Isaac was on holidaying in Noosa from Sydney and ventured out on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure boat.
Noosa River fishing proves to be great for the kids, and the big kids and this nice flathead was just one of the results and great memories.

Fishing has been excellent over the holidays with the river mouth showing the way with typical good catches of flathead, bream, whiting, tailor and trevally.
The Frying Pan, dog beach and Woods Bays also produced quality bream, whiting, fleathead and golden trevally with the odd queenfish and big shovel nosed rays on the prowl. There are still a few quality mangrove jacks about the lower reaches, deeper parts and structures but more on the bite at night.
The back of Noosa Sound have trevally and bream whilst Weyba Creek is good for a few bream, flathead, moses perch and the odd estuary cod.
There are some large whiting on the sand flats through Noosaville along with bream, flathead and best catches are on live beach worms or yabbies or prawns.
With the recent rains there are still plenty of catfish about and especially up past Tewantin so be careful when de-hooking them as they have a nasty spike. Between the catfish up river before the car ferry and at the mouth of Lake Cooroibah there are still good catches of grunter bream, flathead and some whiting and trevally.
You may even hook the odd threadfin salmon or school jewfish. The best tide is either side if the high tide when it has a bit of run and movement.
Mud crabs have also been plentiful and flushed further down river of late.
It will be a touch cooler this week but perfect for boating with only the odd shower about forecast for the weekend.

Until next week good luck from the boys at Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures.

Young Lauren from Brisbane ventured out on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure tour as was stoked to land this nice 38cm tailor. She caught it on a live herring near the river mouth.

The fishing has been good over the Easter break and with the pre-deluge of rain the tannon leached from the tea trees have darkened the water considerably.
However at the river mouth on each side of the high tide the water is clearer and producing some good qu7ality flathead, trevally, bream and a few chopper tailor and queenfish. Whiting are in the shallows, with bream and flathead in the deeper water in numbers at the Frying Pan, dog beach and the Woods Bays. Woods Point and bays also have golden trevally on the prowl.
Best baits for whiting are live worms or yabbies and for bream and flathead try mullet strips or live baitfish and lures for the larger varieties at the river mouth.
From Munna beach through the Noosaville reaches to the Noosa Marina there are whiting being caught to 35cm on the sand flats, bream and flathead on the drift.
As you venture further up river you will encounter plenty of catfish that have moved down with the fresh water from the rains but there are still some good catches of sooty grunter, whiting and flathead among them.
If you are heading out at night there are still plenty of mangrove jacks at the river mouth, around snags in deeper holes and the mangroves up to 55cm.
Lots of muddies have been washed out too so take a couple crab pots to set.
The weeks weather is looking fabulous with mostly sunny days and just the odd shower about towards the weekend later in the day.

Until next week good luck from the guys at Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures.

It’s not always about the biggest fish as how can you beat Stephanie’s smile for catching this healthy whiting specimen. She was up from Warwick with her family and toured on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure boat.
The fishing continues to be excellent this week with lots of smaller varieties being caught throughout the river and returned but some nice prize fish among them.
For some of those larger species, the river mouth has flathead, queenfish, trevally and some tailor on the prowl whilst the Frying Pan has flathead, whiting and some bream running about. The sand bags at the dog beach and Woods Point is also worth a try and some prize mangrove jacks are on offer into the night.
Woods Bay have some good trevally chasing prawns and live bait as well as flathead and whiting searching on the bottom. The back of Noosa Sound have jacks active at night in the deeper holes and Weyba Creek is always good for flathead, whiting on the sand flats and the odd estuary cod.
The Noosaville reaches have plenty of whiting up to 40cm on the sand banks, flathead and bream scattered throughout. Further up river opposite Makepeace Is. flathead, whiting, bream and the odd threadfin salmon are in numbers and drifting seems to give best results. The run in tide is producing more action and at the mouth of Lake Cooroibah is another active spot will several varieties on offer.
It’s worth taking a few crab pots if your going up river and between the lakes some good mud crabs are on offer as well as Weyba Creek is worth a go.
Unfortunately we may have a traditional wet Easter with some possible storms forecasted however there will be plenty of nice warm weather in between.

Until next week good luck from the boys at Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures.

Tara and mum (Cat) were up on holidays and had a great experience on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure boat Sunday.
They caught this prize 65cm flathead, had a yummy crab tasting cooked up and some awesome scenery.

The big tides has made fishing very productive this week with most parts of the Noosa River showing some good action.
The river mouth had flathead, bream, whiting, trevally on the bite and after dark jacks and school jew were on the prowl as well, as at Woods Point. The Frying Pan has bream, whiting and flathead and best results are using live beach worms or yabbies. The Woods Bays through to Munna Point have bream, flathead and trevally active as well as the deeper holes at the back of Noosa Sound.
Weyba Creek is always worth a try for flathead, whiting and the odd estuary cod with a few jacks at night. Sand crabs are also still on the march so take a crab pot.
The Noosaville reaches to Tewantin have whiting on the sand banks and good size bream and flathead in the deeper parts. From the ski run to the car ferry and at the mouth of Lake Cooroibah fishing is good also with several varieties up for grabs including, grunter bream, whiting, flathead, jacks and the odd threadfin salmon.
Between the top two lakes in the deeper holes after dark are worthwhile for the extended adventurists. Best tides are either side of the top of each tide.
There looks likely to be a couple showers about at the end of this week but fining up for another fabulous weekend to his the safe waters of our beautiful river.

Until next week good luck from the guys at Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures.

