When it comes to fishing lure and tackle companies, there aren’t many as well-known and successful as Halco! This Australian owned company is based in Fremantle, Western Australia, and can be seen on the shelves of tackle stores all around the country. Anglers in other countries are also realising just how effective these lures are…
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Every year between the months of May and August the winds start to drop and the water begins to cool. This brings an abundance of mackerel of all species in the Keppel Bay region. Mackerel are a great all round species as they pull hard and are great table fish. The gear you use for…
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I’ve been fishing the Fraser Coast / Wide Bay region for around 20 years now, and during that time I’ve seen a lot of changes. Some fisheries, such as our stocked impoundments, have improved out of sight. Some others however, have gone noticeably backwards. Then, there is even a very small number of places that…
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There’s no better time of the year to dedicate an article to tough bite tactics than the month of August. If you’re targeting Winter species in Winter then bites might be a bit more plentiful. If you want a challenge then try targeting summer species like barra in one of the toughest months of the…
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King tides can be difficult to contend with. From a creek fishing point of view, unless you are targeting the flats or drains, the abnormally high tides makes finding and targeting fish much harder than usual. Then there’s the opposite side of the equation where the abnormally low tides sees some creeks run dry including…
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Just about every angler who ventures out onto the ocean has experienced the effects of oceanic currents in some form, or other: be they geographical forces of nature, or locally driven by wind and tide. Every angler who has fished a creek, river or estuary has experienced the same affects caused by tidal flows in…
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I think every angler will experience it at some stage. You think that you might have run over a black cat or something that seems to keep destroying the weather forecast. It’s certainly frustrating when you’re sitting at home just watching day after day of crap weather roll through. You look to the long range…
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I realise that freshwater fishing isn’t for everyone, but for me personally, I don’t discriminate. As long as it has fins, avidly munches on a lure and pulls a bit of string, then I am all about trying to catch it. So many people, even in my own family are quite old-school and they have…
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Working in a tackle shop really does put you in contact with anglers on a daily basis, where one on one conversations keep us in touch with anglers ranging from ‘expert’ to ‘chuck and chance it’ fishos. Fortunately for us who live in Townsville there are quite a few options for those of us who…
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I like the waxing moon for offshore fishing; especially the second and third tides after the neaps of the quarter moon phase. Here in my patch of country on the Capricorn Coast, these tides produce a final run to the top of the tide at around the 0630hr mark: with a height of around 4m…
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I pen this article at the back end of what has been the best weather window I can ever remember. There was not a breath of wind and well below 5 knots each day but it was more about the eight or nine consecutive days of this. Not at any stage did it blow up…
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The last thing your average Aussie fisho wants to hear is someone bragging about a trip to Bali. So when I mention this story involves a Bali fishing holiday, please don’t stereotype me as that annoying person. As some of the readership would know, I lived most of my life in the Cairns/Innisfail region. The common belief…
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Anglers of all ages are once again set to converge on Corroboree Park Tavern for the Humminbird 35th Annual Corroboree Park Challenge. Proudly organised by the Palmerston Game Fishing Club, the Corroboree Park Challenge is the longest running family fishing competition in the Northern Territory. Anglers will gather to fish the world class waters of…
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Scott squeezed the car topper between a bunch of snags extending from both banks. The small creek, running southwards off the mighty Wenlock River, looked incredibly fishy in the early morning light, but so far had only produced interest from a couple of pesky archer fish. As I worked my Zerek live mullet through the…
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You’ve worked your butt off all day trying to reinforce that you are the fishermen that you say you are. You’ve worked ledges, snags and rock bars but so far the action just hasn’t happened. When it all feels like it has been lost and you pull into one final spot on the way home. …
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This month’s recipe is both simple and simply delicious, particularly when you use whiting fillets. Whiting are possibly the best tasting of all estuarine fish, and presented as boneless crumbed fillets they will find favour with the fussiest. The step by step instructions will benefit those new to filleting and cooking fish, and the recipe…
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Do you head out fishing with a clear plan? I know I used to. I would look at wind, wave direction and tides, choose my target species and devise a plan for my day on the water. The problem with such planning is that I wouldn’t allow much adaptation. As an example, if I plan…
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One of the biggest advantages hardbody lures have over soft plastics is the ability to suspend. Being able to wind a lure down to a desired depth and get it to sit right in the face of a fish is very hard to beat. Barra in particular are an absolute sucker for a suspended lure…
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Following the demand by UNESCO and the ICUN to the QLD Government to ban all net fishing north of Cooktown (Fish and Boat issue August 2023), Fisheries Minister, Mark Furner, announced that a new ‘working’ group has been created to ‘maximise’ fish tourism revue streams for Cape York communities. The11-member group is a non-statutory advisory…
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I only managed to get over to the Wildman a couple of times during the 2023 run-off, but it was well worth the effort. The Wildman has always been one of my favourite rivers to fish. There is a fair effort involved to get there early in the Wet season as it can only be…
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