Marlene was on holidays from Canada and ventured out on the Noosa Fishing and Crab tour.
She was rewarded with a nice 55cm trevally and lots of great memories to take back home.
No guessing where this one was caught as I think the award winning Boathouse restaurant in the background gives it away.
The fish activity has improved now the holiday action has subsided and the big tides are still running. There was action of plenty at the river mouth with bream, flathead, tailor and mangrove jacks into the evening or early mornings.
Whiting and flathead were on the bite in the Frying Pan and the Woods Bay and Point saw bream, tailor, flathead and trevally being caught.
The back of Noosa Sound was quiet but Weyba Creek is worth a try for flathead, bream, estuary cod and moses perch. There are still a few sand crabs getting around up the creek too and the odd good buck mud crab.
There are plenty of whiting on the sand banks in the shallows along the Noosaville reaches and live beach worms or yabbies are your best baits.
From Makepeace Island to the car ferry and at the mouth of Lake Cooroibah was also very active with several varieties on the bite and good fish among them.
Into the night or first thing each morning there are some good action on mangrove jacks around the Noosa Marina, southern entrance of Lake Cooroibah, between the first two lakes and even under the Sheraton and Munna bridges closer to home.
Try mullet strips or live baitfish and before or after each hide tide for best fishing.
There is just a shower or two forecast for most of this week but looks like its fining up for another fabulous weekend’s fishing on the Noosa River.

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

Young Jack from Brisbane was a brave lad holding up this nice big mud crab.
Thirty minutes later he provided the crew on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure bout a nice tasting as he was steamed up in our special sauce.
Yummo…

Now the holidays are finished and the boating activity has subsided the fish might come back out and play more. Around the river mouth we have already seen good action on flathead, bream and some trevally and tailor. The Frying Pan is producing whiting flathead and bream and the Woods Point is worth a go for trevally, flathead and the odd tailor. Try the Woods Bay for cale cale, whiting and trevally also. The run out tide after a big high seems to be most active.
Behind Noosa Sound and up Weyba Creek is worth a look for flathead also and bream, whiting and estuary cod with some good jacks on the prowl into the night.
The Noosaville reaches are good for flathead and whiting in the shallows on the sand banks and live worms or yabbies are the best baits. Just after the ski run and before the car ferry is a hot spot for grunter bream, flathead and maybe the odd threadfin salmon. The entrance of the first lake has been also active with a variety of fish caught but most popular for grunter bream, good whiting, flathead and jacks in the deeper holes near the mangroves. A few school jew about too.
It’s worth taking a few crab pots too as the sandies are still running in Lake Weyba Creek and upriver a few nice mud crabs have been flushed out.
Just the odd shower or too about most of this week so plenty of good weather and fishing in between and the big tides are providing plenty of activity.

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

Rachael, Len and Abby were all smiles and had a great day out on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure tour when up on holidays from Sydney.
It’s not always about catching that big one as small fish are sweet.

The fishing has been patchy with the heavy holiday boating activity but still some good results. The river mouth has flathead, bream and the odd tailor on the bite with whiting, bream and flathead active in the Frying Pan.
The Woods Point and Bay is good for flathead, whiting, trevally and the odd tailor and Noosa Sound and Weyba Creek has bream, flathead, estuary cod and jacks into the night. The Noosaville reaches is seeing good flathead caught on live baits or mullet strips but drifting is the best way to go and quite a few bream about too.
From Tewantin, at the Noosa marina up to the first lake is the most active stretch however lots of small fish are on the bite but some nice surprises among them.
If your keen to venture out at night, mangrove jacks and the odd school jew are being caught up to 50cm in the deeper holes and around the mangroves from the river mouth to Lake Catharaba. Sand crabs are still on the move in Weyba Creek also and a few muddies in the Gympie Terrace stretch to the top lakes.
On Thursday night one angler got a prize 1m long barra on a live poddy mullet off Culgoa Point which gave him a great story to tell whilst on holidays.
Each side of the high tide is giving best results and best when on the run.
The same forecast continues with a shower or two all this week and an odd storm but as we have seen, plenty of good weather in between to get among them.

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

The fish of the week goes to Lizzie with this 58cm golden trevally almost as big as she is. Up from Melbourne with her family on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure, this is a memory to savour and a story to tell.

