catching 6 Flathead, 1 Silver Bream and a Catfish for the session.

Friay the 2nd of December we had David Brindle from Myalup, WA out for a half day session along with his daughter Holly where we again headed up to the middle reaches to escape the wind in the lower reaches of Maroochy river, Holly bagged 2 Flathead for the session wile Dave came up trumps with a 57cm Trevally that screamed the drag out on the Caldia 2000 reel on some solid runs before falling to the net for the happy snaps, Dave also bagged 4 Flathead for the session.

Sunday the 4th saw us out with Scott Luttrell and his 2 sons Alex and Matt from Hobart, TAS where we did the morning session on Maroochy river seeing all the boys get into the Flathead with Matt nabbing 4, Alex also bagged 4 Flathead as well as a Sole and Scott bagged 3 Flathead, 2 Silver Bream and also a Sole for the morning Session.

December 11th we had Andrew from Mooloolaba along with Gary and Chris from Sydney along with Andrew from NZ with Mooloolaba Andrew fairing the best nabbing 3 Bream and 4 Flathead for his efforts, Gary managed just the one Flathead while Chris nabbed 2 Bream and 2 Flathead, Andrew from NZ bagged just the one Flathead and one Bream for the morning.

 Monday the 12th we had Bruce Doherty from Geelong, VIC for a half day session in difficult conditions seeing Bruce nab a Silver Bream, a Trevally and a Whiting for the morning.

On the Tuesday 20th we had a half day morning session with Graeme Wood and his son Hamish from Brisbane where we targeted the lower reaches 1st on the run out tide before the wind rose late morning making us push up the system but with the rain of late the water clarity in the middle reaches made it difficult seeing Graeme nabb 2 Flathead and Hamish nab 3 Flathead and a Toadfish for his perseverance.

Wednesday 21st we had Philpi Moulds along with his son Lachlan from Rockhampton and father in law Colin from Caloundra for the morning session on Maroochy river. We pushed up to the middle reaches where Colin had a solid hook up with a big Flathead which after some solid runs spat the hook, Lachlan faired the best with A nice Mangrove Jack along with a juvenile Jewfish and a Flathead for the morning, Philip bagged 3 Flathead to 44cms while Colin got just the one Flathead to the boat.

 That’s all until next time everyone and with the holidays looming and Christmas just around the corner the bookings are coming in fast so here’s hoping we get a good weather pattern, Happy Christmas to you all and Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 in Soft plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and Darwin In The Northern Territory.

Hey Guys and Gals, well the weather is staying hot and dry for us so far and lets hope it continues that way though the easterly winds have been coming up in the mid mornings and staying with us until the late afternoons, lets hope they abate soon as hopefully the Tuna schools will start showing up in the bays shortly as the water temperatures begin to rise. We tried one offshore charter this week but with the temperatures rising the Snapper and Reef fish are moving further off shore and the Pelagic Tuna schools can’t be far away!

Wednesday Morning we were down the Pumicestone Passage with Alan Hajal from Melbourne where we had a little bit of action early on at the top end of Bribie seeing Alan get 3 Flathead before the wind picked up mid morning and though we pushed up the system to get a 44cm fish the windy conditions made it too difficult for us so we seek-ed shelter and Bream in the less affected Pelican waters though our efforts on the Bream were in vain I’m afraid seeing us bag just the 7 Flathead for the session.

Thursday Morning saw us on the Maroochy River system with Michael and Tina Sipple from Tamworth, NSW where we fished the middle reaches of the system seeing Tina bag just the one Bream for her efforts while Michael fished hard in once again prevailing easterly winds to bag 4 Flathead and the 1 Bream for the session.

On the Friday Morning we had Davin Gammell from Cabooulture out for the half day Morning session on Maroochy River again where we tried the lower reaches early on seeing Davin bag a Flathead off the Mudflat drop offs before we pushed back up to the middle reaches as the easterly winds kicked in but to little avail in the tough conditions seeing Davin bag just the one more Flathead for his efforts.

