Anglers Advantage

Hey everyone, a busy week this last week with the weather turning it on and the fish cooperating for good measure with a few species being caught and some offshore action beginning to happen on the inner reefs at last with the Snapper finally making them selves known. ( See offshore fishing reports )

 Wednesday we had a trip up Noosa river for a change with Micheal and Margaret from Euroa in Victoria out with us for a morning session with Margaret getting off the mark early on with a small Flathead to start before kicking in to gear on the Jewfish in the middle reaches getting 3 nice school Jew along with a Bream, a Trevally and another Flathead for the session, Michel landed a hard fighting Trevally in the middle reaches for his effort.

Thursday afternoon we had Jim from Caloundra along with Les from Melbourne out with us on Maroochy River where Les was into the Flathead getting 6 for the arvo along with a pike but Jim caught the fish of the session, a beautiful hard fighting 55cm Maroochy River Jewfish.

Friday morning we had Chris and Tim from Ipswich with us on Maroochy river again with Tim racing ou in front on the strike early on and ending up with 3 species for his effort consisting of 1 Trevally, 2 Bream and 4 Flathead. Chris got a good strike going late in the session and landed the fish of the day being a 47cm Tailor which dove hard on several occasions before falling to the net, Chris caught 6 fish in total with the tally being 1 Tailor, 1 Bream and 4 Flathead.

The offshore action is just begining to fire on the inner reefs with the Snapper finally making themselves known with the water temperature dropping and these hard hitting fish smashing the Soft Plastics.

 Wednesday Afternoon we had Gus from Coolum out with us on an Offshore trip where we left the ramp at 1:30and tracked north casting a couple of slugs into the wash at Old Woman Island where Gus hooked up on a Long tom that jumped and carried on before spitting the hook. Further north we trekked and dropped some 7″ Plastics where we caught 2 Squire early on before getting a 2kg Snapper aboard before Gus hooked up on a fish that came straight at him before realising it was hooked and made a few solid runs toward the reef before falling to the net to be a nice just undersized Cobia. Gus eventually got the hook up he was after with some solid runs and head shaking happening an a nce 3kg Snapper fell to the net, we also bagged 2 Pearl Pearch and a cod along with 5 Snapper for the session.

 Saturday Morning we were offshore again with Adam from Wurtulla and Daniel from Little Mountain where we chilled our ears on a 6am start across the bay with Daniel getting the first solid hook up with the head shaking we correctly called a Snapper which gave some solid runs before falling to the net, Daniel was back in shortly after with another solid hook up on a bigger fish that unfortunately make a solid run to the reef to get that nasty grating feeling and the ever longing ping of slack line, Adam hooked up with a weighty fish that came up to the neat as a Maori Cod. We also boated a Spangled Emperor along with would you believe a Flathead as well as the ever beautiful Grinner along with a couple of small Cod.

Hello once again everyone I’m a little behind with the fishing reports-my apologies, we have been busy on the charter work and had some other things happening ( was at the retailers convention on the Gold Coast last week spoting all the new gear for 2011 ).

 On Sunday the 8th we had Vince from Alexandra Headland and Chris from Buderim out with us on Maroochy River for the morning session where Chris was in early with a Flathead to be followed up for the Morning with 2 more Flathead and a Bream. Chris however topped the show with A Bream, 5 small Flathead and a 44cm Flathead to then top it off with a beautiful 64cm specimen.

 Tuesday the 10th we had Petrus and Rochelle from Brisbane out with us on Maroochy Rivere with Petrus getting 3 Flathead and 2 Bream, Rochelle fared better with 2 Trevally, 2 Bream and 4 Flathead.

 Wednesday we had Darren and Ronnie out with us on Maroochy for an all day session with the boys getting into a hot bite on the Bream early on in the middle reaches with Darren getting 3 Bream in 3 casts! to be followed by another 2 on the next drift through the same area with Ronnie catching 2 Bream and a Flathead in the same drift. We pushed up to the middle reaches where I wet a line myself to be rewarded with a 75cm specimen. Darren ended up with 7 Bream and 6 Flathead for the day with Ronnie catching 4 Flathead and 3 Bream.

