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Offshore crazy kingfish captures

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

Our estuary system rebounded and is fishing well again. Plenty of bream are being taken along the Snowy River all the way up to the highway bridge at Orbost, making the fishing platforms that have been erected prime fishing spots along both sides of the river all the way down to the Marlo Road causeway turn-off.

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Bruiser bream on the move

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

July sees the cold of winter keeping some anglers off the water, but for those who are keen enough to get out and brave that cold weather, the rewards can be fantastic.

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Floundering around in Tasmania

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

It’s July and it’s cold – damn cold. The state has shut down to a certain degree as the weather makes life go from hard to real hard. This doesn’t mean that we have to run the white flag up and completely give up. While July has a bit of a bet on with June about who is the coldest and most miserable, we can take comfort in the fact that daylight hours are increasing. They will continue to do so until October 1.

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Calm conditions keep the fish coming

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

A sensational bout of late autumn weather meant anglers had plenty of different species to target before winter. Days of northerly winds created ideal conditions for targeting fish off the local beaches and there have been plenty of salmon around to keep everyone happy.

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Blue Rock is still in business

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

The stream trout season is now closed and will re-open on the first weekend of September, leaving local anglers with few stream options.

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Bonkers for barrel tuna

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

Things have gone a little quiet along the local beaches lately with only a few small salmon being caught. There have been some very decent gummies caught off Johanna Beach at night; one local hooked into two gummies around 5ft long in the space of an hour. He was using a fresh salmon fillet on a running sinker rig.

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Be prepared to face the cold

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

Winter time on Phillip Island means extra jumpers, the occasional need for a rain coat and a little bit of thought when it comes to your fishing. It also requires a change to how you fish. Look more at the tides and wind direction. It’s colder at this time of the year and no one wants to be standing on a beach or sitting in a boat for hours, so concentrate more on that hour or two before and after the tides.

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Excellent squid are around.

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

The cold and dull days of winter that seemed so far away for so long, especially over the past few months, have well and truly set in on the bay.

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Brilliant black bream blading

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

It’s a bream jackpot! The last four weeks have been extraordinary when it comes to luring up big black bream and the action should get even better as we get further into winter. There have been no significant rain events of late, and that means clean salty water has filled Lake Wellington and brought a whole heap of fish with it.

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Beating the mean bream blues

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

Sick of your mate hooking all of the bream on lures? It has happened to all of us. You spend a day on the water with a good mate and they releases a whole swag of bream. Meanwhile, you have a terrible day and land a few little ones, or maybe nothing at all! Even worse, you use the same lures, identical rods and even the same length and size of leader.

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Spinning the surf for salmon

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

Catching Australian salmon might not be everyone’s cup of tea, especially when they are predominantly caught in winter along the surf beaches of Victoria. Each year before the onset of winter, huge schools of salmon make their way into our bays and inlets before heading out to infiltrate the surf zones.

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Quiet season starts with a good stocking

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

The fishing has been very quiet over the past month and that’s no surprise. Winter months are usually the quietest time for our region.

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Surf fishing is kicking into high gear

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

Despite the wintery blast we have been blanketed with these past few weeks, there has been no chance of the fishing slowing up. The surf fishing scene has well and truly kicked into high gear now with salmon invading the surf beaches right along the coast from Phillip Island to the Ninety Mile Beach.

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You can’t catch fish on the couch

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

The gritty days of winter are upon us, with sideways rain and wind that seems like it will never pass. While this is what we can expect in Melbourne, for the short while ahead, the common phrase “you can’t catch fish on the couch” could not ring truer.

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Get excited about trout stocking

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

July is a tough time of the year to fish in North East Victoria. There are still fishing options available for the keen Murray cod and redfin angler, however, trout really dominate the fishing during July for a number of reasons.

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How I wish you were here.

Andrew Amsler | First Published: July 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Southern QLD / Caloundra /

The Pelican Waters canals are fishing well for queenfish, along with bigeye trevally and small GTs. Anglers are also encountering schools of kalekale trevally, which come on in the cooler months.

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Chilling out with the hot catches

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

It’s chilling down now and the snapper and bream should start to turn it on. This month should see good numbers of pan-size juvenile snapper on all the reef edges. An early start will see the best results, but make sure you’re rugged up. There have been a few grassy sweetlip, goldspot cod, Maori cod, tuskies and even a few nannygai thrown in the mix.

