Anchore Retrival
My tri hull has a large forward casting deck and to retrieve the anchor one has to crawl over aluminium chequer-plate to get to the hatch and bollard. When it is a little bumpy on the high seas, this requires more care than one would usually have to impart while receiving bruised kneecaps in the process. |
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Penstock Lagoon Assessment
Penstock Lagoon is a relatively small shallow water with a surface area of 1.4 square kms and maximum depth of 1.8 metres. The lagoon has over a number of years, been subject to significant alterations in water management. |
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THE JOYS OF SALT WATER SPECIES ON LIGHT TROUT GEARby - KEN ORR
What does a trout guide do for relaxation? Go fishing!
What else is there when fishing is your hobby, sport and profession?
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Fishing Multiple Dry FliesThere was a time when dry fly fishing simply involved tying a single dry fly onto a leader of appropriate diameter, casting either to a rising fish or likely spot with a static fly and waiting for an opportunity in the form of a snout, either brown or rainbow, to poke out of the water to swallow the offering.
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Round bottoms and long legs - Big Flies!Daniel Hackett
Attractor Flies
If there were ever any facts that could be agreed on in fly fishing, it would be that ‘Chernobyl Ants’ have nothing to do with ants, that there is no such thing as a ‘Stimulator’ hatch and that the Cricket does not provide a consistent food source for the fish of Great Lake. Despite these facts, these comparatively large ‘attractor’ flies with their fat bodies and long legs can result in excellent dry fly fishing in the absence of any surface food, or indeed during a heavy hatch.
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Trolling For Trout by Damon Sherriff and Tony Morecroft
Trolling for trout is not a thing that I regularly do. I have done my fair share, but not so much recently. The highlight of my freshwater trolling career was when I won a fishing competition held at Lake Meadowbank in 1998/99. It was with an 8 kg Atlantic Salmon which took out heaviest salmon caught for the season.
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The East Australian Current The East Australian Current is the largest ocean current close to the coasts of Australia, generating and enriching life on the driest continent. With its source in the tropical Coral Sea, north-east of Queensland, the East Australian Current (EAC) moves a substantial volume of low-nutrient tropical water south down the Australian coastline towards the temperate regions, with ocean eddies peeling off into the Tasman Sea on the way.
Few Australians realise the EAC is especially relevant to their lifestyle and livelihood - renewing fish stocks and aiding fisheries sustainability; dispersing effluent and marine pollution from coastal cities and renewing water quality; providing a 'comfortable' water temperature for beachgoers, swimmers and surfers; and for assisting yachts sailing south in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
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The Fox FactorBy Jon Fox
The other week I was in St Helens onboard Saltshaker having a coffee with my old friend and ex-deckie Ronnie Smith, his skipper Rocky Carosi and TFN&B’s Mike Stevens. With the anticipation of the warm waters of the East Australian Current in January and February the conversation was of the big Tuna, Sharks and Striped Marlin offshore out of St Helens and more to the point, fishing techniques used for these species in other fisheries and if they will work in Tassie.
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Snappers
Hard Howlers
Warning: This article is not for the weekend fisherman, the tourist, the impatient - or people who don’t like the dark or the cold. So if you are any of the above, please turn over now!
Chasing big snapper in Tasmania is, in my opinion, the most challenging type of fishing anyone can undertake. Many people think I am one of the luckiest fishermen in Tasmania, but I disagree - I make my own luck. I seriously concentrate on targeting big snapper. When I say, big snapper, I don’t mean 5kg fish, I mean fish over 8 kg plus. |
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