Fish Species Guide

New to the show this year is the Base Camp, an interactive presentation featuring your favourite exhibitors in a free and fun campground environment. Visit the Base Camp to ‘try on’ the outback lifestyle and see how it fits. Grab some tucker, sit around the campfire, listen to the bush balladeer and swap your best bush tales. Special guests and industry experts …

AUSTRALIAN company Mako has been making high-quality sunglasses using class-leading, optically correct Japanese and Italian glass polarised lenses for decades. Mako has the largest array of polarised lens choices in Australia, perfect for all outdoor activities. The team at Mako has also recognised that most fishos want to look good as well as spot fish, so they’ve developed the Ronin frame. …

I run a Lowrance HDS-12 on my tinnie and if I can’t see prawns on the down scan, I won’t throw my net. It shows prawns up so well that you can pick and choose the schools that are more dense. Yes, it may sound like cheating, but prawning cuts into my fishing time, so I like to maximise my casts. I’m …

IF you’re a keen fisher, avid four-wheel-driver or general outdoors enthusiast, chances are you’re a fan of adventure. Whether it’s bush, beach or just cruising on-road, your vehicle is the go-to travel companion for all things outdoors. Amongst the excitement of heading out, it can be easy to forget about the extreme conditions our vehicles endure and unfortunately, many of …

Fitzroy River barra are getting better and better and for the first time in over 15 years the catch rate for legal sized barramundi in the Fitzroy River has exceeded 1 legal barra per fisher per day. At the end of the first month of the 2017 season the daily catch rate is 1.4 legal fish per fisher. This is 135% …

Atomic Arrowz rods are equal parts precision, poise and power with the most advanced designs and the finest materials including Fuji components and performance-focused full-graphite blanks. Designed in Australia for Australian species and anglers, the Atomic Arrowz series is made for both bait and lure angling. Featuring four series: Estuary, Offshore, Barra and Bream Specialty, Arrowz is the rod range of tomorrow created for the …

CUNNINGHAM Marine Centre is a leading marine dealership based in Clontarf on Brisbane’s northside. With a large range of boating accessories in stock to get you on the water safely and in style, Cunningham Marine Centre’s experienced staff and quality service have seen the dealership go from strength to strength. Stop by the Cunningham stand at the show to check …

ANGLERS are putting their safety on the line by fishing in restricted areas within Seqwater’s dam catchments. Seqwater senior field ranger Craig Hine, who works at Somerset Dam, said fishers were regularly ignoring restricted access signs and fences in pursuit of a good catch. Mr Hine said there were good reasons why some areas were restricted to public access and …

BRISBANE Marine is a one-stop marine experience offering sales of boats, motors, trailers, chandlery, lubricants, electronics, insurance and service to outboard and inboard engines. The north Brisbane Mercury-certified service centre services all brands and deals with commercial engine sales as well as MerCruiser repowering, Mercury Verado, Mercury Optimax and Mercury Racing sales and service. The Clontarf-based marine dealership is the …