There were a lot of good fishing stories this week with the river mouth fishing better and good fish right up to the upper reaches. The river mouth has the common varieties as in flathead, trevally, whiting and bream with a few larger pelagics prowling about too. The Frying Pan and Woods Bay are producing the same and the odd mangrove jack thrown in after dark.
Estuary cod, flathead, jacks and bream are in the deeper holes and around structures up Weyba Creek and the back of Noosa Sound and its worth taking a few pots as there are quite a few sand crabs on the move there as well.
The Noosaville reaches to Tewantin is worth a try on the sand flats for whiting, bream and flathead with live beach worms or yabbies best baits. There is plenty of fish being caught from the ski run to the mouth of Lake Cooroibah for all the common types plus a few jacks, jewfish, golden trevally and threadfin salmon thrown in. It’s always worth having a live bait fish floating out the back.
Further up between the lakes is also worth the venture and fish the deeper holes. Towards the top of each tide is fishing best on both run in and out tides.
There is a bit of weather about this week but looks like clearing up towards the weekend but the calm overcast conditions are great for fishing.

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

Tom from Melbourne was stoked to have this huge muddie cooked up in a special steamed sauce whilst he was fishing on the Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventure boat.

The school holidays are building up with lots of boating activity causing the fish to get a little timid however patients will still be rewarded with some good fish.
The river mouth although slow still is producing some bream, flathead, trevally and the odd good tailor.
The Frying Pan and Woods Bays have whiting, flathead and bream on the bite and the back of Noosa Sound and Weyba Creek is worth a shot for some trevally, flathead, and the odd estuary cod and jacks into the evening. From Munna Point through the Noosaville reaches to Tewantin is good for whiting on the sand flats, beam and flathead in the deeper parts and live worms seem the best bait.
Between the ski run and car ferry there are an assortment of fish on the bite and some larger predators about too whilst up before Lake Cooroibah there are flathead, grunter bream and mangrove jack. Jacks and jew are still on the go between the top lakes and maybe a threadfin salmon as well. Try mullet strips or live bait for best results. The last of the run out and incoming tides are more active. With the recent rains there are a few nice muddies washed down river too.
Just a shower or two and a late storm midweek and into the weekend but there will be plenty breaks and sunshine to get some good fishing in.

Natalie and Charlie over from Toowoomba were stoked to land this thumper whiting on their Noosa Fishing and Crab Adventures trip.
It’s great to see the kids as well as the big kids have so much fun.
Well the school holidays are here and the river has got busy so the lower reaches were a bit quiet with a lot of timid fish about. However the river mouth still produced a few bream and flathead whilst in the Frying Pan there are whiting and flathead. The Woods Bay and Point is still good for flathead, tailor and some trevally and the back of Noosa Sound and Weyba Creek a few mangrove jack and trevally. Try the deeper holes and around the snags or structures.
It’s fairing a bit better up river where quieter with whiting, flathead and bream being caught right through from Munna Point to past the ski run and up to the mouth of Lake Cooroibah with a few chopper tailor thrown in as well.
If you venture up between the top lakes late into the evening with some livies or mullet strips you should get into some good sized jacks and jew too.
Both tides are fishing fine but avoid the bottom of each cycle if you can and if targeting whiting and bream live beach worms are the go.
With a bit of a downpour this week its worth taking a few crab pots with you as hopefully a few muddies will be on the move and washed out.
It looks like a few showers about this week but likely to fine up for another fabulous weekend on the Noosa River so good fishing and boat safely.

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

Maria landed this prize sized whiting on a fishing adventure on Noosa Fishing and Crab last weekend.
She had a great holiday up from Canberra and loved her fishing experience in Noosa River.

The river mouth has been firing with good catches of trevally, flathead, tailor and the odd kingfish with the Frying Pan and Woods Bay producing nice whiting, and bream as well as the odd tailor.
Weyba Creek and the back of Noosa Sound is worth a try for mangrove jack around the structures, moses perch and estuary cod while Munna Point through the Noosaville reaches has whiting, bream and flathead on the bite.
Noosa Marina is always worth a try for jacks after dark and before the car ferry and first lake is the go for flathead, whiting and grunter bream. There is also the odd school jew, threadfin salmon and jacks on the prowl each side of Lake Cooroibah and the top lake. Try live herring, white bait or lures for larger predators and live sand worms or prawns for whiting, bream and flathead.
Both tides are fishing well but if you can avoid the bottom of the low tide.
There are a few sand crabs up Weyba Creek too so well worth throwing in a couple pots on your way out fishing.
Warm days ahead this week with the chance of some late storms over the weekend but plenty of time to get in a good days fishing in Noosa River.

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