Road travellers tend to gravitate to water and for me it’s the natural thing to do as waterside stopovers give an opportunity to break out the fishing rods. The tug on the end of a line is the drug and you never forget fishing water that produces trophy fish. A common dilemma many anglers face […]
Australian Travelling Angler
"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope." - John Buchan
Making Decisions
Many a freshwater angler will plan a road trip destination based on accessibility and available fishing. This isn’t always easy. Water levels, be it a drought or a flood, control access and fishing, hence these are overriding factors in any decision making. As I write there is a huge ongoing drought in eastern Australia. Forecasters […]
Fishing The Great Ocean Road
Victoria’s Great Ocean Road is a Pandora’s Box of fishing adventure, ranging from rivers and estuary to surf and offshore. One of the State’s most popular tourist destinations, this 300-kilometre stretch of bitumen runs from Torquay to Warrnambool. On the first leg, from Torquay to Apollo Bay, the road clings to the coast, separating steep […]
Tropical Options
Head seawards from the tiny fishing village of Dungeness in North Queensland and pretty soon you’ll have to make a tough decision. Do you swing to starboard and see how you measure up to the piscatorial challenges of tangling with the tackle-munching monsters that live at the end of the 5.76km long Lucinda Sugar Loading Jetty […]
Carnarvon
A green oasis flanked on the east side by a yellow sand desert, and on the west by bluewater. On the Western Australian coast, Exmouth stands out as a bluewater game fishing destination, and fly fishing central for practitioners of the long wand seeking permit and bonefish. A few hundred kilometres south is the famous […]
