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Well, here it is, my favourite part and the steps that matter after all your hard work… the cooking that is, not the cleaning up. Before starting up Suncoast Skutes, I was a passionate and devoted chef, so hopefully I can nail a few good pointers for you this month. Without blathering on, we’re going to look at the most …

This time of year is welcomed by many fishos because of the variety of species we can chase – snapper, longtail tuna, cobia, mackerel, tailor and so many more. June is also an awesome month for getting rugged up, filling a thermos, grabbing the family or a friend and searching for a feed of snapper. A few spots including shallow …

It’s winter already! Time flies when you’re having fun! The past couple of months have produced some excellent catches around southeast Queensland. The larger systems, such as the Pine and Caboolture rivers, have been on fire, especially around the mouths. Flathead were the most common catches for those anglers fishing lures, with tailor and bream not far behind. I’ve spent …

After seeing a picture of Hamersley Gorge on the front of an RACQ holiday book, a good friend and I decided we wanted to go there one day. That happened when we were both 21. It wasn’t a direct route, of course. We headed north along the coast across to the Gulf of Carpentaria, via the Northern Territory and made …

G’day crew, as always, I trust you’ve been keeping well, staying out of trouble and able to wet a line over the past few weeks. Personally, I’ve been too busy in the shop recently to be causing any trouble. With the Easter school break and a few public holidays thrown in, the town has had its fair share of visitors. …

A world-leader in fishing electronics since 1957, Lowrance recently announced Eagle, the latest offering in the brand’s entry level fishfinder/chartplotter line-up. Featuring newly designed high-definition enhanced sonar, with FishReveal technology and detailed C-MAP charting including Genesis Live, Eagle is Lowrance’s most accessible fishfinder yet. Navico Group vice-president and general manager fishing systems Jeremiah Clark said, “Eagle brings Lowrance’s high-definition sonar …

Winter is snapper time in southeast Queensland and since the introduction of the closed season from mid-July to mid-August, June is the month to chase a few. The cooler water temperature and light southerly wind that we typically experience during June are perfect conditions for schooling snapper to feed and spawn. Snapper are an incredible fish, particularly when you consider …

Hi everyone, this month we’ve seen a big spike in winter species in the Gold Coast Broadwater. Large numbers of flathead, tailor, squid, flounder, bream, squire, winter whiting and other species can all be caught on lures, which makes the next three months my favourite period of the year for fishing. The amazing run of sand whiting locally has been …

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