Downrigging For Kingfish
Well it’s summer time and half the country is going to be hell bent on chasing kings! Everyone loves kingfish. They look great, taste great, fight great and you can catch them a million different ways. One very effective way of targeting this amazing fish is by using a downrigger. Most boats aren’t equipped with downriggers and this can sometimes
spanish mackerel on bait
With a combination of speed, power and aggressive good looks mackeral remain an enormously popular species for the bluewater brigade. Throughout the last decade various trends have emerged for targeting mackeral with everything from throwing poppers and stick baits to micro jigging, with all being incredibly fun ways to target these aggressive predators. However as aggressive as these fish can
Mulloway On Bait
Words & Images: Gawaine Blake The Argyrosomus Japonicus, what’s that you ask? There are many more common names for this wonderful and most prized sports fish; the ghost of the estuaries, secret silver, jewfish, dusky kob in South Africa and as it is most commonly known to Australian anglers, mulloway, an indigenous word meaning ‘the greatest one’. All of these
Mangrove Jack On Fly
Mangrove jack are a brutal hard hitting fish that pull way above their weight in a short but brutal tussle. They are worthy opponents on any tackle and often pull line from near locked drags as they hit a potential meal and run back to the safety of structure. Targeting jacks on conventional gear will test any angler’s abilities at
mangrove jack on hardbodies
Mangrove Jack are undoubtedly one of north Australia’s premier sport fish. They are the violent ruffians and rascals of our estuaries and many battles fought with these brutes quickly swing in favour of the fish. Hard, fast, powerful short runs give this fish a distinct advantage when the battle is fought in the vicinity of mangroves or man made structure.
drifting and berleying for mako sharks
Aussie anglers had a massive scare during the summer of 2009. The enigmatic mako shark went from a legitimate and highly desired off shore angling target to banned in the blink of an eye due to political principles surrounding Australia being a signatory to the Conservation of Migratory Species Treaty – It was a knucklehead move based upon stock pressures
golden mahi mahi
Can you imagine catching a fish that is as ugly as it is beautiful, both easy to catch and hard fighting, and also one of the best tasting fish in the sea? I know this sounds like an impossibility, but ladies and gentleman, this fish actually exists! The Mahi Mahi or “Dorado” or “Dolphin fish” (no relation to the dolphin of
spinning for spanish mackerel
High-speed spinning for Spanish mackerel is definitely one of the most exciting brands of sport fishing. With one glimpse of a Spaniard it’s obvious that evolution has perfectly crafted this fish for destroying lures at warped speeds. The classic strike from one of these tropical speedsters usually starts with a serious bone jarring jolt, followed by a series of
getting into kayak fishing
I relate kayak fishing to another hybrid sport – wind surfing. Take two perfectly good elements, surfing and kite flying I suppose and mash it into some connected sport. Much is the same with kayak fishing although it’s a little simpler to see where this came from. Some bloke out on a hollowed out tree trunk thousands of years ago