Tackle News

At the boat ramp early Friday morning and just had a feeling it was going to be a great day. Firstly, a top crew – old hand Drax, and new guy Marcus. Secondly, a light tail wind in the morning - and a nor’ easter around lunchtime to bring us home with a wind on our tail. That’s important, when you’r...

Out last week with the plan being, run 25 miles northeast to the deep reefs where the big kingfish live. Some encouragement with a marlin head right in the middle of the boat ramp: But as we rounded Barrenjoey it was obvious that the chop was too steep and the swell period too short, for a run like...

THURSDAY. Met up with Corey at the ramp for an early start: Scored some yellowtail in Pittwater and headed straight up to Terrigal FAD. That’s fifteen miles from Barrenjoey, and makes for a great break in the trip to the reef - if the mahi are around. They were – but small: Another ten miles north...

Out on Sunday from Bayview boat ramp in Pittwater. Top crew aboard being old mate Drax and new super keen guy, Jeremy. Straight to the Valiant Wreck to load up on live bait. Lots of transducer interference from nearby boats but we filled the live bait tank pretty quickly: On the topic of live bait,...

Christmas started early with an invitation from Drax to fish the Colo River, just west of Sydney. Green is launch spot, red is fishing spot: The plan was to chase bass and also, check out some big carp at the red spot – which Drax had spotted, on a recent trip. One problem! We had misjudged the tid...