Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2020 i Fishing World

Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge This iconic lodge has been completely refurbished, offering luxury wilderness accommodation in an area teaming with sportfish. Location Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge is situated on the western side of Port Essington on Cobourg Peninsula in the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, western Arnhem Land. Sportfishing Seasons March / April 2020 October / November 2020 Fishing Lodge guests have access to a huge expanse of bays, headlands, offshore reefs and islands where Spanish mackerel, giant trevally, golden snapper, coral trout & many other pelagic and tasty reef species abound. Plus the many sandy mangrove creeks and flats offer great barramundi, threadfin salmon and mangrove jack fishing. Arnhem Land Barramundi Lodge Booking Peak Seasons Only Following the complete refurbishment of the iconic Arnhem Land Barramundi Lodge,…

“I pledge to visit a fire affected town with my Empty Esky”. This timely media campaign really has struck a chord with Australians and the wider world over the past few harrowing months. The “Bring an Empty Esky” campaign is aimed at supporting the fire-impacted communities that need our collective help. Anglers are such steadfast benefactors to Australians in need; as a community we do great things for so many worthy causes and have so for a long time. As one of the “Bring an Esky” founders, Eleanor Ballieu said: “We are encouraging everyone to grab an empty esky, do a road or sea trip, and head into an area impacted by the bushfires when it’s safe to do so, and really shock the locals. Fill that esky with everything…

ICONIC Queensland reel manufacturer Alvey Reels is celebrating its 100th year of operation. Back in July 2017, the company announced on Facebook it would be shutting down at the end of October that year, a result of negative economic influences. That post went viral and sparked an influx of orders from loyal Alvey customers, allowing the fishing business to stay open a little while longer to meet demand. Fast forward two years and Alvey is now celebrating its centennial with a video of the brand’s journey and long history with Australian fishing. Alvey has also received mainstream media attention reaching the 100 year milestone, with a segment on Channel Seven’s popular Sunrise morning show.…

“On big tides large barramundi use the tide to move up river chasing baby barra and mullet and even when the water is filthy the fishing can be excellent.” In northern Australia there are only two seasons, the wet and the dry. Each year barramundi fishermen across the country cross their fingers hoping for sustained heavy rains in the north. These rains are the life blood of all the coastal ecosystems, in exactly the same way that rain is to farmers, native animals and vegetation. In the Northern Territory in the 2018/19 wet season the rains never came in a sustained way. While some rivers had a run off of sorts, in general it was a miserable wet season in most of the catchments, and the fishing was very poor.…

There aren’t many inshore sportfish offering the same level of accessibility as Australian salmon. As a recreational species they tick a lot of boxes; only being lessened by their table qualities. They jump, fight hard, are found in good numbers and hit lures with absolute aggression. Their considerable appetite and drive to feed ensures that when fish are found, they will typically eat. Salmon are often the first basic “sportfish” that many fishos encounter in the southern half of our country. Targeting salmon in the surf was my first step away from smaller bread & butter species when I was a kid, and I dare say they have been a stepping-stone for plenty of other fishos around our country. This is especially so in locales such as southern WA, throughout…

Each month we will select five lucky winners for our Grin & Win section. Grin & Win winners will each receive a cool Shimano cap and Squidgy DVD! E-mail your entry and contact details to: pictures@fisho.com.au Please include your name and age and details of your catch. Also provide a postal address so winners can receive their prize. Good luck! Visit the Shimano Junior Anglers’ website at www.shimanofish.com.au…

IT was a bitter sweet end to Australia’s bushfire crisis. No sooner were the flames extinguished, the floods began, and it wasn’t long before we started hearing reports of major fish kills. Bushfire devastated areas were most susceptible, with ash and topsoil washed into the river systems creating serious problems for native fish. It was widespread from the South and North Coasts of NSW to inland waterways and impoundments. Some of the worst fish kills happened west of the Great Dividing Range with similar floods occurring. The difference was many of these western rivers weren’t fire affected. There was no ash. So what or who was to blame? The problems in our rivers, particularly the Murray Darling, run much deeper. And while droughts, fire and pouring rain are natural, this…

