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Waters have finally cooled

Garry Smith | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Tropical North / Cairns /

The waters off Cairns have cooled significantly over the past two months with the arrival of consistent southeasters. They are now getting down to their seasonal average, allowing fishing to return to a more settled pattern. Southeasterly winds are showing indications of moving from consistent to persistent, which has the flipside of restricting fishing, especially at the reef.

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Winter is coming

Ryan Smith | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Junior /

Winter is starting to set in, which means cool westerly winds and crisp mornings are becoming the norm. Most fish will go deeper as it gets colder, so that means you have to change your tactics to suit the movement of the fish.

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Frightening future for Moreton Bay fishery

Judy Lynne | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Sunfish /

The recent issues in Moreton Bay have had me thinking I was in some sort of bad dream.

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Find the light on winter nights

Reece Thomas | First Published: June 2017   »  Feature Articles / Queensland /

As the warmth of the summer nights slowly fades into the arrival of cool winter evenings it can make a few anglers question their motivation for those early morning or night time missions.

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Maverick World Sooty Championship

Keith Day | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Tournaments /

With a forecast of cold weather and 15-20 knot southeasterly winds, the 73 competitors in the Maverick World Sooty Championship event held by MAFSA at Eungella Dam on 29-30 April were pleasantly surprised when the reality turned out to be winds of less than 5 knots on day one and less than 10 on day two.

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Plenty of trevally in the sunshine coast rivers

Peter Wells | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Southern QLD / Noosa /

The Noosa River has to be one of the best systems on the coast if you love chasing trevally. Good sized giant trevally have been coming from around the Coast Guard boats near Munna Point as well as the Inner Woods Bay. Surface presentations have been the way to go with smaller walkers and surface poppers doing the job. When fishing these smaller surface lures it is a good idea to upgrade the trebles to cope with the bigger fish.

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Clear, calm catching conditions

Nick Whyte | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Southern QLD / Southern Bay /

This month the water should clear considerably. When combined with lighter winds, this should make the southern bay a pleasant place to fish.

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Mid year is here at Hinchy

Jeff Wilton | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Tropical North / Hinchinbrook /

Cold waters and hot fishing are here in the tropics as June comes around signalling we’re halfway through another year already. It’s been a year of mixed fishing in Lucinda the last few months. There have been some great sessions followed by slow frustrating trips where you’re left scratching your head trying to work out why the fish are not cooperating. But that’s fishing! If it was always easy everyone would be doing it and the fun and excitement would be gone.

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Hooking the hungry hangers-on in cold water

Robbie Alexander | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / Freshwater / Wangaratta /

It’s hard to believe that winter has already arrived. It seems like yesterday I was dodging tiger snakes, applying sunscreen and swatting mosquitoes.

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Get in before closure!

Dylan Brennan | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Area Report /

The 2017 salmonid closed season in Victoria runs from midnight on Monday 12 June through to midnight on Friday 1 September, so if stream trout are on your list, put down the magazine and go get into them!

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Mixed couple of months for fishing

Nick Brown | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / Freshwater / Shepparton /

It’s been a very mixed bag for local fishos over the past couple of months. Week to week the best location for catching fish changes. One week Kialla Lakes is on fire. The next week it’s dead and the Broken River fires up. This has made targeting certain fish species hard and writing a report even harder.

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Mt Martha really rocks

Mitch Chapman | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Hot Spot /

Located along the Mornington Peninsula is a favourite little hidey-hole of mine. What makes the rock platforms along Mt Martha so special is that you can fish them any time of the year and always expect to have a good crack at catching a few calamari. It has easy access and is a short drive from Melbourne, and an even shorter drive from Cranbourne.

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Winter is on but the fishing is hot

Jarrod Day | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / Central / Western Port /

It feels a lot like winter has set in already. Not to discourage anglers from heading out for a weekend fish, but the sudden cold snap early last month really put things into perspective for the coming months.

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Getting to the point on hook choice

Jarrod Day | First Published: June 2017   »  Feature Articles / Victoria /

Hooks are a crucial part of fishing equipment and, quite frankly, without them you wouldn’t be going home with a feed of fish.

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Heavy pelagics hitting the decks

Wayne Diffey | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / West Coast / Apollo Bay /

The salmon have made quite a return to the local beaches recently. Good-sized schools of decent fish have been showing up at Wild Dog Creek Beach, near Pirates Cove, the back beach at Marengo and Johanna Beach.

