It was only a month or so ago, during the transition of seasons, that we were complaining about the lack of fish both offshore and in the bay. Well things have improved as I keep receiving good reports from the Gold Coast to Mooloolaba. Even I managed to sneak out for a solo run in Salt Shaker III
Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show 2013 – starts Thursday!
The Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show starts Thursday 23 May and finishes Sunday. It's considered to be Australia's premiere 'big boat' show with its 'on water' displays and huge marquees with the latest electronics for those upgrades! Professional Boat Care will have three of our customers'
Blue Marlin bite yesterday!
The Professional Boat Care maintained 'Liberty', reported a sensational day Blue Marlin fishing on the continental shelf grounds, east of Moreton Island yesterday! They went 6 strikes, had 5 on and tagged and released 3 including a relatively rare Shortbill Spearfish. These grounds are some 20NM
Finally, some good boating weather!
Not since mid January have we seen such good boating weather as we had last weekend, and it couldn't have been more timely. It was a busy one around the bay with the Moreton Bay Game Fishing Club hosting their annual tournament based out of the club land adjacent to the Tangalooma Wrecks. The
Little Black Marlin are still on!!
It ain't over, till it's over!! Just when I thought I should be packing away my light tackle marlin gear, we have seen another great report come in from The Trench off Cape Moreton over the weekend. Sunshine Coast boat, Big Business reported 49 strikes, 32 hook ups and 11 tagged and released. This
Hobart Wooden Boat Festival 2013
Hobart's Wooden Boat Festival held every second year around Constitution Dock has become a 'must see' event for any serious wooden boat enthusiast. Held last weekend, the event attracts a huge following from Brisbane's wooden boat community. It has a very different feel to your normal boat show as
Ex Cyclone Oswald mayhem!
As late as Wednesday last week Professional Boat Care was busy preparing customers' boats for the Australia Day long weekend. However, two days later the forecast took a turn for the worse as ex-cyclone Oswald started to track south. Before we knew it we were frantically doubling up our customers'
It doesn’t get any better than this!
Giant black marlin fishing on the Great Barrier Reef is without doubt the pinnacle of fishing, so it's little wonder it attracts anglers from around the globe. No where else in the world do you have a greater chance, at any minute, of catching a 'grander' black marlin, that is a fish that weighs
RQYS Opening Day photos
The 2012 RQYS sailing season was officially opened by the Govenor of Queensland, Ms Penelope Wensley. It is always a wonderful spectacle of 'dressed' vessels and pomp and ceremony. For this years' Opening Day I took my daughter Josephine along, and she was thrilled to meet Matt Belcher, our RQYS