Locations

Let me paint the picture on how this story starts. It all started with a post on Facebook from a mate Gavin, back in June – The main line being “Waiting for a mate”. It then went on to say that he had a spot available for the annual NT trip that the he does…

Here in South East Queensland, we are blessed with an exciting mixture of both northern and southern species both in the estuaries and offshore. Inshore we have big mangrove jack, threadfin salmon, and even a solid population of barramundi these days, and on the offshore grounds we get a good run of pelagics moving down…

Those of you who have read any of my previous articles from this publication will know that I get to travel rather frequently for work and that those locations I travel to, just so happen to be beautiful, quite often remote and most importantly, fish rich. I’m not going to lie, this is an amazing…

The western river systems of inland Queensland and NSW have always held a vivid fascination for me; one that almost verges on the point of, romance.  As a point of example: the downstairs lounge room of our house is dominated by a print of a painting by the landscape artist Rob Wellington.  It is titled,…

With an unexpected very wet August at first put a stop to any fishing plans until a mate of mine told me we’ve had enough run for some run off fun, and combined with a pupil free day followed by a weekend allowed me to get a few days in for some fishing targeting these…

I guess most anglers have a species that they struggle to fully come to grips with and for me that would definitely have to be mangrove jack. Sure, I’ve caught quite a few of them over the years, including a couple of massive river fish over the magical half-metre mark. If I’m being totally honest…

Friends, particularly long-term ones, are gems who become more precious as the years go by. In the case of fishing friends, there’s the extra connection that only a lifelong obsession with everything scaly can confer. And when you’ve passed the three score and ten mark, an age synonymouswith the attainmentof a high degree of intolerance…

They say that a fishing trip to Swain Reefs, is a trip of a lifetime. If that is the case, then I have been fortunate to have experienced 23 lifetimes, watching listening and learning more and more each trip. Virtually the same group of mates have been going for a great number of those years…

If you’re like me, the thought of salt and pepper calamari will make your mouth water. Squid are a weird, alien looking creature and it makes me wonder who was crazy enough to try eating one for the first time ever. Whoever it was, we should be thanking them – they discovered a true seafood…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…