Archive for May, 2009

I thought it was about time I put the Berkley motto “Out fishes all other baits” which is printed on every packet of Gulp! to the test. The Werribee Bream Classic is a competition held by the Werribee South Fishing Club. The target species is the Black Bream and anyone can enter. The competition is …

One of the best ways to run a vertical jig is with a Gulp bait! This system is by far the most affective methods ever and it’s so easy it’s almost silly!! If you’ve ever fished a vertical jig then you would know this scenario for sure.You drop a round over a great looking show …

After following the early tests of the new MF40 soft vibes on the Purefishing blog, I was lucky enough to get hold of a few to road test on Victoria’s Black Bream population from John “Dinger” Bell. And it just happened that I was heading to Gippsland last weekend to chase a few bream! I …

It had been quite some time since I last visited Weipa in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria. The place has a reputation for great fishing and it certainly lived up to this for me. While in town, I stayed with a good friend, Mark Ward. Unfortunately, Mark was busy at work for most of my stay. …

The Barham River located in Apollo Bay is a small system that I had never fished before. The general purpose for the weekend away was not fishing and when I saw the weather forecast (gale force westerly winds with rain) I wasn’t too fussed. The rods still managed to make it into the car and …

I always enjoy a chance to fish with some of the other Berkley guys. We all live in different parts of the country and as such adapt techniques to suit our home conditions and species. I was down on the Gold Coast for the weekend and happened to ring Steve “The Wizard” Wilson to tell …

I first saw a 2” Bulky Hawg during my first ABT tournament back in 2006 where I fished as a non-boater and was lucky enough to draw Scott Towner on day 1 and Mark Mangold on day 2. The venue was the Gippsland lakes, a huge expanse of water that holds some equally large bream.Half …

Bulky Hawg – Brown Pumpkinseed Fleck I first saw a 2” Bulky Hawg during my first ABT tournament back in 2006 where I fished as a non-boater and was lucky enough to draw Scott Towner on day 1 and Mark Mangold on day 2. The venue was the Gippsland lakes, a huge expanse of water …

After getting some of the yet to be released Berkley MF40 soft plastic vibes I was dead keen to give them a go on some of Tassie’s highland trout prior to the season closing at the start of May. Up at 4:30am I headed to a mates place to meet up for the trip up …

Whilst on a resent trip to South Africa I had the pleasure of fishing with a very knowledgeable angler by the name of Mark De La Hay. Having both found a love of vertical jigging and soft bait fishing, he had quite an unusual mix of both on offer when we went jigging in the …