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Fishing for wellness not just fun
September 16, 2021
A bit of everything RMF News
Fishing for wellness. Is fishing food for your health? You Betcha. We go fishing with wellness expert Nikki Fogden-Moore and catch her a nice big ...
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3 hour barra session on my new lures
September 2, 2021
Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)
With all this wind we’ve been unable to go offshore so we headed to Hinchinbrook for a barra session. Hinchinbrook is an amazing barra fishery ...
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Coral Trout Bonanza for Peta’s Day Out.
August 12, 2021
Offshore fishing tips Tropical Reef Structure Specialists (Coral Trout or USA Grouper)
We had a Coral Trout Bonanza off Mourilyan harbour while taking out our wonderful dog sitter Peta-Jane. Peta-Jane always looks after the house and sea ...
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Coral Trout goes ballistic and kicks Ryan’s butt
August 5, 2021
Offshore fishing tips Tropical Reef Structure Specialists (Coral Trout or USA Grouper)
As I reach down to grab him, this Coral trout goes ballistic when touched. You’ll never take me alive says he, and launches into violent ...
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Weather window for fishing
July 29, 2021
A bit of everything Offshore fishing tips
When a weather window for fishing during the trade winds opens up you’ve just got to take it! The trade-winds have been blowing here in ...
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Stick baits and jigs – fishing lure research and development
July 14, 2021
A bit of everything Gear, Tackle, Knots
Stick baits and jigs are one of my favorite forms of lure fishing. Because with stick baits you can manipulate the retrieve, the depth and ...
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Garlic Butter Trout Catch and Cook
Garlic butter trout is the subject of episode 2 of this catch and cook. Well, it’s actually more about the cooking. Since we covered the ...
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Fishing the Fitzroy for Barramundi
Fishing the Fitzroy net free zones for Barramundi and King Threadfin is certainly a ton of fun! The addition of a net free zone in ...
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Installing the Livescope Transducer
June 3, 2021
Miscellaneous Fishing Sounders / Fish Finders
In Episode 3 of our boat slipping saga, we fix more mistakes and install our new Livescope Transducer (LVS32). If you missed the first two ...
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Essential boat maintenance tasks
May 27, 2021
A bit of everything Boating tips
Episode 2 in our essential boat maintenance series kicks off with us hauling Mood Swings out. You can watch Episode 1 here. We arrived at ...
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Annual Boat Maintenance for Mood Swings
May 20, 2021
A bit of everything Boating tips
For those that follow us on social media, you’d know we pulled Mood Swings out for annual boat maintenance last week. Typically this involves a ...
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Smashed by Proserpine Dam Barramundi
On our way back from Rockhampton last month we decided to try for some Proserpine Dam Barramundi. Prossie Dam is notorious for big barra and ...
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