By Carl ‘Cid’ Dubois Terry and I stood on the ramp in the pre-dawn gloom, gazing out at the whitecaps whipped up by the 25 knot southerly that, according to various websites, wouldn’t be here until the afternoon. Our plans to chase the reported schools of tailor were quickly shattered. Terry turned to me and [...]
Warren Keelan tests a few techniques on some of the east coast’s hardest fighting bandits. Pound for pound, the aptly named kingfish is one of the toughest and most sought after species on the east coast of Australia. Their ability to burn line off a spool is legendary – and as I have experienced first [...]
There is no doubting that jigging is one of the more high octane and energy sapping styles of fishing today. Jarrod Day shares his knowledge on this art. This highly effective technique of jigging requires a fair level of fitness, with some anglers pushing their limits by enduring a gym training programs prior to embarking [...]
Late each spring yellowtail kingfish turn up along the Victorian coastline, usually when the water temperature rises in excess of 16 degrees. Scott Gray explains how to target these mighty pelagics. Each year the dawning of spring and the rising temperatures bring new hopes about how good the coming season will be and wonderment about [...]
After a break of 8 years the Arnhem Land Fly Week is back. The Barra Lodge will host Arnhem land Fly Week from 9 - 15 November 2023, during the Build-up fishing season. Join our celebrity guest, renowned fly fishing guide and award-winning cameraman John Haenke, for 5 days of fly fishing in remote fish-rich [...]
Recreational fishers are reminded that the annual fishing closure for Australian Bass and Estuary Perch in all coastal rivers and estuaries in NSW will commence on Monday 1 May 2023. NSW Department Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries Deputy Director General, Sean Sloan said the zero-bag limit over this four-month period helps protect the native fish species [...]
Recreational fishers are reminded that the annual trout fishing spawning stream rules commence from Monday 1 May 2023 in the region’s two declared spawning streams. NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Deputy Director General Fisheries, Sean Sloan said the annual trout spawning stream fishing rules apply to the Thredbo River and its tributaries and the [...]
Jigging big fish off southern Queensland and northern New South Wales over late winter and spring is not for the faint hearted By Roderick Walmsley I pulled the throttles back on the big Steber, RU4REEL, and, as she settled in the water, I turned my focus to my two sounders. The reef rose up out [...]
By Bill Classon Traditionally Port Phillip anglers bait fish for snapper from an anchored boat, using berley as an attractant, but smart anglers are now using a drift approach to deadly effect. This feisty spring time snapper fell for a jighead rigged squid dragged on the bottom through patches of schooled fish Port [...]
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