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When shallow isn’t shallow enough!

25 February 2022 Articles F-L

• Stephen Booth (first published January 2022) I’m lucky that I get to hang around really good anglers most of ...

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 ...

New twists on fooling flathead

31 October 2020 Articles Back To Basics

by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling • The humble flathead is Australia’s most popular saltwater target, and it’s not too hard to ...

Yaks rule the creeks

30 October 2020 A-E Articles

by Troy Brown • Having endured a couple of months of transitioning weather and the patchy fish catch rates which ...

Mastering the art of how to read the beach

19 February 2020 Articles Bream

by Sean Thompson • Beach fishing isn’t just a sport, it’s a passion. Get it right and it can be ...

Lures for Victoria’s estuaries

18 February 2020 Articles Bass

by Jarrod Day • Victoria might not have the likes of barramundi, mangrove jack, GTs and queenies but we do ...

What’s the story, prawning glory

3 December 2019 Articles Barramundi

by Bob Thornton • In all fishing, understanding the fish’s basics habits only gets you so far. Knowing what they ...

Successful fishing off the rocks

27 June 2019 Articles Bream

by Gary Brown • I have been fishing off the rocks since I was a kid, and have learnt so ...

Better beach fishing with bait

26 June 2019 Articles Bream

by Alex Bellissimo • I spend just as much time rock fishing as beach fishing, but there’s something particularly special ...

A different way to catch flatties

19 April 2019 Articles F-L

By Toby Grundy • I love my flathead fishing. For me, there are very few angling experiences more rewarding than ...

Rocking around the beaches and headlands

13 August 2018 Articles Bream

by David Seaman • In NSW the seascape changes from high cliffs and deep water in the south, to shallow ...

Unlocking dusky flathead secrets

19 April 2018 Articles F-L

by Gary Brown • In my early years dusky flathead were the main fish species that I used to catch ...

Catch a feed of flatties

22 February 2018 Articles F-L

by Greg Reid • When the Editor requested a piece on how to catch flathead for the table I thought, ...

Flathead 101: Soft Plastics on Low Tide

22 January 2018 Articles F-L

by Shayne McKee • We’re going to talk about why low water is such a good time to target flatties ...

Flathead fillets made easy

20 November 2017 Articles F-L

by Stephen Booth • Filleting flathead is one of those things most newcomers find a little difficult. And let’s face ...