Fishing Articles

To kick off, I’d like to wish a happy new year to everyone. The past couple of years of writing and sharing what I know about fishing, boating and going to new places has been very enjoyable – I hope you’ve been able to get something out of it. It looks as though 2023 will be an awesome year, with …

A fantastic day was had at the Wyaralong Dam Carp and Tilapia Eradication Competition, seeing 280 competitors, with a large number of families and kids. It was great to see so many kids getting involved in the fishing, catching and learning about pest fish. Huge numbers of fish were caught, with 1174 noxious fish being removed – 244 carp and …

What is 2023 going to bring? Hopefully, with a bit of luck, some good consistent weather, but I won’t be holding my breath. I managed only a couple of days on the water since writing my last article. The fishing was quite good, with a few nice flathead caught still, even though the water’s warming up. All the usual techniques …

Hello, here’s part two of mine and Eddy Bloomfield’s fishing trip up at Cape York. With the camp set up, I started prepping the 5m tinnie to go fishing – unstrapping the two 1.5 tonne truck straps that hold it to the trailer. This is where I reckon many people go wrong – they don’t use straps that are good …

Recently we have had a couple of small weather windows to head offshore from Bundaberg to chase a few reef species. By putting in the research, time and effort you can be rewarded with some great fish off Bundaberg. Generally, red emperor and a mix of other tasty reefies are the target species, so I’ll usually head out 35NM from …

December is upon us, which normally means lots of hot weather. So far this spring, the temperature has stayed relatively low. This has kept the water temperature down, which can keep certain species quiet. Mangrove jack are one fish that thrive in a higher water temperature. Thankfully the lower-than-normal water temperature hasn’t stopped them from causing havoc among anglers. All …

Over the past couple of months, I’ve gone back to using mono line. For many of us, braided line has been the preferred way, but I’ve recently noticed that I’ve been catching a lot more fish on monofilament line. In this article, I want to run through a few of the different things I’ve been trying when using monofilament. As …

There are hundreds of barra lures on the market these days, most of which are advertised to be ‘must haves’ on the impoundment scene. What makes a good lure though and what should you be throwing to land that trophy Monduran barra? I’ll break these up into a few categories that I generally use on my charters. All of these …

Held on October 16-19, 2022, the Fitzroy River Barra Bash was a great success. Day 1 recap On the board were 67 barramundi – six of those coming in at the magic 1m mark – a huge effort by our anglers! King threadfin were also out in abundance, with 28 on the tally board. The biggest barramundi recorded for Day …

It’s marlin mayhem again. I keep the socials fairly marlin free, as I don’t want an armada of boats getting in the way. Even if others are posting, I find that the fire doesn’t need any more fuel. My job is to boat fish for my boat, not encourage more competition. And by the time this is published, it might …