Since last month the Sunshine Coast experienced another bonus sailfish bite. Like the bite at the Little Ship ground the month before, they were mostly 18-25kg sailfish on pilchard schools at the local ten mile area. Mixed in were a couple of very big black marlin keeping everyone fishing for them on their toes. The… Continue Reading
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Since last month the Sunshine Coast experienced another bonus sailfish bite. Like the bite at the Little Ship ground the month before, they were mostly 18-25kg sailfish on pilchard schools at the local ten mile area. Mixed in were a couple of very big black marlin keeping everyone fishing for them on their toes. The… Continue Reading
Just when we had pretty much given up on getting a light tackle bite this year the fish showed up on the Sunshine Coast. These fish were a mix of 30-80kg black marlin and 18-25kg sailfish. Hectares of bait with dolphins and birds signalled the location of these fish with a couple of SCGFC boats… Continue Reading
It looks like we may as well give up on a good light tackle bite this year. The saving grace is the amount of blue marlin activity on the shelf. There has been no red hot bite anywhere but most boats putting in the effort have been having two to three shots a day on… Continue Reading
Expectations are still low for this year’s season after the disappointing showing at the Gold Coast Tournament plus failures at Cairns and Townsville for the juvenile blacks. That said, we were all doom and gloom up to Christmas last year too but it turned it on when the bait turned up. We still have potential… Continue Reading
The gamefish action continued right through October and into early November for South East Queensland anglers. The Mooloolaba sailfish kept going for the first three weeks of October and once they started to give out a run of blue marlin came in on the shelf. A week of strong northerlies followed by a week of… Continue Reading
Finally some billfishing to report on though the run of small black marlin in tropical north Queensland is a bit of a worry for South East Queensland fishos. Early in September Sunshine Coast anglers were treated to a good bite of large size black marlin on the 18mile grounds. These fish were feasting on some… Continue Reading
Typical of mid winter there is not much to report on the gamefish front from South East Queensland. There has been the odd striped marlin and medium sized black marlin tagged or seen on the wide offshore grounds by both gamefishermen and bottom fishing anglers in the deeper locations like the 42 and 50 fathom… Continue Reading
July can be a tough month for gamefishers. Lots of anglers will focus on blue marlin but there is always a chance of a striped or black marlin anywhere big bait schools of slimey mackerel are. Off the Sunshine Coast and waters further north sailfish are a chance any time. Only one tournament was… Continue Reading
June will see gamefishers move into the worst time of year for billfish. There may be sporadic blue bites on both coasts and off Brisbane, sailfish bites off the Sunshine Coast and black or stripey bites off the Gold Coast on the deep bait schools on the 42 or 50 fathom lines. Bottom fishermen floating… Continue Reading