The weather is bleak. The wind blew straight off the High Country snowfields, and there were pockets of rain to add to the chill. Fishing was out: between showers of rain, the Goulburn River was running a banker, its waters soiled by run-off. This day, none of that mattered. The world may be in turmoil, […]
Wetting A Line In The Kimberleys
The carrot that dangles at the end of the line is barramundi. At least that’s how it is for many travelling anglers hitting the northern highways across the Top End. The tug is the drug, but it is a magical two-word phrase that keeps us going: Road Trip. And for those who have a yearning […]
Chasing A Big One
Cairns in far north Queensland offers piscatorial delights to suit everyone. The city may be billed as the black marlin capital of the world, but there is much more on offer: Huge barramundi, razor gang speedsters like wahoo and mackerel, and a host of estuary gangsters including mangrove jack and queenfish. LAKE TINAROO Lake Tinaroo […]
Tackling The North
Travelling anglers looking for an all round fishing destination will be hard pressed to find somewhere better than Mackay in North Queensland. Whether you fish freshwater or saltwater, the fishing close at hand is amazing. My introduction to the region came via a canoe in the Pioneer River. Fishing from a canoe is one of […]
Mallacoota Inlet
Travelling anglers heading east from Melbourne will find some of southern Australia’s best, and most accessible fishing, in East Gippsland. Between the Gippsland Lakes Region in the south to the New South Wales border, there are diverse and bountiful opportunities. When the bream are running in the Gippsland Lakes, it can be wall to wall […]