FOR nearly three decades the National 4x4 Outdoors Show, Fishing & Boating Expo has been Brisbane’s leading event for the 4WD industry and fans of the Australian outdoors. There are thousands of bargains and brands on sale with industry experts on hand to give the best advice and deals for your 4x4, camping, fishing, boating and outdoor adventures. Don’t miss the adrenaline pumping entertainment on the Action Arena thanks to Australia’s no. 1 stunt man, Matt Mingay and his Hot Wheels Team. Get off the beaten track, on the proving ground, where visitors can experience 4wding on a variety of simulated surfaces. Test drive the latest in 4WDs, meet and greet with your favourite outdoors personality, sit in on one of several stage shows and taste test the many delicacies…

MULLOWAY, more commonly known as jewfish, are a popular target species throughout most of southern Australia. Most of the recreational fishing effort takes place off the rocks, in the estuaries or on the beaches. These highly mobile fish are often not easy to catch, and even the best mulloway anglers often put in long hours on the water in order to be successful. They can be caught on lures and baits, and are more active after dark when they often move long distances to chase baitfish. On the offshore grounds, usually in depths between 10 and 40 metres, mulloway often hold up in caves, wrecks or under ledges in large schools in daylight hours. Once the sun sets the schools move away from cover, sometimes moving inshore towards the mouths…

By the time summer rolls around, we freshwater anglers are getting starry-eyed and listless. Thoughts drift to buzzing cicadas and roiling waters at the bottom of a gravel race; and a dingy eddy inviting a well-presented lure. There in the shadows might lurk a bright-eyed, brassy flanked predator ready to scoff the first thing silly enough to come into range. As the days lengthen and the seasonal chorus of common koels, dollarbirds and cuckoos suddenly springs from every thicket, the call to go bass fishing must be answered! It was just that way as my mate Kieran and I wended towards a river valley. We were exploring new water; and when it comes to the Manning River, well, bass anglers get a bit light-headed. Our tyres rolled onto river cobbles…

We all know the story. You’ve been on the water since dawn, fighting the wind for hours, and now finally you’ve located some active fish. And right on cue, just when you really need to hold the boat in place, your electric motor starts losing power. Or the downriggers slow to a crawl. Or your brand-new side-scan unit starts giving sketchy readings because it’s not getting the juice it needs. The heart of any modern fishing boat is its power system because, to put it bluntly, without power nothing else works. Sonar, GPS, radar, radios, downriggers, electric motors, lights, baitwell pumps, temperature gauges – nothing. As we continue adding more and more high-tech goodies to our rigs, we are ever more reliant on a steady flow of power to make…

For those of us who fish temperate waters, mulloway are a prize catch usually made at great effort. Night is the most productive period to fish and patience is a must. But be warned, the chance of addiction is rife and as numbers increase, the addiction is not satiated, but rather grows exponentially. Cure is hard and cold turkey, a nightmare! Mulloway men and women develop a single minded obsession to the point where all other fish species lose their appeal. Each big fish creates its own memory … but never like the first one. Reportedly, “mulloway” is an indigenous word meaning “the greatest ones”, and it fits perfectly. Whilst, “jewfish” is a shorter version of "jewelfish" which originated in days past when the oversized ear bones (otoliths) of mulloway…

WITH a change of season just around the corner and much of Australia experiencing torrential rain and floods, now is the perfect time to share my thoughts on a new pair of boots. I once thought “gum boots” were uncomfortable and impractical for fishing. And I was probably right. That’s because the old style of cheap plastic boot were unsuitable for walking longer distances, made your feet cold in winter and were slippery on wet river stones or boat ramps. The alternative was spending a few more dollars and buying a higher end product designed for sailing. These were okay on the boat, but not so great for shore based fishing, in the mud, or around slippery boat ramps. Thankfully these days we have more choice and probably the best…

We don’t test a lot of flats skiffs here at Fisho. They are usually considered specialised fishing boats but very well suited to many forms of flats and estuary fishing. Many people think flats fishing is only available in northern Australia but there are estuary flats right throughout NSW and Queensland. I did a lot of flats fishing in southern NSW when I lived there but a flats skiff is also very well suited to estuary and impoundment fishing which makes them extremely versatile. Before I get started on this boat test I think a quick overview of flats fishing is probably a good idea so we all understand what it involves and how it works. Flats fishing was pioneered in the southern areas of the USA half a century…