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Tuna: sport, bait or a table fish?
2. When tuna are feeding on small bait fish, it’s best to match the hatch and on this occasion a small slug was the closest imitation...
CQ Action Group-The Good Fight
CQ Boat Ramp Action Group fighting the good fight By John Boon Central Queensland It is a well known fact that Capricornia is in much need of another all...
A woman’s point of view: Chapt 3
A woman's point of view: Chapter 3(No prawns were hurt, or caught, in the writing of this chapter) By Saltbush SalSeaforth The story so far… I have finally convinced...
Prawnstar Repowered
The author with a solid barramundi taken prior to the closed season on the new Tournament GOLD Series PrawnstarThe Plastic Wrap By Dan Kaggelis February the...
Rec fishing on Election Day
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe– Recreational fishing on Election Day By Tim Trollworthy QLD Election 2015 Well, dear Campbell really threw a spanner in the works announcing an...
A woman’s point of view: Chapt 2
(No sand flies were hurt in the making of this article, unfortunately!) By Saltbush Sal Seaforth I had waited for this day for years. My first fishing trip with...
A woman’s point of view
No husband was hurt during the writing of this article. By Saltbush Sal Seaforth I’m a woman who always wanted to experience fishing. To be in a boat with...
New Explorer F Series handle like they’re on rails!
By 'The Ed' The V-nose punt is probably the most popular northern style of tinnie, especially in the creeks. They are superbly suited to those workhorse jobs of prawning,...
The Cheese is always greener
The worm-like wriggle and flutter of the Dragon Maggot’s tail is sure to make it irresistible to a host of speciesHello?...(taps microphone) Is this thing on?...
Fishy DIY
Jig Head Storage Box By Graham Brake The day after a successful session out wide over the Christmas, New Year break saw me unpacking The Streak (more…)
Letter: nothing to lose with artificial reefs
The big steel structures are Fish Caves. Fish Caves are deployed in deep water (15m plus) and are ideal for pelagics with game fishers and spearos...
Inshore Pelagic Tips
The result – a 7-8kg longtail tuna caught on a 3-inch Atomic SliderBy Cody HochenMoreton Bay Summer has well and truly arrived in Brisbane, and right...
Estuary Bull Sharks
Caption: Bull Sharks aren’t just a southern river option; Keegan Hayden caught this monster in the Pioneer River in the heart of Mackay. It took a...
Battered & Crumbed
Caption: What a jack! 52cm of mongrel taken on the new Abu Vanguard rod spooled with Platinum Plus braid. That sort of testing is hard to...
Letter to Editor:Election called
Dear All, Long silence broken following announcement of election: time for action. I have just posted the following on our Facebook page. If you are a Facebook subscriber, great...
Overcoming Crew Conundrums
By Lee Brake Mackay Everything looks perfect: the weather, the tides, the moon phase, your horoscope, the entrails of a holy sacrificial goat... But there's one small problem –...
Seeing the Light!
As a bait-using, paternoster-twister from way back, Graham Brake offers his tried and tested method of transitioning to artificials offshore. If you still haven't caught trophy fish on "those...
Icons of the Industry
Rex with a big barra which was electro-fished in Tinaroo for the TV camerasRex Hunt: The man behind the hype!By J. MondoraGordonvale A few years back...
Icons of the Industry
Late legendary Don McPherson with a Bensbach SaratogaThe Platypus Story By John MondoraGordonvale How many of you out there have heard of the "third generation syndrome"?...
