With the recent good weather, more boats have been able to fish the islands with mackerel schools being found around the Muiron Islands. One customer has been catching a few on Ballyhoo pushers, even throwing it back over with only half of the skirt left and hooking another! Another customer reported seeing a sailfish at the top of the north island apparently sunning itself in about eight metres of water. A couple of wahoo were caught by people trolling back from the islands on Sunday.

Anglers trying for billfish have been rewarded with plenty of strikes from small blacks and sailfish.

The good weather has also seen good sized gardies being caught along the gulf beaches with whiting and bream also being caught. Please check the sizes of the bream as most are just under the 300mm needed and just remember that these fish are in the marina spawning so leave some to replenish the stocks.

Squid are being caught both on the west side and in the gulf by shore and boat fishers. The marina has been firing for bream and some of the smaller species. The crabs have all but disappeared from the Bay of Rest with only a few being caught with a lot in berry. There are a few mud crabs starting to be caught down there too.

There have been good reports of red emperor, rankin cod and coronation cod being caught out from Tantabiddi, but some anglers are losing a few to the sharks that are patrolling the schools out from there. There have been good reports of spangled emperor inside the reef.