Sunday saw us on Maroochy river again , this time for an all day session with Brian and Micheal Cao from Brisbane where the boys opted for a late start to try and make the most of the evening session,with the late start we pushed right up the system early on to try and evade the dreaded Sunday traffic with the water skiers and Jet skiers invadeing our usual lower reach hot spots, The upper reaches fished slow with the late start nd the windy mid morning easterlies howled through the system making it difficult to fish the lighter jig heads to thier optimum. The boys hooked up on a couple of Flathead before we came back down the system in the late afternoon giving the boys a few drifts to hopefully raise a Jewfish but once again the wind prevailed before we came back to the lower reaches to fish the evening drift with the result seeing a 70cm Flathead landed, The final tally count on what was a difficult day saw Micheal bag 1 Bream and 2 Flathead and Brian catch 2 Flathead, 3 Bream and a Mangrove Jack.

That’s all until next week everyone, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Queensland’s Sunshine Coast And Darwin In The Northern Territory

Hey everyone, well we made the trip south and are now back and fully operational on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast where it’s certainly living up to it’s name with beautiful weather conditions and temperatures in the high 20′s. The river systems are in excellent conditions and the fish are wanting to play!

Friday Morning we had Ron Mabb fron Caboolture out with his twon sons Paul and Steve where we were on Maroochy River seeing Steve 1st to Hook up on a solid hard fighting 55cm Jewfish, Paul not to be outdone bagged a 55 1/2cm Flathead later on in the Morning along with two smaller Flathead and a Bream for the session, Steve also bagged a Bream and father Ron was getting most of the bite action but only managed to bag the one Flathead for the session.

 Saturday afternoon we were on Maroochy River again with Mark Flanagan and Linda Kelly from Brisbane and despite the weekend heavy boat traffic we progressed to the middle reaches and we rewarded straight up with some bite action, Mark bagged 4 Flathead with the largest coming in at 48cms along with both a Silver Bream and a Grunter Bream, Linda however was not to be outdone fishing consistently to catch 5 Flathead to 51cma, a Silver Bream and on the very last cast of the day was duly rewarded with a screaming run and solid hook up on what turned out to be a beautiful 56cm Maroochy river slab of silver Jewfish!

 Tha’s all for our first report ffor the 2011/2012 seaon guys but stay tuned in the coming weeks as I’m sure we’ll have plenty more for you, in the meantime Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters…..Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Queensland’s Sunshine Coast And Darwin In the Top End

Hey everyone we’re now finishing up for the dry season here in Darwin and I’m heading South to Queensland’s Sunshine’s Coast waterways while the wet season does it’s bit in the Top End. We be fishing the usual haunts of the Noosa, Maroochydore, Mooloolah estuarine systems along with the Pumicestone Passage targeting the usual suspects of Flathead, Bream, Trevally, Jewfish, Cod, Mangrove Jacks and the offshore bays chasing the Tuna and Mackerel schools. Hope to see you on board…Tight Lines And Screaming Reels to You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And light Tackle Sports Fishing.

Hey everyone just the one report for you this week before I start the trip south to Queensland’s Sunshine coast to escape the wet up here in Darwin and charter on the Sunshine Coast’s beautiful and pristine waterways from November through until early March before we return to Dawin for the run off and the dry season again next March.

We had Christian from Canberra out with us last Wednesday where we targeted the bays early on on the early run out tide getting stuck into the Queenfish straight away with some good hits and air borne tactics these pelagic species gave us good fun before we crossed the harbour and into the feeder creeks fishing the drains and creek mouths seeing Christian bag 8 species for the day consisting of  3 Queenfish, 4 Catfish, A Brown Mowong., Flathead, Bream, Estuary Cod, a Tarpon that did some spectacular jumps and 2 Barramundi with the largest coming in at 66cms.

 Like I say that’s it on the fishing reports in the top end until next March everyone, stay tuned with me on the Sunshine Coast reports and hope to see you on board down there or in Darwin again in 2012, Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You ll, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Charters cover Queensland’s Sunshine Coast And Darwin In the Northern Territory.