The Weekend saw me down the Gold Coast for the Retailers and Trade convention and I will do a separate blog for you guys on what’s new in the trade and what tackle and lures to look out for in the coming season.

Tuesday afternoon we were on Maroochy River with Paul, his daughter Tracy and grandkid Brenna fron NZ where Brenna did good to land a nice Silver Bream along with another Bream and 2 Flathead for the afternoon. Tracy knocked over 4 Bream while Paul took in a Flathead and 2 Bream for the session.

 on Wednesday morning we had Louie from Victoria out with us on Maroochy River where Louie nabbed a Bream early on before the little Sol 2000’s drag went screaming off with a Trevallyto blame  and after a few long hard runs which saw Louie hitting overdrive on adrenalin it eventually fell to the net much to Louie’s delight. With another 2 bream in the bag for the session and a couple of missed strikes we rounded the morning off for a bag of 4.

Friday morning we were on the Maroochy River again with Matt from Sydney and Anthony from Bli Bli where Anthony was in early on with a nice Trevally that fought hard before hooking up on something solid, “it’s a stick” was the original quote before the “stick” woke up and went on a solid run to be followed by a few more before falling to the net to be a nice solid 62cm Flathead, Anthony bagged 3 more Flathead and 2 Bream. Matt bagged 4 Bream and 4 Flathead before getting nailed in the middle reaches with a solid hook up and a screaming run which saw the fish take a lot of line off the Sol 2000 reel running all the way across the river before we chased it down a bit with the electric Minn Kota where it did a few more runs and weaves around the boat before falling to the net to be a nice 53cm Trevally!

 That’s all for the time being folks, Until next time Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters/Tours….. Number 1 in S

Hey everyone, What a week with cold days not deterring the fisherman amongst you getting out on the water with me and getting justly rewarded with Maroochy river turning it on this week.

 Monday morning we had Greg Wilson from Brisbane along with his mate Phil from NZ and joined by Greg from Melbourne who pulled in 3 species for his effort with a hard fighting Trvally being the prize along with 2 Flathead and a Bream. Phil lost a magnificent Flathead on his very first cast right beside the boat that would have gone 60cms, he then proceeded to catch 3 Flathead, 3 Bream and a Trevally. Greg Wilson pulled in the prize catches for the morning with a Trevally, a 42cm Flathead and a stunning 60cm Jewfish which fought hard on the 4lb gear.

Tuesday we had Ian from Lithgow, NSW, Shane from Gympie and Graydon from Millmerran out with us on Maroochy river for an all day session. Shane was straight off the bat with a beautiful Diamond Trevally which fought hard before falling to the net for a happy snap before being released in still fighting form, Shane also pulled in a big eye Trevally along with 2 Bream and 4 Flathead for the day. Ian also had a good session with 5 Bream, 4 Flathead with one going 48cms. Graydon who joined us for the afternoon evening session came in strong with 5 Flathead to 47cms along with a Bream before we dropped the other boys back to the ramp as we tried through the evening for a Jewfish to no avail before we chucked some surface poppers around the bridge pylons under the lights to get smashed by Trevallys with Graydon adding 3 to his total to end up with 9 for the day.

 Wednesday we had Graydon out with us again along with Darren and Ronnie from Mooloolaba, Darren was out of the traps early getting straight into the Bream and ending up with 7 bream for the afternoon session along with 3 Flathead, Ronnie came good on the Flathead as the sun dropped getting a 50cm and 43cm specimen along with 4 smaller fish. Graydon again had a cracker of a session getting 5 Bream, 5 Flathead and again 2 Trevally on the surface poppers.

 Thursday morning we had Owen from Melbourne out on Maroochy again having a cracker of a session in pristine conditions getting 4 species with the tally being 7 Bream, 3 Flathead, 1 Trevally and a Tailor.

That’s all until next time everyone, Until then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels to You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters/Tours….. Number 1 In Soft Plastics On The Sunshine Coast.

Hey everyone the River systems have been firing in the last week and with the air temperature climbing a bit making for some pleasant days on the water.

