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 [...]

Recreational fishers are being encouraged to have their say on a proposal to improve freshwater fishing opportunities by removing the three-month closed season for Murray cod in all waters of the Wimmera and Millicent basins, excluding the Wimmera River. Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) CEO Travis Dowling said removing the closed season in these two basins [...]

Better boating facilities are on the way for far East Gippsland, with concept design work to begin on an upgraded ramp and jetty at Cape Conran. Minister for Fishing and Boating Melissa Horne said, having delivered on the Andrews Labor Government’s commitment to make public boat ramps across Victoria free, Better Boating Victoria (BBV) is [...]

Another upgraded boat ramp is on the way for Phillip Island with design and planning commissioned to improve boating facilities at the Cowes boat ramp. Minister for Fishing and Boating Melissa Horne said the upgrades would make launching and retrieving easier and safer at the popular ramp. The Cowes boat ramp upgrade is part of [...]