Fish Species Guide

BRP has appointed Telwater, Australia’s leading manufacturer of aluminium boat and trailer packages, as the national distributor of Evinrude E-TEC outboards. Telwater managing director Paul Phelan said the Evinrude brand has been around for over 100 years and continues to provide one of the best value propositions for boaters across a range of platforms. “BRP’s recent launch of the ground-breaking …

MIMIX is proud to release its first crankbait/jerkbait: the Jelly Prawn. Like all the Mimix topwater baits, the Jelly Prawn has all the detail of the real thing. Its unique small profile, realistic colour patterns and swimming action makes the Jelly Prawn stand out in the crowd. Being 40mm long but weighing 3g it casts a considerable distance, and with a twitch …

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THE Samaki Silver Bullet has taken surf rod technology into the future with a new blank concept now available to the Australian fishing market for the first time. Welcome to Oval Blank Technology. The base section of the rod utilises the oval blank construction, thus enabling a greater and more powerful cast, launching your lure further. Meanwhile, the tip is designed …

MY name is Mitch Townsend and I am based on Brisbane’s northside. I’ve been fishing since I was a young boy and have most recently been fishing the upper reaches of the North and South Pine rivers, targeting bream and bass on surface with great success. I grew up fishing the North Pine River from Dad’s old tinnie, and I remember …

Graham comes up a few times a year, so he was also a deserving winner of the Baysport Boats longest coral trout comp last year after landing a 69cm barcheek trout. He was here in time for the early spaniards this month but didn’t catch a big one, so will be back again in July to try his luck.” Sweers Island …

A wobbling wrist means a wobbling rod tip and your stickbait will start working with a short and sharp left to right movement commonly referred to as ‘walking the dog’. In fact, some small surface lures are branded as ‘dog walkers’. When whiting are pursuing my surface lures I find it important to maintain my composure and keep the action rolling …

Specifically built for offshore conditions, the new hard top design also features a grab rail on the roof, five Reel Easy rod holders and a dash decked out with drink holders and fiddle rail. All models can be optioned up and personalised with features such as a drum winch, LED light kit, Esky and storage seat options and a cabin bunk …

On March 26, 2016, two Vietnamese vessels were sighted by Queensland Police within 23 miles of the Australian mainland, near Lockhart River, Queensland. The Australian Border Force and Australian Fisheries Management Authority then apprehended the vessels and discovered fishing gear and about 8.7 tonnes of bêche-de-mer. The two masters and one crew member of the Vietnamese fishing vessels were convicted …

Three size classes of barramundi were released consisting of 1000 fingerlings at 5cm, 500 fish at 10cm and 100 at 30cm. Fifteen of the larger fish carry acoustic tags to track their movements so more can be learnt about how the fish behave and their preferred habitats. Several listening stations have been positioned throughout the pondage and will monitor tagged fish movements …