Navico Group, the world’s leading supplier of integrated systems and products, today announced a partnership with Whittley Marine Group, Australia’s premier manufacturer of fiberglass boats. As a part of this agreement, Whittley Marine Group will offer Simrad® multifunction displays and Fathom® e-power system as the electronic and power solution options across its vessels. “We are [...]
Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), today introduced the all-new MerCruiser® T8200 Tow Sport inboard. The engine is built on Mercury’s successful 8.2L V8 big-block platform and includes Smart Tow® digital control systems to transform the biggest watersports boats into the ultimate adrenaline machines. The T8200 joins the T6200 in the Tow [...]
The finishing touches are underway for the Allan Labor Government’s new $2.7 million conservation facility at Snobs Creek with the hatchery set to open its doors to visitors from across the region and Victoria this weekend. Minister for Outdoor Recreation Steve Dimopoulos today toured the new facilities to learn firsthand how populations of threatened fish [...]
More fishing clubs across Victoria are getting a helping hand to upgrade facilities, boost their membership and encourage the next generation of recreational fishers, with new grants backing community-based clubs thanks to the Allan Labor Government. Minister for Outdoor Recreation Steve Dimopoulos today announced 12 grants awarded to local clubs through the Labor Government’s Stronger [...]
Boaties and anglers in Williamstown are set for safer seas thanks to the Allan Labor Government’s expansion of the five-knot speed zone in waters around the local port, coming into effect at the end of April. Situated adjacent to one of the nation's busiest ports, Hobson’s Bay is a beloved destination for water enthusiasts, but [...]
By Derek ‘Paffoh’ Steele Many kayak anglers despair the onset of winter. The lack of morning light accompanied by crisp, cutting air can cause that dreaded alarm clock to sting for days. Kayak fishing in winter, no matter where you’re from, can be an arduous affair. The wind chill can be horrendous on the body [...]
By Kane Dysart These days more and more switched on barra anglers are taking advantage of the dark of night to escape the crowds and fulfil their fishing addictions. Dusk til dawn is prime barra time! Steve Joy with a metre of chrome fizzer munching barra! The benefits of midnight raids [...]
By Mark Gercovich Victoria 2010 saw serious, consistent rain extend from winter well into the early months of summer. Angling options were seriously affected by the deluge and as much as I enjoy my trout and deep water bream fishing, I was getting a little over it and looking for something different. My two young [...]
By Rex Hunt I have loved trout fishing since 1961 when I caught a brownie weighing two pounds – on the old scale – and yes, of course, on a worm just drifting down the run. It was opening morning 1961 and I was fishing the Macalister River below Lake Glenmaggie in east Gippsland, Victoria. [...]
By Mark Gercovich I remember around 15 years ago when one of the children in my class showed me a photo of two kingfish his dad had caught. Now his dad just happened to work on a pro-boat, but still the kings in the picture were two corkers probably somewhere between 12-15kg. What made it [...]
