Articles
Hidden secrets of kayaking at Lang Lang
• by Tom Wilson (first published November 2021) Lang Lang, at the top end of Western Port Bay, is a rough diamond. A muddy and featureless expanse of water, it is not a fishing spot […]
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Getting your head around gear ratios
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling (first published November 2021) Retrieve speeds can be really important in many styles of lure fishing, and those speeds are dictated by several factors, including your reel’s gear ratio. […]
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Learning about lures: bream bounty
• by Jamie Robley (first published November 2021) Four decades ago, when I first started offering lures to my local bream population, we called it ‘bream spinning’, because back then almost any form of cast […]
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Match the catch!
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling (first published October 2021) We all know about ‘matching the hatch’, but what about ‘matching the catch’? Believe it or not, choosing a lure that imitates the fish you’re chasing […]
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The redclaw crayfish equation
• by Peter Jung (first published October 2021) As someone who enjoyed fishing for blueclaw crayfish or yabbies for the first 25 years of my life (generally with a piece of meat on a string […]
Fishing
The age-old art of yabbying
• by Robbie Alexander (first published October 2021) “What the hell is a yabby?” This is a question that I get asked a lot on the yabbying videos on my YouTube channel, usually by people […]
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Unstructured: coral trout fishing out yonder
• by John Loeskow Coral trout would have to be one of the most sought-after fish species across the top half of Australia. From the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to Shark Bay in Western Australia, […]
Back To Basics
Searching for spring gold
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling From Victoria to Queensland, spring marks the peak time to target XOS yellowbelly or golden perch in our dams. Golden perch or yellowbelly are our second largest inland native […]
Back To Basics
Leaders: the vital link
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling Since the advent of braided lines, leader selection and construction has become an increasingly important consideration for anglers. In the pull-out Tackle Extra of this issue of Fishing Monthly, […]
F-L
Throwing loops for weed munchers
• by Lachlan Hickey Luderick (or blackfish) have to be one of the most underrated and under targeted fish on fly gear. Readily available from about Hervey Bay in Queensland and down to most of […]
