Australian Salmon
Successful fishing off the rocks
by Gary Brown • I have been fishing off the rocks since I was a kid, and have learnt so much from the many anglers I have fished with over the years. This knowledge has […]
Species
Freshwater
Lake Jindabyne – the jewel in the Snowies
by Gary Brown • It had been a while since I had last paid a visit to Lake Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains. When I recently visited for the Steve Williamson Invitational trout competition, I […]
Australian Salmon
Better beach fishing with bait
by Alex Bellissimo • I spend just as much time rock fishing as beach fishing, but there’s something particularly special about fishing the ocean beaches. You’re right amongst the waves and wind, up close and […]
Feature
Central Coast: tuna tricks
By Lee Rayner • As the days get shorter and the air begins to cool, Victorian and many other anglers find themselves eagerly awaiting the arrival of huge schools of southern bluefin tuna on the […]
F-L
Be a grunter hunter
By Dan Kaggelis • Javelinfish or barred grunter would have to be one of the most underrated fish swimming in our waters. For many a year the grunter has swum under the recreational fishing radar, […]
F-L
Going for gold: how to catch fingermark
By Dan Kaggelis • If there is one supreme family of fish it would have to be the Lutjanids. With a lineage that includes, red emperor, saddle tail snapper and mangrove jack, the Lutjanid family […]
Feature
Catching trout in the month of May
By Robbie Alexander • Like so many fish species across the region, trout can be very hit and miss during May. This is typical of trout fishing late in autumn anywhere in the world […]
Crabs & Crustaceans
Getting grabby for some crabby
by Ian Sewell • With summer in full swing the estuarine waters of the west coast have warmed significantly and the blue swimmer crab populations in our estuaries have grown quickly. Of all crustaceans, blue […]
Crabs & Crustaceans
One month of marron mayhem
by Kurt Blanksby • There is something so exciting about shining the torch light into the shallows just after dark every January when the marron season starts. Seeing those big black freshwater crayfish materialising out […]
Saltwater
Sensational sand whiting
by Ian Sewell • Sand whiting would have to be one of the easiest fish to target in the West Coast zone – they are very easy to catch and are exceptional eating. While they […]
