Tackle News

Fantastic buzz to step off the plane in Cairns last week, and super excited to be back for the first time in maybe twenty years. Back then we used to tow the boat to Cooktown every year: and it’s where I’ve had some memorable fishing experiences: This time I’d been invited on a pig hunting trip - ...

Trip to Fraser Island! In particular, the shoals off the north-east tip: Set off on Friday 13th with two super keen young crew – Oscar and Jacob: Half way stop at beautiful Wooli. We launched in the river and crossed the bar, heading for North Solitary Island. Kicked things off with a kingfish on ...

Last week’s report saw Drax and myself heading wide – very wide, 30 miles – east of Port Stephens. All went well and we found a few nice kings and snapper. But that was more good luck than good management! My Lowrance HDS-9 was hopeless and the only way we got onto fish was that the GPS put us on th...

Down to Church Point Marina this morning at 4.30am (Sunday, 30th July) and loading my jigging kit on to Zac’s beautiful Cobia 24: The plan was a 25 mile run up to the reefs wide of Terrigal. First stop before we went anywhere – the bait grounds at West Head. Plenty there: Fast ride up to the groun...

With fishing tough here in Sydney, I decided a month or so ago to move the boat up to Port Stephens. That’s worked. Catching end of season mahi in May, and kingfish on the jigs scored on the last couple of trips. With two days and a keen crew available we headed back up there on Wednesday. Day one, ...