Tackle News

Up to Harrington last weekend for the first visit in two years. Thanks for nothing, Covid! It was great to be back: Our total focus was on kingfish and I was pretty sure we’d find a few. Why? Because a friend/client had given me the marks for the hottest hotspot on the mid North Coast: We headed e...

Launched the little 4.2m Atomix late Thursday morning with an afternoon of light tackle fishing planned. The 2-stroke 30HP Mercury is a great little outboard, but uses a lot of juice. That limits our range of operations: Oscar and I loaded up on live bait at Obelisk Beach. This is becoming a never ...

In the past year I’ve probably released 90 – 95% of fish caught - mainly because we live in a small unit with a small fridge - and an even smaller freezer. But being close to the water means that, if I catch something perfect for dinner, it’s a short distance from the hook to the kitchen. And this w...

Out Saturday on the big beautiful Black Rat and after seven weeks away it was great to be back: First stop South Pittwater, to pick up a couple of crew. Some impressive marks on the sounder down that way: Out to the Valiant wreck, which has always been a productive live bait spot for us. Not on Sa...

Back to Jindabyne on Sunday night and the fishing forecast looked pretty good: Regular readers will remember that, on the last trip, I didn’t take the boat. Andrew Wily had his new fishing jet ski and was marking stacks of trout 10 metres down on his sounder. Catching them, too. So this time my wif...