It’s a cracking time to get outdoors and enjoy the final weeks of summer with your family. For those keen on spending time in the great outdoors, fishing is a fantastic activity to get involved in with your family and offers a multitude of benefits beyond simply catching fish. To help get you started, we’ve put [...]

At the end of 2024, we asked recfishers to let us know where they’ve been locked out or blocked from accessing public land in Victoria. You know, a spot that suddenly has a locked gate or a fence installed, ‘Keep Out’ signage, blocked unused roads, closed public tracks or anything else blocking our access to [...]

During the Christmas and school holidays many fishers had a go throwing a line or simply enjoying some time by the water on the many Sydney wharves and piers. DPIRD Fisheries would like to thank those who fished responsibly and with respect over this busy time period and being conscious of not impeding ferry commuters [...]

If you're planning to fish this summer, remember that the Service NSW website is the ONLY official site for paying your NSW Recreational Fishing Fee. Recently, non-government websites have been offering to purchase fishing licences for you – but they’re charging unnecessary service fees. The official NSW recreational fishing fees are: $7 for 3 days $14 for 1 [...]

???? Join our new facebook community group! Women in Recreational Fishing NSW Facebook Group Why let the other states have all the fun? It's time to change the game in NSW!   We're here to celebrate your grassroot female fisher and create a safe inclusive space to share your pics, get advice, and connect and catch up with [...]

Join the thousands of school students in NSW who have been part of our free and fun NSW Schools Program! Our program will introduce students to all things ‘fishy’, when your school registers to the FREE Get Hooked...It’s Fun to Fish program designed for students from Stage 2 in NSW, including High School students. Here’s [...]

REMINDER: Public Consultation On the Draft Aboriginal Fishing Regulation Continuing Don’t miss the final public consultation webinar scheduled for this Friday, 7 February 2025 from 11am - 12.30pm. If you are interested in participating in this online webinar session visit our website today to register your interest. Find out more information on who the draft regulation applies to, [...]

A revamped concrete boat ramp at Laanecoorie Reservoir’s Brownbill Reserve has opened today making getting out onto the water easier for Victorian families. Funded by the reinvestment of recreational boaters’ licence and registration fees through the Victorian Government’s Better Boating Fund, the ramp and parking has been relocated 160 metres westward, providing boating access away [...]

When Anthony and Jodi Heeney, owners of Port Jet Cruises, set out to find the best engines for his newly custom-built Ocean Rider, one option stood out – the Mercury 350hp V10 SeaPro. He rigged the new vessel with a triple outboard setup and didn’t stop there, also upgrading his older Wave Rider with triple [...]

Rising out of a friendly kayak fishing challenge for 4 mates on NSW’s Lake Macquarie, the national series of Yak Hunters competitions is up and about and bending rods across 4 states. To find out more about this well-oiled series of kayak fishing competitions, Robbie Waller talks with Yak Hunters big cheese Luke Lispet. “Yak [...]