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Finishing second in the Pro division was last year’s champion Mitchell Cone with a six-out-of-six bag totalling 6.26kg. Mitchell earned himself a $1000 Atomic cheque, $1000 Frogleys Offshore voucher, Garmin VIRB camera, Tonic Eyewear, $590 Atomic entry credits voucher and the Atomic Championship second-place trophy. Mitchell gave it his all and really stepped up in this big event, proving how …

MAKE your boat safer and easier to run with Whittley Marine’s new engine and power management system. The company has joined forces with Garmin and Volvo Penta to release the system, which will be standard on all models from the giant-killing Whittley SL 22 and evergreen CR 2380 cruiser all the way up to the largest vessels in the fleet. …

A BRISBANE boat skipper who refused to stop his vessel and motored off on the Logan River has been fined $1500 for obstructing fisheries officers. Beenleigh Magistrates’ Court imposed the penalty for a charge of obstruction, a serious offence under fisheries laws that has a maximum penalty of $126,150. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol field officer James Hohenhaus said officers …

As we looked into buying our new car, we made the bold decision to make it a memorable experience, and what better way to do so than to turn a purchase into an adventure! So we expanded our search south to Melbourne and soon enough found the perfect canvas. It was a tidy ZD30 CRD Patrol with low kilometres and …

We’ve had another fantastic week of Gold Coast weather and with more good weather on the way you should get out and make the most of the local fishing action. Customers have been getting stuck into some good fishing this week. Anglers have been making the most of the light winds and small swell this week, getting stuck into nice …

  I now have in stock soft plastics, jigs n braid, thanks to my good customers advice.  All quality too.   Even sold out of the nuclear chicken lures they told me to get in.    Yes the weather has been anything from absolute glass to abhorren..  The S.B.M.A. Boat yard, emptied out with the notion of good weather and good fish on …

Even with a bit of rain around it’s been a good week to get out and about on the Gold Coast and chase a few fish, let’s see what was biting. The Gold Coast Seaway has been a great spot for a variety of fish firing this week, and our customers have reported good catches of Bream, Squire, Tailor, Trevally, …

THERE’S good news for Whittley owners and trailer boat aficionados alike – the Whittley R&D team has come up with the very latest in high-tech on-board operating systems to install on its popular range of trailer boats. Presenting the Whittley Pulse. Utilising sophisticated digital gear from respected brands such as Garmin, Fusion, CZone and Volvo, Whittley has created the next-generation …

A way to catch quality fish while keeping the kids entertained is to anchor near good structure and put out a live bait, which will look after itself, and while it’s swimming around you can spend time helping the kids catch smaller fish to keep them happy. I have landed jew, jacks, big flathead and numerous offshore species on livies …