On Wednesday we had James and Will from Wooga Wooga out with us on Maroochy River for a fuul day with what started out as a wet morning but cleared nicely before we got a downpour later on in the evening. Will stared off the mark and during the course of the day managed 3 Flathead, a Grunter Bream and 3 Silver Bream with James getting a 42cm Flathead along with 4 smaller Flathead, a Silver bream and coming home late in the evening on our Jew spot with 2 school Jewfish!

 Thursday we had Linton from Broadford and Paul from Seymour, Melbourne out with us for the afternoon session on the Pumicestone Passage which saw Linton off the mark early catching 3 Flathead before Paul stole  the session catching a magnificent 70cm Specimen  which made some ground searching runs before falling to the net but released unscathed. Paul also took 2 more smaller Flathead, a Silver Bream and a first for me a Blackfish on a soft Plastic putting on some aerial displays for good measure.

 Friday morning we had James and Elva from Bribie Island out with us for the morning session on maroochy river where James had a good session on the Bream catching 5 for the session with a nice 32cm specimen falling to the net while Elva was quite happy to sit back and enjoy the tranquil settings of the river.

 That’s about all until next time Guys And Gals, Until then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels to You All….. Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters/Tours The Number One In Soft Plastics On The Sunshine Coast.

Hey Everyone just a quick blog to let you know that it is with deep regret due to seperation that we have to close down our offshore fishing charter boat Flying Fisher 1 which is currently up for sale….thanks for all your enquirys regarding our offshore chaters over the last weeks and we will endeavour to get another boat for offshore fishing in the future. Our smaller boat will continue to operate the Estuary systems and target the inner reefs and the tunas when they run in the bay in the warmer months. Our Website will be getting revamped shortly, Thanks for your continued support in these trying times…… Brian From Anglers Advantage, Number 1 in Soft Plastics Fishing Tours.

Hey everyone, sorry late again due to personal dramas with the report but battling to get on top of things….the rivers have been fishing really good of late with some quality Flathead in the system and some school Jewfish getting more abundant in the systems.

 On July 7th we had Anthony and his son Will from Canberra out with us on Maroochy river where Anthony caught 2 Flathead to 41cms but Will stole the show with 2 Trevally and 3 Flathead caught in the middle reaches catching a cracker of a Flathead which came in at 56cms!

 Saturday the 10th we had Joel, Josh and Brett from Maroochydore out with us on Maroochy River where the boys wanted to target some school Jew. We targeted the middle reaches first chasing some quality Flathead with Josh getting some good specimens to 60cms and dropping an even bigger fish at the boat, Joel nabbed 2 Flathead with Brett getting one before we targeted the Jew patch where Brett came in ahead with 3 Jew, Joel got 2 Jew and Josh one.

 On Monday 12th we had Geoff, Ryan, Kiernan and Dave out for the morning session on Maroochy river with Kiernan getting 2 Flathead and a Bream, Ryan got 2 Flathead, Dave got 3 Flathead and Geoff came in trumps with 2 small Flathead and a beautiful 63cm specimen.

Monday 19th we were on Maroochy for the morning session with Damian and Kevin from Brisbane joined by Greg from Victoria where Kevin came in trumps with 5 Flathead and a Bream with Damian catching 3 Flathead and seeing poor Greg draw a duck for the morning. In the Afternoon session on maroochy again we had Mandy and her kids Eve and Angus from NZ out with us where the Flathead fired up on the bite with Angus getting a Bream and 3 Flathead to 53cms, Eve catching a Tailor and 4 Flathead to 48cms and Mandy stealing the show with 2 Trevally, a Bream and 4 Flathead to 60cms!

 Wednesday 21st we were on maroochy for a full day session with Andrew from Buderim joined by Chris and his son Matt from Sydney with Chris pulling up the rear with 1 Flathead, Andrew catching 5 Flathead for the day and Matt stealing home with 6 small Flathead and two specimens coming in at 41 and 43cms respectively.

 That’s all for the moment everyone……Until next time Tight Lines and Screaming Reels to you all, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters/Tours located in the middle of  The Sunshine Coast…..Number One In Soft Plastics Fishing.

Hey everyone, sorry been a bit going on over the last month and am way behind with my reports I know but will be on top of them from now on and have somethings in the pipeline so keep posted for updates.

