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Abu 6’6 Tracker – what a legend! Having owned telescopic rods as a little kid I never really had much faith in them, but gee they have come a long way since then. My recent purchase of a 6’6 Tracker came from a passion of fishing and a need to fit a rod and reel …

hello i recently purchased one of the Berkley blue tiger frenzy flicker shad lures and i just wanted to say that it is LEGENDARY !at first i was using some other hard lures and i fished with these for about 2 hours and they were crappppp, not one nibble, not a bitethen i puled out …

As much as I love to fish the dams for bass, you can’t beat catching them in their natural envoronment. In Queensland, few bass anglers take advantage of the great wild bass fishing on offer. Many of these quality Australian bass have escaped from impoundments when the dams have spilled over. With so many mature …

It must be said that reels that have this spool configuration have been around for a long time; like a really long time! Back when these other reels where around people where having the same problems and where looking for the same results as we are today. We, as they did, are looking to the …

Not to be out done by her brother Fraser, Morgan decides to get in on the fun. This is my eldest daughter Morgan who is 15 years old After listening to her little brother rave about all the fun he was having Morgan thought she better come with me tonight. This was cool to watch …

Hello My name is Simon Steele and I live with my Family in Mackay Queensland where my young Son Fraser and I havejust started to fish for Barramundi. living in Mackay we are very much spoiled with some great wild and impoundment Barramundi opportunities.I started taking the kids to the rivers edge in June last …

With the barra season still closed, I have been resisting the temptation to flick hardbodies at snags so a lot of my trips have involved chasing mangrove jack, reef fish and pelagics around rocky points and shallow reefs. Weipa is loaded with rock bars so finding the structure isn’t the issue but getting tackle to …

Once again Pirtek are hosting Australia’s biggest national fishing competition and it is open to everyone in each State and Territory across the country. The aim of the Fishing Challenge is to raise much needed funds and awareness for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. Stephen Dutton, General Manager of Pirtek Fluid Systems Pty Ltd, …

12th and 13th December 2009 at Borumba, Qld. Well what a great weekend! This was the last competition for Bass for the year. There were 6 individual comps. of 2 hours each. Lots of pressure! My Dad, James and I haven’t had the opportunity to fish together much this year so we were looking forward …

Well what a trip! I fished with Ian Baker as Team Berkly/Nitro R&D and competed in the Southern leg of the tour. This comprised of two comps at Lake Awoonga and one at Lake Monduran. The aim of this trip was to test various modified Backbone jigs and modified 5″ Power Mullets. To see if …