It’s been over 2 years since I last fished the Glenelg river, it was my favourite venue in my early days of tournament fishing though. Largely due to the incredible hard body fishing that can be done there. The Glenelg river has high cliffs and extensive undercut rocky banks that the fish just love to …
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Murray Cod – Hodgey
On a wake boarding and fishing holiday on the timber infested Lake Mulwala I spent some time chasing the iconic Murray Cod. I had never targeted Murray Cod on lures before and I really knew nothing about them. Upon arriving at Lake Mulwala I looked out across the water and was amazed and a little …
Basstasstic Grand Final 2011 -Borumba – Callum Munroe
Pre fish My Dad and I headed out to the lake on the Friday morning for a prefish. We headed into the junction where all the dead trees are and found a good concentration of bass holding around a row of trees. They were in a concentrated area which would of been around 100m long. …
Mallacoota Victorian Bream Classic Grand Final – Hodgey
On 25th – 26th November the Vic Bream GF was held at the majestic Mallacoota. Mallacoota is one of the most picturesque venues in Victoria and the 50 boat field were in for a treat, however the weather that was served up to us was downright horrible. The constant gale force wind and rain over …
2011 BREAM GRAND FINAL – Russell Babekuhl
Wow! What a dream year it has been for me. After many years of just missing out, I finally managed to secure myself a “NSW Angler of the Year” title. Just when I thought the year couldn’t get any better, I achieved my long term goal of taking out the National Bream Grand Final. The …
Summer Guide For Surface Whiting
With summer now just around the corner it’s a great time to think about chasing Whiting across the flats on surface lures. Finding Whiting Before even thinking about throwing small lures for Whiting we first need to have some reasonable knowledge on where to find them?… And how they are likely to behave during …
Smackin’ Bass on Ripple Shads
Now that we are about half way into spring, impoundment bass will be really starting to fire up. In some lakes this can take place faster than others. Active fish will be quick to pounce on lipless crankbaits, MF’s and Big Eye Blades. When the fish are slower, a soft plastic can be the best …
Future Leaders
Hello snapper heads! Mad Dog here with you…I’m going to tell you a little story about leader material being used as fishing line, what you can expect out of it and what’s new in the zoo! The Straight Through – For quite a few years now I’ve been fishing light weight mono’s from the reel …
Pro Team tips for springtime trout
Spring is here and the trout are hungry. Andrew McGovern is located in the nations capitol and regularly fishes the alpine lakes and surrounding areas. Pat Sullivan hails from that trout fishing mecca Tasmania. Read on for trouting tips from these two keen trout anglers on the Purefishing pro Team. Trout Tips by Andrew McGovern …
Springtime Targets – Golden Perch.
The onset of warm weather each year brings a smile to my dial and is the catalyst for several fishing trips chasing warm water species; a pleasant change from several months of winter angling. An annual event in our household during the past quarter of a century has been the traditional springtime golden perch …
Berkley Pro Team: Hi Harry
Best advice I can give you on fishing in Tassie is to go to s...
Dean: Can bigger trebbles be put on these
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