Indholdsfortegnelse for July 2021 i Fishing World

RECREATIONAL fishers will be able to fish for Murray cod all year in Victoria’s west with the three-month closed season to be removed from the Wimmera and Millicent basins, except the Wimmera River. Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) CEO Travis Dowling said extensive consultation has shown strong support from recreational fishers to remove the closed season for Murray cod in the area. “The response through the VFA’s consultation of fishers was extremely positive and this will have benefits for fishing and for regional tourism,” Dowling said. “The Wimmera and Millicent basins are outside of the natural range of Murray cod and thousands of fingerlings are stocked into waters each year, including the ever-improving fisheries at Rocklands Reservoir and Taylors Lake. “Removing the closed season will deliver year-round fishing opportunities and boost…

Those of us who live in Melbourne have an abundance of fishing opportunities. These opportunities are not necessarily to far flung parts of the state, but within easy travelling distance of the city, whether that be by public transport or car. If we were to draw a circle 100 kilometres around Melbourne, we would have an area of coast spanning from Anglesea in the west to just east of Phillip island, encompassing both bays and the rivers/creeks that flow into them. We would also take in numerous small streams, lakes and rivers where you could chase several freshwater fish including Murray cod, trout, redfin, yellow belly and freshwater blackfish. A myriad of options being available sometimes make it hard to choose what to do and where to go. The final…

AFTER working all week how many times have you had strong winds and big seas play havoc with your weekend fishing plans? Hundreds I’ll bet - the same as me. Over the years I’ve always found that it pays to have a few foul weather fishing options up your sleeve. When I lived in southern NSW I had a very handy selection of locations and species to fish for when the weather turned to crap. Bad weather down there included a southerly change with rain and strong winds, big seas from an east coast low, howling westerly winds in August and September and flooded river systems from heavy rain. If the seas were up I had the rivers and estuaries to fish as long as there hadn’t been heavy rain.…

I’m a pelagic tragic. I’m addicted to spinning the rocks for small pelagic species like salmon, tailor, bonito, and rat kingfish. There’s nothing like that feeling when, after hundreds of casts, your metal lure comes to a grinding halt and you feel the rhythmic headshake and tail-beat of a fired-up predatory fish transmitted up the line. There’s nothing like watching your light 7-foot spin rod bend in a solid arc towards the water as the unseen fish peels off line against a tightly set drag. For a few moments, you don’t know what you’ve hooked. It could be anything – a jumbo salmon, a monster tailor, a kingfish, a bonito or something else! If it’s a big salmon, it could all come unstuck the moment the fish breaks the surface…

THE skipjack or striped tuna is quite an amazing fish. While it lacks the glamour of its larger relatives like the yellowfin, bluefin or bigeye, it’s both a great light tackle rec target and as those bigger species have declined in number, it’s become the mainstay of the canned tuna industry. It’s the most abundant of the world’s 15 tuna species and in 2018 accounted for about half of the world’s seven million tonnes of tuna and related species catch. Can it sustain that sort of fishing pressure? Sadly, history would suggest not, that eventually it will go the way of the North American Atlantic cod and the big Atlantic and Indian Ocean tuna species. Two things might save it. One would be to restrict fishing methods to pole &…

OLIGHT PERUN 2 THE Olight Perun 2 purple gradient is a multi-functional right angle flashlight. It has customised 4000mAh 21700 rechargeable battery with a maximum output of 2500 lumens and 166 metre throw, 25 per cent brighter than the Perun. It also features a magnetic base, durable headband, and firm pocket clip for a variety of hands-free uses. The built-in proximity sensor will reduce the brightness for protection when it detects an obstruction nearby. The Perun 2 can charge quickly and has incredible MCC3 cable with a charging current up to 2A, increasing charging speed by 33 per cent. It’s also easy to carry and attach. The intuitive operation provides a convenient experience for different applications and a compact body for easy carrying. In a nutshell, Perun 2 purple gradient…

