THE Ecooda X Compact’s low-profile style and sleek gunmetal grey cosmetics ooze quality and sophistication. Built on a strong, one-piece aluminium frame with precisely machined brass gears and a CNC-machined aluminium spool, these reels are built to handle anything from cagey bass to impoundment barra. With 6+1 stainless steel ball bearings, carbon fibre drag washers and a magnetic cast control …

THE perfect choice for any experienced Alvey user who enjoys targeting bread and butter species using light-action surf rods, the Ripfighter62 features a narrow, shallow spool on a lightweight graphite back and balances beautifully on any low-mount 10’6” to 12’ light surf rod. Featuring a slightly thinner spindle than the 600B and a long-life stainless steel bush, this new 625BRRT …

WORLD Tuna Day – being celebrated today – is an opportunity to acknowledge one of the most popular and widely consumed fish in the world. Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Anne Ruston said World Tuna Day also promoted the sustainable management of global tuna stocks. “Those of us who love tuna also want to ensure future generations can …

THE Wilson Venom Barra Spin is a brilliant 6kg spin stick designed for those fishing tight structure with spin gear. With a light tip to allow for easy casting, the Barra Spin is a 5’9” spin stick with plenty of backbone to deal back the punishment fish including barra, threadfin, mangrove jack and fingermark like to dish out. Rated for …

THE Bagley Minnow B 05 is a shallow-diving fish slayer, with an irresistible action and internal rattle chambers. It is a 5” floating jerk minnow with Bagley’s legendary action and internal rattle chambers that call fish to the lure. Twitch it and pause it to attract brutal surface strikes, or punch, roll and pause it sub-surface to draw fish out of …

Drivers benefit from the addition of high-quality LED Optitron meters and a 4.2” multi-information display accessible through a new steering-wheel switch. Externally, the Altitude special edition is distinguished by LED foglamps, rain-sensing wipers and Altitude badging. All these in-demand features result in a value price of $93,460, representing a premium of just $4630 for the Altitude package over the GXL turbo-diesel. …

So what can we expect after these floods? Well I feel it could be late April or the start of May before it really cleans up, so with a bit of luck the water will be clear for the start of our flathead, bream and winter snapper seasons. We might even see the start of the winter whiting season. The …

AFTER considering the latest available science and data, the independent Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission agreed to the revised Harvest Strategy for the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery  and set new total allowable catch limits for the 2017-18 fishing season, commencing May 1, 2017. Underpinning the Harvest Strategy was further testing undertaken during 2016 and advice from the SPF Scientific Panel and …

SEQWATER has extended the deadline for its 2017 Water for life community grants program to make sure those impacted by ex-tropical cyclone Debbie have the opportunity to apply for funding. Seqwater acting chief executive officer Jim Pruss said the closing date for submission of detailed applications had been pushed from May 1 to May 15, 2017. The annual program offers …

A TEAM of scientists at the Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia have come up with a remedy for a highly lethal and contagious prawn disease that could save millions for farmers. Injections of silver nanoparticles were successfully tested in Mexico, where the white spot syndrome virus epidemic in prawns has been a huge problem for several years. The drug developed by …