SPORT Weekend sports wrap Spectacular fishing

quick pace through a school is always a winner.

The average size tailor being landed is around 38cm with a few amongst them hit the ruler at 47cm.

mark plus cobia and amber jack.

The winter whiting have continued to entertain and feed families who have been chasing them.

Brendan Bowers

MOST local sporting competitions returned over the weekend after breaking for the school holidays.

The Bundaberg Rugby League competition was a local derby match when Wallaroos hosted the Hervey Bay Seagulls.

It was also the last game in the annual George Baumann Memorial Shield.

A spirited display by the Hervey Bay Seagulls was not enough to stop Wallaroos from winning at home 32-18.

Wests Panthers defeated East Magpies 30-24 in other A-grade matches, while Waves Tigers were too strong for Past Brothers, winning 24-16.

Wallaroos play the West Panthers this week, and the Hervey Bay Seagulls play Waves Tigers, with both games in Bundaberg.

FQPL action had Doon Villa and Sunbury travelling to Bundaberg to play.

Sunbury played SC Corinthians and secured an 8-2 win, with Khody Birt scoring four goals, Lucas Parry three, and Braith Carter one goal.

Across the Waves was too strong for the KSS Jets, winning 5-0, while Doon Villa fell to the United Park Eagles 4-0.

In the final game, the Fraser Flames met Bingera in Hervey Bay, with the visitors winning 5-4. Sunbury meets the United Park Eagles this week, while the Doon Villa and Fraser Flames scheduled game has been postponed.

In the women’s competition, the Fraser Flames won 6-1 over Bingera, while the United Park Eagles defeated Doon Villa 3-0.

In the final match, Across the Waves defeated the KSS Jets.

This week the women’s competition begins on Friday, with Doon Villa hosting the Fraser Flames and Tinana hosting the

United Park Eagles.

The Fraser Coast Hockey competition continued with matches played in Hervey Bay.

Scores were unavailable at the time of going to print

This week Maryborough Hockey Association hosts the Fraser Coast competitions, with CBR playing HB Brothers and Granville Tigers up against Magpies in the men’s while the Granville Rovers and Magpies and Bolts and UniRoos clash in the women’s.

In the Wide Bay AFL competitions, the Hervey Bay Bombers proved too strong for Bay Power in the men’s, winning 15.898 to 11.4-70.

The result was reversed in the women’s, with Bay Power winning 2.3-15 to 0.2-2.

This week Bay Power hosts The Waves in Hervey Bay while the Hervey Bay Bombers travel to Bundaberg to play Brothers Bulldogs.

Solutions

From FREEDOM FISHING SUPPLIES

THE good times are going to continue to roll and Mother Nature has really put on some spectacular weather lately.

Let’s check out what’s been caught right across the Fraser Coast.

Let’s face it, when it comes to spoilt, you’d be hard pressed to beat the smooth and calm waters of the Great Sandy Strait.

The past week was glorious, and the upcoming weekend is looking just as good, and with plenty of fish being caught it’s no wonder the car parks at the local ramps are full.

We’re well into winter now and the tailor are on the chew.

Mid to shallow trolling lures are working well around the ledges and drop off plus 20g to 40g white, blue or sliver slugs cast and retrieved at a

Another positive for the protected waters of the Strait is the abundance of bait available; small minnow fish, hardy head and pencil squid plus the whiting’s favourite the humble yabbies.

So, a cast net, squid jig and yabbie pump these days are an essential item for a successful day of fishing.

As the water temp’s have dropped, you’ll see a decrease in the movements of the mud crabs and sand crabs with only the occasional ones being caught, but a bonus is that the ones that are getting around are really full.

The inshore reefs such as Sammies, Kimbackers and the Artificial have all been popular spots for landing a fresh feed of reefies – scarlets, squire, cod, blackall and parrot all being caught, and for the bigger boats who got up Fraser Island reported coral trout, red emperor, good size snapper around the 6kg

Important Information

Again the best bait presentation is a yabbie, worm, striped squid or the bloody Gulp worm, and best places are in the deep waters out off Tinnanbar, Point Vernon or Toogoom/ Burrum Heads.

Almost as addictive as whiting fishing is squiding.

Many have been jagging a few squid down around Poona and Boonooroo even in waters up to 8m deep, or walking the flats and around the rocks of an evening with a hand spear.

Out over the bottom Wide Bay Bar fishos are landing nice spangled emperor, snapper, pearlies. red emperor and mixed parrot and cod.

Not to mention the pelagic species such as cobia, Spanish mackerel and GT’s. Most found using the popular squid and pillie combination bait worked the best, as well as a large striped flesh bait.

As from the 1st of July the recreational possession limit for East Coast Spanish mackerel has changed to one fish per person, or two fish per boat with two or more recreational fishers on board (the boat limit will not apply to licensed charter fishing trips). Snapper and pearl perch will be a no-take species for all fishers from 12.01am on the 15th July, reopening at 12.01am on the 16th August.

THIS WEEK'S BRAG BOARD

The staff here at Freedom have been out and about getting to wet a line, lets have a look. First up is the boss; Michelle landed this 87cm horse of a blackall. Lissy had a ball flicking our fav Yo-Zuri Crystal Shrimp HRT lure landing this nice flathead. Sheree gave the live herring a go and was rewarded with a very nice black bream. Last but definitely not least, Margs also landed a nice blackall in the Strait.