Murray cod have held the podium since time immemorial, as the premier freshwater target species in southern states, and for good reason. First and foremost is their size. Cod can grow, even in smaller wild river fisheries, to astounding proportions. Fish over 25 kg are not rare and I’ve spoken to good cod anglers who know where the big ones live; down to which part of a particular snag. They tell a tale of an 80lb cod being caught over the years, from one such snag, and although they haven’t seen this particular fish, they live in hope that it’s still kicking around somewhere. It was during the Christmas break that my wife, friends and I spent a few days in cod country, renting a rustic cabin beside the river…

After the event being cancelled in 2020 due to Covid-19 and the previous events prior to that being fished on a dry barren river due to poor wet seasons, the 2021 Barra Nationals, run by the Palmerston Game Fishing Club, sprang back to life this year on the Daly River. There had been a good wet season and the river now held plenty of fish. This year I was fishing as a part of the “Dead Fishy” team with Troy Dixon and Rocky Edwards, but our boat had changed significantly. Normally we fish in the slowest boat in the field, but this year I was aboard a Skeeter with a tricked up outboard capable of warp speed. It was quite a big change for me, and I’m not generally a…

SHIMANO VANFORD In the fishing world the buzz and hype of a new reel to the market, especially from a company with credentials like Shimano, certainly has some large shoes to fill. I must admit my ears pricked up when I heard whispers of Shimano releasing a new reel that would supersede the Stradic CI4+ that was aptly named, Vanford. Now most readers would be unaware I was long time the Australian product manager for Shimano. New reel releases were a common thing but a whole new name and range certainly comes with inherent risk to the company, especially when reputation is a big deal down under. Ironically, having moved to other employment I was tasked with giving a new Vanford compact 5000XG a run for its money. First impressions…

“The Daly River is well known for its rock bars, stumps, crocodiles and logs. It can be a scary place to navigate.” WHEN it comes to boat speed, I’ve always been quite conservative. I’ve never been a fan of high speed bass boats with enormous engines. To me, they are in the same category as jet skis. But recently that all changed. In this year’s Barra Nationals we moved into the speed section when it comes to barra boats. Normally we are the slowest boat in the field, getting down river in last place and being last to get back to camp in our 440 Quintrex with a 60hp motor. If we hit 50 kilometres an hour that’s exceptional. But we’ve adapted with the small boat to use it to…

Here in Australia we have many tackle manufacturers producing hundreds of marlin lures and all but a few unusual shapes have been modelled off original Hawaiian creations. This article is about how lure fishing for blue marlin first started in Australia and how the Hawaiian lure master, Joe Yee, helped lead the way! DISCOVERING BLUE MARLIN Even in Peter Goadby’s great old book, Big Fish & Blue Water released way back in 1970, there were no photos of blue marlin caught in Australia or even a mention of blue marlin in the books, Offshore Timetable! “The conditions on the day he found Browns were excellent, so he put out a spread of lures and started working around the area.” In NSW where blue marlin fever first started we can now…

Fly fishing is a fun and sometimes challenging method of targeting fish of all species. But for someone new fly fishing, one of the main barriers to getting started is confusion about tackle. For many who grew up fishing conventional tackle using bait and lures, the switch to fly fishing seems confusing, overwhelming, expensive, and hardly worth the effort. I don’t blame them. Thankfully, these days fly fishing is no longer the “exclusive” pastime only enjoyed by gentleman in tweed coats, smoking pipes and waving cane rods. It’s just another form of fishing, a very productive and fun form of fishing, but without the added “mystique” and expense that went along with it in the past. The good news is, it’s not that difficult to understand and over the following…

THERE is no doubt that Simrad offers some of the best marine electronics on the market, so when they release an upgraded multi-function display we’re always keen to see what improvements have been made. I’ve been running a 12” Simrad NSS EVO3 on my 5.8m Formosa for the past three years and have loved the unit from day dot. The ease of use and resolution of the Simrad EVO3 is outstanding, so when the new EVO3S was released in late 2020 I was keen to upgrade to compare how the new model performed against the earlier EVO3. My initial thoughts were “how can the previous model be improved?”. After measuring my dash it confirmed I could upgrade to a 16” display, offering a larger screen to offer better resolution when…