Tackle News

January’s a pretty frustrating month, for fishing off Sydney. Especially this year with crazy currents, and unpredictable weather. The one reliable and predictable fishery has been kingfish, in metro bays and harbours. They have basically been on tap. But – it’s hard to find keepers. They all seem t...

Over to Norfolk Island before Christmas. Very taken with the place! Always on a budget, so $720 return for flights and $140 a day accommodation for two – including rental car – makes the trip very economical. It costs me more to tow the boat up to Hervey Bay. Norfolk is a beautiful place with very ...

Summer time is downrigger time and I’ve been out there chasing kings on average twice a week – in the new mini boat: They’re around! Hovering about the bait schools, waiting for a chance to strike: Only downside – as you can see above – is that the bait schools are so massive this season that the ...

Good friend James T bought a beautiful Blackwatch a couple of months ago, and named it Black Rat.  I've been fortunate to fish on this weapon several times, this summer: On Thursday (2nd January) he phoned to invite me for the next day. But at short notice it was hard to get a crew together, with s...

Hi downrigger shop I was just wondering if lake parramatta was any good lure fishing, what species of fish do you catch there. Good timing! I was out there a week ago, for my first bass session of the season. Not a big lake: But that’s a good thing, because with all the twists and turns there’s alw...