Archive for September, 2008

“LINE, LINE AND MORE LINE”, never before have we had so many choices of super lines from the Pure fishing stable. I have been fishing lately with a new addition to Pure Fishing’s collection of super lines, SPIDERWIRE’S STEALTH “CODE RED BRAID”.      Code red has a round PE microfibre construction that features a …

About two hours drive west of Brisbane lies Somerset Dam. The lake is situated in the Brisbane Valley right next to its sister Lake Wivenhoe. Together these two lakes would have to be the premier impoundment bass fisheries of Australia. They are home to plenty of monster bass. Lake Somerset had been fishing poorly for …

I walk the edge of the Noosa River of an evening time frequently. The family gets out for some exercise in what is definitely one of the prettiest areas I have ever lived. As we walk I often take notice of the number of kids casting a line from the shores. One of the pleasing …

I have been chasing Billfish since I was a kid and to me they were always the Holy Grail.Now when I first started, livies were the go and a well bridal rigged tuna was always number one.With skipping Gars or swimming baits a close second. The only problem was getting the bait, no bait no …

People often ask me which bait is my favourite in the Gulp line up. I’ve gotta tell you it’s a pretty tough question to answer with such a big range of tournament winning offerings to choose from. But after putting a bit of thought into it, it became pretty simple, sounds like a bit of …

Although the Brisbane International Boat Show’s invitational BREAM Tournament is essentially an exhibition event, that doesn’t mean that there’s no competition between the teams. Add to that a $5,000 cash prize kitty underwritten by Daiwa and Evinrude, and there’s plenty of hard fishing done … but let’s take a step back and see what it’s …

I didn’t make the ABT Bream Grand Final. I’m not even a member of the Berkley Pro Team. So what in the Gulp Shrimp am I doing writing here you are asking?Well it’s like this. I’ve just finished my first season as an ABT non-boater. I say finished as I didn’t make the Grand Final …

After speaking to my good mate Andrew Axon from Canberra we made a last minute decision to enter the Vic Bream Classic on the Glenelg River in far western Victoria, being the last round for the year we thought bugger it lets have a crack. I picked up Andrew from Melbourne Airport and we were …