Team Berkley’s Mark “Mango” Mangold has topped off another successful year of tournament fishing by finishing 3rd in the ABT’S angler rankings. A win in the Aus open teams event and a 2nd in the Derwent Tasmania round and a 3rd in the Sydney ABT round boulsterd points for a solid performance for the year. …
Towner Finishes 3rd in ABT Grand Final
Team Berkley’s Scott Towner has finished 2007 on a high by taking out 3rd place in this years ABT grand final as well as the ABT’s number 1 angler ranking. The ever consistent Towner fished against, Cameron Wittam, Stephen Wheeler and Ben Godfrey in a one session shootout contested in four identical Quintrex Hornets, after …
Berkley Soft Bait Challange New Zealand
Kiwi’s were recently introduced to the world of catch and release tournament style fishing in the form of the Berkley Soft Bait Challenge. The tournament was run out of the picturesque water side hamlet of Warkworth, situated around an hours drive north of Auckland. This was basically a trial run for a much bigger event …
Kayaking on the Coromandel
There’s nothing I love better than catching snapper and kings on Gulp, during a recent trip to New Zealand’s Coromandel peninsula I jumped onto one of Rob Fort’s kayaks for a bit of a paddle and a cast around some of the spectacular inshore islands. It didn’t take long for the action start, its quite …
Guesty wins Dave Irvine Snapper Tournament
Team Berkley’s Michael Guest recently won the Dave Irvine snapper Tournament held on the magnificent off shore waters of Coffs Harbor. Guesty used a combination of 5 and 7 inch Gulp Jerk Shads to land the biggest fish of the event ( 87 cm ) and also took out the overall champion angler trophy. This …
Berkley Barra
Hi and welcome my name is Jason Medcalf and I am a mad keen sport fisherman that just loves hard pulling cranky fish. Keep an eye out here for future articles, tips and funny stories that should entertain and enlighten you on all things fishy.
MANGO’S PATCH
Hi there, I have been asked along with the other Pro Team Members to contribute to this site.I will be sharing with you my experiences with Berkley products, new and old, my fishing adventures, and some pictures of some of my good catches.This girl was caught in the Derwent River, Tasmania and weighed 1.78kg and …
Off shore with Berkley and Seven Strand
Here’s a couple of shots from a days fishing off the Newcastle canyons last season. We were testing the new range of Berkley Seven Strand off shore trolling lures. How did they go you ask? I’ll let the pictures speak for them selves. Lumo and Evil rigged on 300 pound Berkley big game leader with …
Busting Barra on the Berkley Powerbait MulletThe barramundi would have to be one of Australia’s most prized sportfish. There are many lakes stocked in the northern part of the country with barra that grow to immense proportions. Initially we fished for them as we would to fish in the wild – throwing hard bodied lures …
Meet some of our team
I thought this would be a great opportunity to introduce some of the members of our team. From the guys on the water, to the people behind the scenes. Phill “GRUMPY” Coles is the general manager of Pure Fishing Australia. Grumpy has been involved with Abu Garcia, Pure fishing and the Australian tackle industry for …









