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Originally published 30 October 2017. Updated August 2026 as a practical guide to choosing between bent and straight butt fishing rods. A bent butt fishing rod is not simply a straight game rod with a funny handle. The bend changes where the reel sits, the angle of the rod in a holder and the way h...

November. It’s when things heat up, in the fishing world. Mackerel start their long ride down the East Australian Current, to NSW. Kingfish head in closer, to the shallow reefs. And it’s the beginning of the east coast game fish season. Glenn McHenry, last weekend: "G'day Andrew, we just won the Wh...

Dave writes this morning, about fishing at Texas reef off Terrigal on Saturday: Package arrived yesterday thanks mate, we missed the opportunity to use it as we were out early getting bait and then out to Texas........it was horrible and slow, so many barracoota and plenty of red algae Josh stayed i...

Micro jigging is one of the most versatile ways to fish a small metal lure offshore. A 40 g jig can be worked slowly near reef, ripped quickly through mid-water, dropped onto a wreck or even cast at surface-feeding pelagics. The same little piece of metal can interest snapper, kingfish, bonito, mack...

2017 and New South Wales is experiencing perhaps the windiest winter, in a decade. Day after day of strong westerlies, broken once a week or so by a howling southerly. Usually at this time of year we chase salmon, using light gear. Big schools of hungry salmon are found under the cliffs protected fr...