Simrad Yachting, a leader in marine electronics and navigation, today introduced the NSX® ULTRAWIDE, the world’s first fully-featured ultrawide marine display. Delivering all the benefits of dual screens in one place, the new NSX ULTRAWIDE is up to 63% wider than the NSX* and provides a more streamlined and immersive experience resulting in an elevated [...]

Efforts to protect Macquarie perch are being bolstered with the endangered species given protected status, banning their take by recreational fishers from two remaining Victorian waterways. Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) CEO Travis Dowling said take of the native fish, commonly known as ‘Maccas’, had been prohibited as part of an effort to give wild populations [...]

The aim was to create a range of high-performance light surf rods to join the TT Fishing stable, and Siva delivers. Designed for anglers casting lures or baits from the bank, beach, or rocks in search of tailor, mulloway, salmon and other saltwater predators, the Siva range is built on light, responsive and powerful Toray [...]

NSW DPI has developed priority actions for the Trout Cod Program including the development of the Trout Cod Action Plan, a 10-year roadmap to guide the recovery of the endangered Trout Cod in NSW. Four consultations were held across inland NSW in Wagga, Barooga, Bathurst and Queanbeyan in recent months in addition to the online [...]

It’s no secret that mulloway live here but it doesn’t make them any easier to catch. Mark Gercovich details a variety of techniques that can be used to catch that elusive silver prize. What it’s all about – some Glenelg mulloway. You don’t need to bust out the barra gear to tame [...]

Nige Webster has spent much of his fishing time using soft curl tail plastics. Here he describes why they are such an effective lure wherever you choose to fish Humble Beginnings It is widely known that soft plastics with a curly tail catch fish. The now seemingly ancient Mister Twisters with their multiple tails used [...]

Following on from Jason Wilhelm’s last instalment, here he details a highly effective technique utilising soft plastics in thick sub-surface weed – a technique known as ‘ripping’. The water level was dropping at an alarming rate. The big drought that Australia faced back in mid-2005 was affecting a number of freshwater lakes around Australia, and [...]

Lake Eucumbene is nestled high in the southern alps of New South Wales and is regarded as mainland Australia’s premier trout fishery. It is part of the Snowy Mountain Hydro Electric Scheme and sits 1200 m above sea level. The lake is a vast open body of water which makes it susceptible to high winds [...]

Mercury Marine is revving up the summer excitement for boaters offering a retail finance deal on select 25 to V6 225hp outboards just in time for the warm weather. Mercury is offering a finance comparison rate of 4.99% on a range of select FourStroke and Pro XS outboards as part of the ‘Repower Now’ campaign, [...]

A new code of conduct for fishers is being unveiled today in time for summer and the reopening of Perth and South West blue swimmer crab fisheries tomorrow, 1 December. The Crabbing Code of Conduct developed by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) for recreational crabbing in Western Australia provides guidelines on [...]