Fishing

CALL fish to your soft plastic or other lure and enjoy the brutal surface strikes triggered by the TT Lures BuzzlockZ. BuzzlockZ feature a clear, four-bladed buzz blade designed to create water movement, noise and a bubble trail that attracts predators and triggers brutal strikes. They come fitted with a TT Lures ChinlockZ SWS jig head to lock your soft …

SHIMANO’S durable and award-winning Stradic CI4+ series of spin reels has been given a total revamp for the upcoming season. Packed with the sort of features discerning light line anglers get excited about, the 2500CI4+ FB model won the Best New Reel Category at the recent Australian Fishing Trade Show on the Gold Coast. This reel series is all about …

THE Switchbait flathead fishing shirt is here. Flathead are Australia’s favourite species and without argument one of the tastiest estuary inhabitants. This Switchbait creation features the dusky flathead exploding from the sand on a weed-lined flat. Fish longer and jig stronger! The Switchbait performance fishing polo has been tested on the water in Aussie conditions, and Switchbait shirts will keep you …

THE 7’11”, two-piece Venom Stickbait rods are built on a Venom-patented high-modulus graphite blank coupled with Fuji Silicone K guides to give exceptional casting performance. The softer tip of the Venom Stickbait rods, when compared to the Venom Popping series, gives better action to stickbaits and allows the angler to work the lures through calm and rough conditions perfectly. Tested …

FISHERS are being reminded that barramundi will be off limits in the Gulf of Carpentaria from midday 7 October 2016 until midday 1 February 2017. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP) acting district manager Tony Loader said the closure was in place to protect barramundi stock during their vulnerable spawning season. “Barramundi typically aggregate in one area to spawn, making …

My favourite snags are the ones out in the middle of the river that have washed down in previous floods and become wedged on the bottom. These snags rarely get fished and often hold good schools of jacks, including some really great fish over 50cm. I like to vertically jig these snags. Most of them are in deep water of …

The fish are starting to school up in greater numbers and feeding time brings massive catch rates of big fish. These feeding windows vary from day to day and can last from a couple of minutes to all day. You won’t catch fish if there aren’t any fish near you, so a sounder is a must when searching for these …

We find it is best to chase barramundi in the Great Sandy Strait during September and October and again shortly after the closed season (November 1 to February 1). With the warmer water temperature the barra become far more active and aggressive. Water temps around 25C are often best for chasing barra. Anything lower and they tend to be quite …

THE Wilson Mystique Combos are super-durable combos that include a rod, reel and line. Built for the everyday angler, Wilson Mystique Combos feature a solid glass tip section blended seamlessly into a hollow glass butt section. These two-piece rods are designed to put the fun back into fishing for anglers who are not out there every day. Available in different …

Z-MAN 4” Turbo CrawZ are deadly jig, chatterbait and spinnerbait trailers as well as versatile soft plastic presentations in their own right. The specially designed Turbo ClawZ of Turbo CrawZ thump at even the slightest rod movement or reel crank and the buoyant, 10X Tough ElaZtech material allows the claws to rise up off the bottom in a natural defensive …