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Fishing Cooktown with stick baits and jigs.
January 14, 2021
Sounders / Fish Finders Tropical Reef Structure Specialists (Coral Trout or USA Grouper)
Fishing Cooktown with jigs and stick baits can result in some BIG fish. There is so much variety fishing Cooktown as the reef is so ...
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Hinchinbrook Island Circumnavigation
January 7, 2021
Nearshore Islands/Bays/Headlands (Snapper, Jewfish, Fingermark, Dhufish) Travelling Australia
Hinchinbrook Island can be described as Jurassic Park meets Blue Lagoon. It is a prominent feature of the seascape off Cardwell and to say it ...
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Golden Snapper as a Barra alternative.
December 30, 2020
Fingermark or Golden Snapper Nearshore Islands/Bays/Headlands (Snapper, Jewfish, Fingermark, Dhufish)
Golden Snapper (Fingermark bream) can be caught year round across northern Australia. Hence they provide a top fishing target during the Queensland barramundi closure. They ...
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Fishing FNQ
December 17, 2020
A bit of everything Offshore fishing tips
Here’s some highlights of us Fishing FNQ in late 2020 with our new videographer Kane Chenoweth. The image quality has improved somewhat now our filming ...
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Slow pitch jigging for GTs in the Fin Fish Closure
December 10, 2020
Offshore fishing tips Tropical Reef Structure Specialists (Coral Trout or USA Grouper)
Slow pitch jigging for GTs is a super fun way to pass the time during the fin fish closure. So I grabbed my good mate ...
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Finding new ground
December 2, 2020
A bit of everything Sounders / Fish Finders
Finding new ground is the best way to guarantee a good days fishing. Much to the annoyance of my wife and kids, I’m always doing ...
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Fishing for Pearl Perch
November 19, 2020
Offshore Demersals (Red Emperor, Nannygai, Snapper, Pearl Perch etc.) Offshore fishing tips
Pearl Perch are one of the species that I have little experience in but have always wanted to go fishing for. A deep bodied and ...
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Barra Competition Duel with son Col.
November 6, 2020
Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)
Well the barra season in Queensland has ended for another year, but not before I had a father son barra competition with my son Col. ...
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing
September 21, 2020
A bit of everything RMF News
There’s a reason people say Hindsight is a Wonderful thing. And not just because you can learn from your mistakes and are unlikely to repeat ...
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Wallaman Falls
August 27, 2020
Land-based Travelling Australia
Funny how some of the best tourist attractions are rarely visited by locals. Enter… Wallaman Falls! Ryan has lived in this region since BIRTH and ...
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Finding new fishing spots reconnaissance
July 30, 2020
A bit of everything Boating tips
Finding new fishing spots is my favourite pastime. For land-based and inshore anglers, the best time to do reconnaissance is low tide. I know that ...
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Living with Crocodiles
July 16, 2020
Miscellaneous Fishing Travelling Australia
Living with crocodiles in Northern Australia and other places they’re found, can be dangerous. But like tigers in India and lions in Africa, we can’t ...
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