The yellow zone around Lizard Island was alive with coral trout! Possibly due in part to the immense green zone seeding adjacent areas.

While the split water tank repair continues on Mood Swings, we decided to amuse ourselves fishing off Cairns. The tank repair was quite problematic (as

Today the goal was red emperor fishing wide offshore Cairns. In about 65 metres of water. Of course, we chose heatwave conditions to head far

Because we spend so much time fishing and snorkelling, we often get asked the question; Is the Barrier Reef dying? And while it is difficult

Typically we use metal slices to catch spotted mackerel but in this video I catch spotted mackerel with plastics. Location of our fishing trip this

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

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

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

We got smashed jigging for reef fish off Cooktown on our last trip. Now that we live in Cairns, Cooktown is only a few hours

This year during the barramundi closure we decided to do an experiment – catching reef fish on barra lures. It was after the moon when

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

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