 The month of June has come and gone but to recap we Greg and Richard from Melbourne out with us on Maroochy River on the 4th where Richard nabbed 1 Flathead and 4 Bream and Greg getting 4  Bream and 5 Flathead to 52cms.

 On the 12th we had Neil, Terry, Greg and Rick out with us on the Pumicestone Passage with Terry pulling up the rear with 1 Flathead with the other boys fairing better with Rick getting 3 Bream and 3 Flathead, Greg getting 4 Flathead and 1 Bream and Neil fairing the best with 3 Flathead and 5 bream with the biggest coming in at 35cms.

 Sunday 13th we had Dave and Kerrin out with us on Maroochy river along with my daughter Riley where we had quite a mixed bag for the afternoon session with Riley catching 4 Flathead and 3 Bream, Dave caught 4 Flathead, 1 Bream, 1 Trevally, 1 Pike and a Jewfish. Kerrin ended up with a Trevally, 2 Bream and 3 Flathead to 59cms!

 On Friday 18th June we had John from Canberra and Darren from Mooloolaba out with us on Maroochy river where John got a Trevally and 6 Flathead with 2 specimens coming in at 44cms and 48cms with Darren getting just the 2 Flathead but with one of them coming in at a respectful 59cms.

On the Wednesday 30th we had Paul and his son Tom from Brisbane out with us on Maroochy river where Tom picked up a Tailor, a Bream and 3 Flathead to 41cms. Paul picked up 5 Flathead, a Pike and 3 Bream to 31cms. Paul and Tom came out with us again on Thursday on the Pumicestone Passage where Tom came up with the numbers this time nabbing 4 Flathead but Dad Paul came up trumps witha 50cm Flathead.

Today the 5th July we had Mick, Yvonne and thier son Ned from Melbourne  out with us on Maroochy river with Ned getting a Pike, Bream and a Flathead, Yvonne got 3 Flathead and a Bream and Mick getting a Tailor on his 1st cast along with 3 Flathead.

 That’s the update for now everyone….. Until next time Tight Lines and Screaming Reels to you all, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters/Tours, Number 1 on Soft Plastics On The Sunshine Coast,

Hey guys just a quick one, we were offshore yesterday on the Flying Fisher 1 where we had a full boat with Troy and Ron from Minyama, Nigel from Coffs Harbour, Isaac from London, Bernie from Cairns and Robbie from the Phillipines. With a strong Westerly blowing we stayed within sight of the shore trolling hex heads and skirts hunting for Spanish Mackerel and Tunas. With a slow start on the skirts we had a hit on the shotgun rigger with Troy getting a Mack tuna on the 10kg Tiagra outfit. We changed to Divers and skipping Garfish to have a Longtail hit the short corner with Nigel knocking it over pretty quick.

 With things slowing down on the troll we tried the plastics on Sunshine reef but with the west wind howling at 25knts it was hard work and with the water temp still in the 23 degrees the Snapper aren’t firing or in quantity on the inner reefs yet so we slow trolled our way back south with the wind blowing the bait schools weren’t co-operating either, Until next time Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 on The Sunshine Coast.

Hey guys just to let you know as the water temperatures are dropping the Jewfish are beginning to turn up in the system and we should have a good seaon with them this year as the minimum size was increased from 40cms to 75cms last year and at the tail end of last season we had some good action.

 We had Jason from Bray Park and Jeremy from Caboolture out with us on Maroochy River for a full day session today where we targeted the lower reaches first up before the wind got up with some success with small Flathead and Bream before heading up through the middle reaches and all the way up to the top end for early afternoon. Jeremy ended up with a nice 30cm Grunter Bream along with 4 Silver Bream and 2 Flathead. Jason got 6 Bream and 6 Flathead before coming up trumps with a nice 62cm Jewfish to be followed shortly after to the boat with a Flathead that was in the high 6ocm mark if not low 70cms only to spit the hook at the surface.

 Stay tuned guys and gals for more reports, Brian from Anglers Advantage… Number 1 on the Sunshine Coast for that personal fishing experience in Fishing Charters, Until next time Screaming Reels and Tight Lines To You All.