Luke from Brisbane caught a shovel nosed ray almost as big as himself on the weekend while Ethan also from Brisbane is holding a big tasty male mud crab ready for the pot. Both lads enjoyed a fabulous day on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures charter.
The good fishing continues with lots of quality whiting, flathead, bream and other larger varieties about through several parts of Noosa River. The river mouth is always worth a shot with flathead, bream, whiting and trevally on the bite and jacks after sunset. The Frying Pan and Woods Bays were producing the same and the Dog Beach has some quality whiting up to 40cm on the prowl.
At the back of Noosa Sound and Weyba Creek there are whiting, flathead and moses perch with some mangrove jacks on the move after dark. The Noosaville reaches have whiting on the sand banks and flathead on the drift, and best baits are live beach worms, yabbies or mullet strips. There are a few queenfish also up for grabs in and around the lower reaches where lures are worth a go.
Up river before the car ferry and at the mouth of the first lake there are grunter bream, flathead and whiting in good numbers and jacks in the deeper holes or in around the mangroves. It’s worth dropping in a few crab pots for muddies up river and the Weyba Creek still has sand crabs on the march.
The best times are early morning and on the run out tides and on the making tide before the high.
The weather looks like being great again with only an odd shower predicted for the weekend and it’s always safe and calm boating conditions on the Noosa River.

Until next week good luck from the guys at Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures.

37cm Bream caught on a handline using prawns, goes to show its not always the person with the best gear that lands the best fish.

This week has seen some fantastic catches throughout the river with the best a flathead to 1 metre caught and released along the Noosaville foreshore. The river mouth has seen a lot of flathead, bream and trevally. The woods bay has been on fire for the mangrove jack with one lucky angler boating three in one morning session. You have to be up early though as he was out at 4am and by 6am they went off the bite. Live herring and flesh baits were most successful. The Noosaville stretches to Tewantin have produced good catches of bream, flathead and grunter bream to 35cm on prawns and live worms. The fist lake is starting to clear up and trevally and flathead have been caught at the start of the lake. There are still a few sand crabs in the lower reaches of Noosaville and a few mud crabs still on the move throughout the river.

Until next week good luck from the boys at O Boats.

Jace Stowers from O Boats with a nice buck caught this morning in Noosaville.

This week should be exciting with all the fresh water stirring up the fish and crabs. We dropped in two crab pots last night and were rewarded with a nice big buck this morning.Reports yesterday of trevally around Noosa Sound with bream and flathead. Weyba creek has also reports of flathead.Noosaville stretches saw great catches of tarwhine and flathead to 60cm this morning. Best baits yabbies and pilchards.Reports up river have not been good with lots of cat fish due to the amount of fresh water heading down from the top of the river.

Until next week good luck from the guys at Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures.

Janine said she had a great day out on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure boat. Up from Adelaide she really enjoyed the scenic beauty of Noosa River and landed this nice 41cm for dinner to top it off.

Fishing was a bit hit and miss last week however with the new moon and big 2.2m high tides this week we should see some better activity.
The river mouth is always good for a few flathead, bream and odd tailor whilst the Frying Pan and Dog beach has whiting, bream and flathead on the bite.
The Woods Bay should be worth a go for flathead and bream also and a few good trevally prowling about. The back of Noosa Sound in the deeper holes has some action on Jacks into the night and bream and trevally during the day.
Weyba Creek has plenty of action on bream, flathead and estuary cod with a few whiting in the shallows. The Noosaville reaches are worth trying on the sand flats for whiting, bream and flathead on live worms or yabbies.
The Tewantin ski run through to the car ferry is producing flathead, whiting and grunter bream also with a chance of landing the odd school jew or threadfin salmon. The mouth of Lake Cooroibah and channel has plenty of grunter bream, whiting and flathead about with several other possibilities that could grab the line.
There are lots of blue swimmers running in Lake Weyba so take some pots with you. There is some rain forecast for the end of the week, otherwise just the odd shower and lots of extended sunny skies in between. The weekend is looking great so don’t forget so slip, slop slap and be courteous to other boaties.

Until next week good luck from the guys at Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures.

Young Sam was up on holidays and ventured out on a Noosa Fishing and Crab Tour and had a great day. They pulled up a few crab pots, had a yummy steamed crab tasting and fished up to Lake Cooroibah. Plenty of fish were caught and released along with this nice flatty Sam landed.

Some good quality fish are about throughout the Noosa River waterways along with plenty of small fish that should be returned to fight another day.
The river mouth is producing flathead, bream, trevally and tailor with some large green backs among them. The Frying Pan and dog beach is worth a try for trevally, bream and flathead while the Woods Bay and Point has some good trevally and big whiting with a few chopper tailor about too.
Behind Hideaway Island and up Weyba Creek there are flathead, bream, whiting on the sand flats and some estuary cod. There are still lots of sand crabs up the creek too so don’t forget to bring a couple pots. Flathead, whiting and bream are in patches from Munna beach to Tewantin and trevally are active a couple hours after the high tide on lures or live baitfish.
There is still plenty of action up river with school jew around the ski run and seem to be taking live worms. Lots of flathead, grunter bream and whiting before the car ferry and at the mouth of Lake Cooroibah too. Into the evening and night on live baits the Jacks are still on the prowl in the deeper holes up river, around the mangroves and structures up Weyba Creek, the back of Noosa Sound and the river mouth rock wall. Each side of the current big tides are best fishing too.
The week looks another good one with only a possible shower most days.

Until next week good luck from the guys at Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures.