On the cover is Hooked Up’s new boat, an Edencraft 6.0 Offshore which is has kept us very busy putting it together since January. It’s exceeded our expectations on every level, and you can read all about it in our feature story.
Legendary fishing journo Steve Cooper joins the Hooked Up team this month and provides some very interesting information about King George whiting that we never knew and we think most of our readers haven’t heard about either, it may just change how we target them going forward.
Dean Norbiato heads to Lake Jindabyne for the first time and it doesn’t take him and his trusty crew long to work out how to get on to the big yabby crunching browns that reside in this alpine lake.
Sammy Leys has spent the past five months testing out a 2000 size Daiwa Kix, I think almost everyone agrees it’s the best-looking reel getting around in 2024 but he lets us know how it fares in performance.
Stu Pentin takes the Meridian Sword Skirts and drops them down for a broadbill, he’s a hard guy to please and he was impressed.
Kosta Linardos spent seven months putting the new 3000 Stradic FM through its paces as a general workhorse reel. With countless hours of use and salt and grime exposure you can learn if the new model keeps its ultra-durable reputation of past models.
