George Gabriel goes toe-to-toe with Victoria’s bronzed brawlers. Victorians don’t have much in the way of game fishing from kayaks, but with the warmer currents pushing down from the east coast during the summer months, both Port Phillip Bay and Western Port receive an influx of bronze whaler sharks to fill the void. As these [...]

John Costello straps into his kayak with one mission in mind: finding jack. The mangrove jack earns its brutal fighting reputation with every hook up. In recent times, luring techniques accounting for monster sized estuary jacks in South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales have triggered an obsessive interest with anglers looking to try [...]

The Andrews Labor Government is encouraging farmers, fishers, campers and outdoor enthusiasts to have their say on proposed regulations to govern recreational activity on Crown Land with river frontage and grazing licences. In 2018, the Government committed to guarantee access to fishing and camping on Crown Land that has grazing licences and water frontage to [...]

Currawong Lakes, TAS, March 1, 2021 – Mark Wilkins from Team Tumby Bayers from Tumby Bayer, South Australia, has been crowned as the 2020 Bayer Big Fish Challenge Rural Angler of the Year. The year-long challenge, raising funds and awareness for men's mental wellbeing, culminated on Sunday at Currowong Lakes, Tasmania where the finalists met [...]

What is the Ovens River Challenge? The Ovens River Challenge is a “Fishing & Social” event for recreational anglers who are passionate about our native or trout fisheries and the health of our waterways. This Event is a population monitoring “Catch, Measure & Release” event for native fish and trout. Dates & Location of the [...]

The Gippsland Lakes are another step closer to being back to a recreational fishing mecca with a Victorian-first stocking of 42,000 dusky flathead fingerlings at Metung and Lakes Entrance this week. Minister for Fishing and Boating Melissa Horne said stocking the Lakes with popular species such as dusky flathead was a key part of the [...]

Egersund, Norway – C-MAP, a leader in digital marine cartography and cloud-based mapping, has today launched a re-designed, simplified charting portfolio for Lowrance®, Simrad® and B&G® chartplotter with the introduction of C-MAP DISCOVER & REVEAL. Replacing the MAX-N+ range, C-MAP REVEAL charts display the very best of C-MAP. It boasts stunning seafloor and inland Shaded [...]

Andrew McGovern unlocks some hidden secrets into some of the more unusual, yet productive areas and techniques to target the illusive ‘Grey Ghost’. Profile of the mysterious mulloway. Having been involved in sport fishing for over four decades now, I am confident in saying that no fish is held in higher regard than [...]

That was the question angling historian and author Harvey J Taylor posed to the Tasmanian Government in 1999 – much was available in the written form but no attempt had been made to retain and display physical artefacts of the history of angling in Tasmania – what was needed was a museum where the public [...]

Recreational fishers rejoice as an action packed and informative day is planned for the return of the free Murray Codference in April this year. Victorian Fisheries Authority CEO Travis Dowling said the Codference, on Sunday 18 April, would be a welcome addition to the calendars of freshwater diehards. “The Codference is a free event funded [...]