Tackle News

Autumn! The best fishing season of the year, in my humble opinion. Only downside, the East Coast has had two weeks of horrible weather, with Sydney experiencing nineteen days of (often, heavy) rain, out of the last…

Blue water surging down the east coast meaning mucho offshore action – if the winds let you get out there. Gun fisho Mitchell Reeves on top of things at Coffs Harbour:

Air warming, sea warming, but those strong spring winds making fishing difficult. That hasn’t dampened the mojo of our readers. Here’s Snapper Whisperer Craig Marsay on Monday (Red) October 3rd:

FINALLY. Temperatures starting to rise, clouds beginning to clear, and winds backing off. I don’t know where all that global warming the greenies promised went to? But by crikey it’s been a long, cold winter. The good…

Spring just around the corner but, because ocean temperatures run four weeks later than land temperatures, the fishing focus is still on winter species. Here’s Steve from Perth:

Fog, cold rain, and winds. But the fish are there! The big buzz recently being a crazy run of big kings at Merimbula, on the NSW South Coast. Here’s Michael Frith:

In the depths of a cold and windy winter, meaning a lot of our readers have found it difficult to get offshore. But for those who’ve found a weather window the rewards have been excellent. Here’s Jason Hotop with a big…

Wind rain and even snow across southern Australia, meaning it’s time to target winter species. Lots of our readers doing that successfully! Here’s Richie Inglis at Browns Mountain off Sydney, Monday 13th June:

With shocking weather along the NSW coast recently, most reports have come from interstate. Nothing wrong with that! Geoff Wilson sends news of a near ten-to-one capture:

Early winter and the big news locally is the run of deepwater monsters around the continental shelf. Up until a couple of seasons ago a pro fisherman targeted blue eye trevalla at the Browns Mountain seamount, off…