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Lining up for a better leader – avoid losing big fish

25 February 2022 Articles Feature

• Brett Geddes (first published December 2021) All anglers have endured the frustration and despair of losing a fish to ...

Hidden secrets of kayaking at Lang Lang

1 November 2021 Articles Features

• by Tom Wilson (first published November 2021) Lang Lang, at the top end of Western Port Bay, is a ...

Getting your head around gear ratios

1 November 2021 Articles Back To Basics

• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling (first published November 2021) Retrieve speeds can be really important in many styles of lure ...

Learning about lures: bream bounty

31 October 2021 Articles Bream

• by Jamie Robley (first published November 2021) Four decades ago, when I first started offering lures to my local ...

Match the catch!

27 October 2021 Articles Back To Basics

• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling (first published October 2021) We all know about ‘matching the hatch’, but what about ‘matching ...

The redclaw crayfish equation

27 October 2021 Articles Fishing

• by Peter Jung (first published October 2021) As someone who enjoyed fishing for blueclaw crayfish or yabbies for the ...

The age-old art of yabbying

27 October 2021 Articles Fishing

• by Robbie Alexander (first published October 2021) “What the hell is a yabby?” This is a question that I ...

Unstructured: coral trout fishing out yonder

31 August 2021 Articles Coral Trout

• by John Loeskow Coral trout would have to be one of the most sought-after fish species across the top ...

Searching for spring gold

31 August 2021 Articles Back To Basics

• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling From Victoria to Queensland, spring marks the peak time to target XOS yellowbelly or golden ...

Leaders: the vital link

23 August 2021 Articles Back To Basics

• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling Since the advent of braided lines, leader selection and construction has become an increasingly important ...

Throwing loops for weed munchers

23 August 2021 Articles F-L

• by Lachlan Hickey Luderick (or blackfish) have to be one of the most underrated and under targeted fish on ...

Why travel 400km for a 5kg flathead?

1 July 2021 Articles Features

• Ross Winstanley (first published July 2021) As commercial net fishing winds up in Port Phillip, the prospects of a ...

Cashing in on cuttlefish

30 June 2021 Articles Features

• Spero Kartanos (first published July 2021) In late autumn and right through winter, Moreton Bay comes alive with cuttlefish. ...

Holidaying in Australia – East Kimberley WA

30 June 2021 Articles Fishing

• Peter Jung (first published July 2021) Holidays are something that all of us need, and with overseas travel restricted ...

Winter on the wharves