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Winter holidays make for great family fishing

Craig Edmonds | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / Central / Phillip Island /

It would appear that the autumn fishing, like the weather this season, is late with some of the best fishing conditions over the recent weeks. Fine weather, school holidays and public holidays usually mean one thing – plenty of kids fishing. That has certainly been the case. Over this period dad becomes the bait man and of course the pocket money ATM, but it’s money well spent.

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Cold on the bay, but still biting

Wayne Friebe | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / Central / Port Phillip Bay /

The prolonged warm and settled weather we all enjoyed for the first few months of the year is all a distant memory now. We have moved into the cold weather patterns and into winter.

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Bream and big flatties firing

Brett Geddes | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / East Coast / Gippsland Lakes /

The weather has been very kind, so no wonder everyone has been fishing so hard. Big flathead have been the real standout fish this month. Bream still seem to have lockjaw, but those who persevere with baits or lures have eventually scored big fish.

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EP stands for more than estuary perch

Brett Geddes | First Published: June 2017   »  Feature Articles / Victoria /

When talking about EPs even my closest fishing buddies call me sneaky, deceitful, and swampy, and for good reason. Actually they call me a lot worse and I love it! You see, it’s all about finding the perch, catching the hell out of them and not saying where. Then you share photos with dodgy background clues!

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Winter time is stout trout time

Mark Gercovich | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / West Coast / Warrnambool /

June marks the beginning of winter, which is a depressing thought for most, but not for anglers who are keen on some big southwest trout. A wet year last year, combined with a not-too-hot summer and an autumn with a few significant rainfalls (in what is often a dry time of the year) should result in some excellent trout fishing opportunities.

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Beat the winter fishing blues

Steve Haughton | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Area Report /

We say goodbye to another stream trout season for the year when the season closes on midnight 12 June. Not all is doom and gloom in the West Gippsland region though. Blue Rock provides anglers with a retreat to beat the winter blues.

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All things jumbo tuna in June

Kelly Hunt | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / Tasmania & Flinders Island / Tasmania /

What do you look to chase in Tasmania in June, I hear you say? It is unequivocally and unashamedly all about jumbo bluefin tuna. A ‘jumbo’ is a bluefin over the magical 100kg mark. This time of year is the time to find them.

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Clark 449 Rebel Centre Console – a great canvas to work from

Peter Jung | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Boating /

I have done a number of boat tests on the Queensland-manufactured Clark Aluminium boats and the thing that has stood out on each occasion is the value for money they represent.

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Plan B on the Betka

Corey Gallagher | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Kayaking /

Several years ago, while holidaying in Mallacoota, I was faced with a dilemma. Our trip coincided with the week leading up to a Hobie Kayak BREAM Series event, which I was competing in and with the pre fish ban in full swing, I was unable to fish the inlet.

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Mid year fishing patterns emerge

Shane Lowery | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Area Report /

June promises to be a great month to fish the Glenelg River as well as many other smaller systems on the South-West Coast.

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First-class trout on the rise

Andy McCarthy | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Area Report /

Now that the water levels are starting to rise again I think that the fishing this winter is going to be absolutely first-class with the trout coming up in great numbers throughout May. This month it’s going to continue.

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Good captures despite little flows

Jim Mcclymont | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / East Coast / Marlo /

The fishing in our estuary system is always good. Sometimes it’s better than others; right now it’s the other. One of the main reasons is the Snowy River entrance is almost closed. High tides allow water to enter the system and not much is running out to sea, so maybe the lack of tidal flow is altering the fish’s feeding habits.

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Welcome to the Hotel Calamari

Luke McCredden | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Area Report /

Rain, wind and cold weather – in among all this, there are some very fishable conditions. Most importantly, there are fish biting! In particular, southern calamari have been and still are a hot target. The squid captures are coming from all areas of the peninsula and the quality lately has been fantastic, with squid to 1.5kg being semi-regular.

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McLay Sportsman 591 with Suzuki 115hp

Steve Morgan | First Published: June 2017   »  Regular Features / Boating /

What better way is there to test a New Zealand built aluminium boat than in New Zealand-like conditions? Sorry Kiwis, but the only way I could describe the nasty storm we drove the McLay 591 Sportsman into on the test day was “New Zealand like”.

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Record rainfall has dampened fishing productivity

Roger Miles | First Published: June 2017   »  Area Articles / Victoria & Tasmania / Freshwater / Bendigo /

Conditions can change very quickly when you are planning a trip, so it always pays to check the local conditions before heading off. The Bendigo region has received some record-breaking rainfall over the last month. This has already impacted the productivity of the fishing in some locations in the region.

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