book now

17 April 2020 fishing report & news

THIS WEEK’S GOLD COAST AND TWEED ESTUARY FISHING REPORT AND NEWS

17 April 2020

Dad joke:

What’s the difference between people from Dubai and people from Abu Dhabi? 

People from Dubai don’t like the Flintstones, and people from Abu Dhabi do ????

SMS 0432 990 302 to book your charter adventure!

Clint caught a feed for the family

FISHING REPORT

We all know that going fishing at the moment is subject to debate. Of course we don’t want boat ramps to be over crowded and seeing people doing unnecessary stops to get fuel and bait.

However being out on a boat or shore fishing alone or with family or one mate is way safer than visiting the supermarket.

Each to their own I guess, as long as it’s safe and legal. Anyway if you are getting out to nature and you’re allowed within your postcode, it is great for morale and spirit.

This colour Pontoon 21 catches its fair share of fish in the cooler months
A peaceful morning at Wavebreak island

The Gold Coast broadwater has been fishing well. During the neap tides I took the opportunity to fish some deeper water around the seaway and North of there. Ecogear ZX40 and Samaki Vibelicious vibes accounted for flathead, snapper, winter whiting, sand whiting, tarwine, bream, and flounder. As always find the bait and you will find the fish.

The flathead are increasing
John with a nice Trevally

Best areas to fish this coming week in lead up to new moon: Runaway Bay foreshore, Budds Beach, Seaway around tide changes, edge of main channel near Marina mirage.

Alaeddin caught this solid flathead on a Ecogear ZX40 lure in Sydney waters

Colours 440, 442, 447 are the best colours in the ZX40 range, while Samaki colours whitebait, brown shrimp and fairy floss catch lots of fish. 

The zx’s resemble prawns, the Samaki Vibelicious forktails mimic bait fish, covering natural food bases in the estuary systems. Smear a bit of Sax Scent goldprawn on your lures every 20 minutes and you’re good to go!

Jaela with a great Trevally

Tweed is still producing whiting on MMD splash prawn surface lures, with Honey Bee and Banana Bender the stand out colours, while flathead are growing in number and size in all local rivers.

Halle with dinner

Useful links:

This week’s special from our facebook store, brand new Autumn pack. You will not see better value anywhere:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/shops/item/3267308776635621/?referral_story_type=shop_pdp_share_deep_link&referral_code=shops_pdp_share

Or here:

https://www.facebook.com/342261075955602/posts/1555659314615766/?d=n

Plus our new echarter/ book offering- 

https://www.facebook.com/342261075955602/posts/1555659834615714/?d=n

First five buyers of either pack today get a free Smithy’s lil mate or Digga lure with every purchase!!!

Browse the rest of our Facebook shop:

https://m.facebook.com/bradsmithfishingcharters/shop

Subscribe to our youtube channel:

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UClkPb52-hCxcfI3isXgVLIw

Join our members club for free here for special offers and exclusive tips and news:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/171395506881679

Finally a huge shout out and thanks to our sponsors, preferred brands and suppliers:

Jetprintz

Sporty’s fishing

Fisho Tackle

Ecogear

MMD splashprawns

Sax scent

Pontoon 21

Samaki

Gillz Australia

Be positive and enjoy the simple things in life. If you’ve got a place to live, bed, food, electricity, hot water, you are lucky!

Cheers

Smithy & Clinto

SMS 0432 990 302 to book your charter adventure!

[cn-social-icon]

[ninja_form id=4]

#playgoldcoast #ourgoldcoast #visitgoldcoast #destinationgoldcoast

#seeaustralia #thisisqueensland #discoveraustralia #goldcoastbulletin

#fishing #goldcoastrivercharters #goldcoastfishingcharters 

@visitqueensland

Share this article on Social Media:

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn

Book your fishing charter today!

Related Articles

2 May 2025 fishing report 🎣

GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clinto 2 May 2025 After yet another rainfall event the water is finally starting to clear again during the run in tides in the Nerang river system. Hinze dam is still spilling and it has been hard to catch fish during run out tides. This week every day there

Read More »

24 April 2025 fishing report 🎣

GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clinto 24 April 2025 Another busy week on the water and it was good to explore further out in the broadwater with favourable weather. Crab island, North currigee, South Currigee, and Runaway bay are all starting to fish well as the water cleans up further.  We caught a variety

Read More »

21 April 2025 fishing report 🎣🐣

GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clinto 21 April 2025 Great to see the fishing firing up this week as the water clears and the rain goes away. We caught big numbers of sand whiting, winter whiting, grunter, bream, tarwhine, and a few flathead using yabbies, beach worms, and blade vibes.  There is lots of

Read More »