To help keep our recreational fishers and fisheries officers safe during COVID-19 consider downloading your recreational fishing fee receipt onto your smartphone or tablet device and assist with social distancing and minimise contact. To access your digital licence, you'll need to have a MyServiceNSW Account and the latest version of the Service NSW app. Then [...]
A new Total Allowable Catch (TAC) determination is required to be made for the following quota species for the fishing period 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022: Have your say DPI Fisheries invites all members of the public, including all stakeholders and interest groups, to make submissions on the appropriate level of TAC for the [...]
In late 2018 NSW DPI released 9000 Yellowtail Kingfish into Botany Bay, with a further 6500 released last year. Researchers are attempting to determine the contribution of these fish to the recreational fishery within the Sydney region and have initiated a small citizen science program. By collecting fin clips of captured fish, genetics can be [...]
Recreational fishers will be able to fish for Murray cod all year in Victoria’s west with the three-month closed season to be removed from the Wimmera and Millicent basins, except the Wimmera River. Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) CEO Travis Dowling said extensive consultation has shown strong support from recreational fishers to remove the closed season [...]
The Andrews Labor Government has reached its target of stocking 8 million fish in Victoria’s iconic rivers and lakes over the past 12 months, bolstering fishing opportunities for the future. The record stocking was an exciting achievement and included landmark stocking events such as the Victorian-first release of dusky flathead fingerlings and increased efforts to [...]
FASTER FISHING FOR REELTIME 13 APRIL 2021 — For Matt Cini’s Victorian-based Reel Time Fishing Charters, COVID has been good news for him and bad news for fish. “We had a pause when people couldn’t go outdoors, but around the middle of October when we reopened our doors it was just chaos,” Matt said. “We’re struggling [...]
Community consultation has begun on plans to improve on-water access to the Maribyrnong River by building the river’s first public recreational boat ramp at Ascot Vale. The $1.6 million project is part of the Andrew Labor Government’s unprecedented investment to improve boating in Victoria, complementing the Victorian Fisheries Authority’s (VFA) Maribyrnong River Native Fish Revival [...]
Andrew McGovern shares his tips for chasing winter bream in and along the edges of various features and waterways. The author with a cracking black bream of 1.32kgs I have been fascinated with the idea of catching bream through the coldest months of the year ever since I read an article several decades [...]
Retrofitting lures with new trebles and split rings is something that all anglers will do at some stage. Stephen Booth shares the secrets to doing so successfully. These days, there are myriad quality products on tackle store shelves for retrofitting lures, meaning there are no excuses for simply putting ‘whatever-hook-you-have’ on your lures. From the [...]
