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How to Set Up a Fishing Rig for Snapper: A Beginner’s Guide

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Snapper fishing is extremely popular in Australian waters, offering anglers both the thrill of the fight and a tasty reward. Whether you’re targeting Snapper in deeper offshore waters or closer to the reefs, setting up the right rig can make all the difference. This guide will walk you through the essentials of Snapper rig setup

How to Catch Kingfish: Strategies and Tactics

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Catching Kingfish in Australian waters can be a thrilling experience, requiring the right techniques and preparation.

How to Catch Barramundi in Australian Waters

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Barramundi are a prized catch in Australian waters, known for their aggressive strikes and strong fighting abilities. To increase your chances of success, it's essential to use the right gear and techniques. Here's a comprehensive guide to catching Barramundi.

Bait fishing for juvenile black marlin

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black marlin offshore fishing

Getting onto a few black marlin may seem out of reach for the average boatie, but with a bit of knowledge and the right gear, these magnificent sportfish are well within the grasp of trailer boat owners.

Become a grunter hunter

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There are a few species of saltwater grunter, or javelin in Australia, namely the silver, blotched and barred javelin. These fish are found across most of temperate and tropical Australia in the estuaries and sometimes offshore, particularly when they get to larger sizes.

Skinny water bassin’

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Our much-loved Australian bass can be caught in a range of environments, but to many bass die-hards, they are at their best in small, skinny streams. These places are the domain of the land-based angler with a sense of adventure.

Catching carp on bait

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European carp have a bad wrap in this country, and there are good reasons for that. Since their introduction to Australian waterways in the 1960s, their numbers have exploded and this has had lasting ecological effects.

Black breaming basics

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Australia-wide, bream have to be one of, if not the most fished for species in our sunburnt landmass. This is mainly because they are available all around the country!

The search for estuary perch

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For many anglers, estuary perch (or EPs as they are often known) are something of an enigma – a kind of ghost of the estuary. While similar and even identical in many ways to their better known cousins, the Australian bass, they possess their own quirks that set them apart.

Gearing up for gummies

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If you’ve ever had flake from a seafood joint, it was most likely the meat of a gummy shark. Native to most southern waters from about Mid NSW and Perth southwards, this species is prized for its soft, flaky flesh.

King George whiting secrets

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Often it’s the case that the further north you go, the bigger things get. This is true for most fish, however in the world of whiting, it’s quite the opposite. King George whiting live in most of our southern waters, including parts of Tasmania, and can be found as far north as about Gippsland in the east, and Perth in the west.

Threadies in the shallows

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In our northern estuaries there’s one fish that dominates the headlines and social media posts, and that’s the barramundi. There is one fish, however, that while offering much the same in the way of sport and eating qualities as barra, constantly flies under the radar.

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