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Bluewater action heats up as weather cools

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

It has always amazed me how quickly you can get warmed up in winter when that rod loads up as a fast powerful fish rips off some line. It’s winter time in Lucinda and the bluewater is where the fun is at.

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Picture perfect angling weather in July

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

July is famous for light breezes and little swell, which encourages anglers to head offshore in droves. There are heaps of snapper and pearlies around the reefs at the moment with North Reef, Chardons Reef, the Barwon Banks and the Hards producing some outstanding fish. Micro-jigs are a great way to fish these areas.

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Southern Cross Television & Isisford Fishing Competition

Tag | First Published: July 2017   »  Regular Features / Tournaments /

The Isisford Barcoo Recreational Fishing Club invites you to their annual fishing competition on 28-30 July – this month!

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Mega weekend for sportfishing clubs

Tag | First Published: July 2017   »  Regular Features / Tournaments /

Over the recent Labour Day long weekend two great events kept anglers busy reeling in the fish. Across the state a species challenge was hosted by Australian National Sportfishing Association Queensland branch (ANSA Qld). In the tropics the North Queensland Sportfishing Championships was hosted by the Hinchinbrook Sportfishing Club.

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The basics of the magic wand

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

Flyfishing is a very technical type of fishing and is used all around the world. Flyfishing is when an angler uses a hand-tied fly with little to no weight.

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Waiting for those breaks in the wind

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

Winter in the north usually follows one of two patterns. Either we get lots of calm periods with short blows in between, or we get lots of blows with short periods of calm weather in between.

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Sticking it to The Man

The Sheik | First Published: July 2017   »  Regular Features / Sheik of the Creek /

There are plenty of things that confuse me about people’s behaviour. Spend some time on the knobtracks, what some people call ‘highways,’ around the place and you’ll find all sorts of stuff that defies human logic. In fact, it probably defies chimpanzee logic as well. But I can’t for the life of me get my head around people, supposedly sensible people, that push for a fishing licence across Queensland.

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Winter pinky snapper and flatties

Danny Sands | First Published: July 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Southern QLD / Gold Coast /

July is the coldest month of the year and it can be very fruitful for anglers who are prepared to rug up and put in the time. The cold westerlies will start to blow and the water temperature will fall.

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Great weather as winter continues

Dane Radosevic | First Published: July 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Central QLD / Hervey Bay /

It’s that time of year when the grey nomads start to venture north as they try to escape the dreaded southern winter weather. With cool southwesterly or southeasterly winds blowing in the early hours of the morning, this is a great time of year to hit the water and fish through to the late hours of the afternoon, as we quite often see the bay glass-out.

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West Coast inshore will be spectacular

Tim O’reilly | First Published: July 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Tropical North / Cape York /

As the chilly southerly winds hiss their way up the East Coast of Queensland, let’s take a look at some of the spots and fish species that are still hot-to-trot. Over-simplified, the East Coast bluewater scene will be challenging at best and West Coast inshore season should be spectacular.

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Welcome relief from the heat

Paul Prokopuk | First Published: July 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Tropical North / Cooktown /

July is a special time in Cooktown and Cape York. The rain has eased up and the cooler days are a welcomed relief from the heat. For the next few months most people head bush whenever they get the chance. Some may head into the rainforests to chase jungle perch. Others may head for the beaches and fish the creek mouths for saltwater species. Whatever the adventure, it is a magical time of year to get out and explore the countryside.

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Pick your days for successful trips

Clayton Nicholls | First Published: July 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Central QLD / Yeppoon /

The Capricorn region has been all over the place in terms of weather. The past month has played host to calm blue clean oceans one day and murky, windy waters the next. People who have picked their days right have had great success, both inshore and offshore. The Keppels and beyond have produced a great variety of both reef and pelagic species and the creeks and rivers have produced some great estuary catches.

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Bring on the bream brawlers

Mick Morris | First Published: July 2017   »  Area Articles / Queensland / Southern QLD / Jumpinpin /

July is a wonderful time of year to head out to the ‘Pin with cool, clear days and light westerly winds. This makes for top fishing conditions. The water temperature is down, which means bream should be on the bite with great catches to be expected all winter long.

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