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MY family and I recently made our annual trip to Hinchinbrook Island in north Queensland. The best barra of the trip (caught by yours truly) was landed off the bank at night. Good thing there weren’t any snapping handbags around because to land it I had to stand in the water. Yes I know the dangers of crocodiles but we didn’t have …

The GHP Reactor is Garmin’s first recreational autopilot system to utilise AHRS technology and boasts the usability, installation flexibility and many other features that prove valuable for any vessel. Garmin also took home top honours in the MFD category. The accolades went to the GPSMAP 7616 (sold as the GPSMAP 7416 in Australia) – a 16” multi-touch widescreen chartplotter designed for …

Quintrex account manger Cameron Wood said the new Top Ender range gives customers the features they have been asking for while keeping the price very competitive. “The 510 Top Ender has always been designed as a first-class fishing boat and it now offers even more, with some of the most sought-after options now standard on every model,” he said. “We …

ID section contains the legal bag and size limits of popular species to enable you to quickly and easily identify fish while on the water. Pricing has not changed at the great low price of $6.60. The Tide Guide is available now at newsagents, independent tackle shops and all the usual places. Grab your copy now!

fittings, the Torpedo features a three-year warranty. The new-look centre hatch is deep enough to store all the gear you might need to keep at hand and also makes for an icebox to keep your water bottle cool. Two models in the range will consist of a Rookie Angler and Pro Angler. The Rookie Angler includes a basic seat, paddle …

Three distinct beam profiles are easily accessible and make the Vizz ideal for a range of scenarios. A press, hold, or double press of the button grants you access to a powerful spot beam, a dimmable flood beam in the form of a pair of white ultra-bright LEDs and two red ultra-bright LEDs for close-range lighting, respectively. When the Vizz is …

However we needed to find more fish. We checked a few different areas but the water clarity was fairly ordinary. And being the Gold Coast on a Saturday, the boat traffic was thick too. Eventually we found an area where the traffic wasn’t too bad and the water clarity was reasonable. We started trolling with small hard-bodies and it wasn’t long before …

That voice-command computer is actually Harri’s wife and fishing partner Anna, whose track record is perfect when it comes to making great decisions (after all, she married Harri). Over the past six years and with the approval of his trusted computer, Harri has gone on to buy three more plate alloy craft designed and built by AMM. Harri followed up the …

THE status of wild fish stocks that underpin Commonwealth fisheries has remained generally steady according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences. ABARES executive director Karen Schneider said the fishery status reports 2015 showed that of the 92 fish stocks reviewed across the 21 Commonwealth fisheries, 63 stocks (or 68 percent) were …

NINE vessels and 22 people were caught breaking the law as part of a joint crab pot surveillance operation undertaken between Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol and Redland Bay Water Police targeting crab pot thefts in the Logan River. QBFP field officer Chris Watts said the operation was conducted following complaints by both commercial and recreational crab fishers involving crab pot …