It has been a busy start to the 2022 year for the Get Hooked, it’s fun to fish program, with 80 schools registered already. Students across the state have been attending fishing workshops, tours of DPI research and hatchery breeding facilities as well as having Fishcare Volunteers and staff attend in class lessons. Registrations for [...]
The NSW DPI Game Fish Tagging program is the largest saltwater tagging program of its kind in the world. Having been in operation since 1973, the program has now seen over half a million fish tagged by recreational anglers. A huge thank you to all the anglers, skippers and clubs who have contributed to this 500k milestone! [...]
In a recent collection of frames from the Illawarra area, one of the reds donated was a 68cm fish that was aged at a staggering 40 years old. This means it was born in 1981! Not only is this fish the oldest aged for the RAP, but it is also the oldest snapper aged from [...]
Five Recreational Fishing Havens have now received a significant boost of dusky flathead fingerlings, marking the end of the most successful dusky stocking season. Over recent weeks 23,200 fingerlings have been released into Lake Macquarie, a well-known flattie hotspot to the north of Sydney. And in a marine stocking first, the Camden Haven River, on the Mid [...]
Western rock lobster (WRL) is important to Western Australia as our biggest commercial fishery and for the economic value it generates through both the commercial and recreational sectors. Our unique crayfish species brings enjoyment to recreational fishers and seafood lovers alike. Annual surveys of WRL recreational catches have been completed since 1986/87 to capture fishing [...]
• Six international students join first graduates of Graduate Certificate in Fish Conservation and Management • International graduates were funded through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research • The course aims to increase capacity of people interested in river management and restoration • Graduates will celebrate during a ceremony in Albury-Wodonga on Monday 11 [...]
Penstock Lagoon , Central Highlands, Tasmania Dear VFFA members, The Australian Ladies World Fly Fishing Team are raising money for Casting for Recovery by holding a fishing day at Penstock Lagoon on Sunday 24 April. You can help in a variety of ways: 1. Book in to join us at Penstock Lagoon for fun day [...]
The Airnorth Ladies Fishing Classic is in its 18th year, held in remote Nhulunbuy, East Arnhem Land the tournament fishes some of the most remote and pristine waters in Australia. The fishing is so easy here, located between the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria , a prolific amount of tropical fish are for [...]
PETER MORRIS shares the secrets to successfully fish Borumba’s backwaters. Whether you refer to them as ‘dams’ or ‘stocked impoundments’, one can’t deny that our man-made waterways can have you fooled at times. As you weave amongst dead timber, cast towards banks thick in vegetation or look upwards to mountainous surrounding rainforest, it can be [...]
As Damian Bowman prepared to dream of kayaks and sailfish in Rompin, Malaysia, he made a concerted effort to touch base with an angler who had already achieved the epic feat. He shares part one of his amazing Sailfish Madness story. From a personal perspective, the biggest motivation in fishing is personal bests. I have [...]
