Tag Archives: online fishing courses

Best fishing rig for coral trout
When bottom bashing over heavy structure, the best fishing rig for coral trout in my opinion is a free running rig. What fishing rig to use in different applications is super important and something few people get right. Mostly because what happens under the water in different conditions has never been explained. For example, when…

Online fishing courses – Living the Dream
Would you believe it’s almost the end of the decade, (depending which logic you use, year 0 or year 1) and hasn’t 2020 been a doozy!! If you’re anything like us, realizing that struck a bit of a chord. Cast your mind back to ten years ago. What were you doing in 2010? How old…

Understand fish movements with Garmin Livescope
Understanding fish behaviour is no longer such a challenge with the new Garmin Livescope. After getting the unit several months ago, I was finally able to get out into the field and put it through its paces. Garmin Livescope adds a whole new dimension to your fishing. Watch fish respond to your lures in real-time!…

Finding red emperor and nannygai using down imaging fish finder
Finding red emperor and scarlet sea perch (nannygai) in a big ocean can be a challenge. Red emperor, scarlet sea perch (along with coral trout) are collectively known as reds and are all prized sports fish and top-grade food fish. Red emperor and nannygai are common residents of underground springs that we call Wonky Holes.…

Sounder Skills 2 – How to use a fish finder
Our newest online fishing course on how to use your fish finder: Sounder Skills 2 will be available from 11th February 2019. Sounder Skills 2 is a comprehensive course on how to get the best from your fish finder in a practical sense. It’s about how to find new spots, position your boat in the…

Anchoring on a Fingermark school accidentally
While the wife planned a no fishing boat trip, I accidentally anchored on a Fingermark school. And all hell broke loose as I jigged up four from four. Although as you’ll see in the video, perhaps it wasn’t so “accidental”. Golden Snapper or Fingermark are a delicious food fish and great sportsfish to boot. When traversing…

Catch and rig live squid for Fingermark Golden Snapper
Live squid as bait is one of the best ways to catch fingermark (Golden Snapper) but can be a little tricky to rig up. In this post we use a squid jig to catch some live squid as bait for our fingermark session. A cast net or scoop net can also be used when…

Trolling for fingermark on headlands
On the best ways to catch fingermark or golden snapper is trolling around headlands. Way back when we were creating our Wonky Holes course we traveled to Cooktown for some filming. On this particular day it was rather windy (typical Cooktown weather) so we ran along the coast looking for likely Fingermark country. Fingermark can…

Large mouth Nannygai on Wonky Holes
Every time I find myself wanting to catch some large mouth nannygai, I’m always on the look out for Wonky Holes! Large mouth nannygai are a beautiful red sportsfish in the Lutjanidae family – a relation of Fingermark and Mangrove Jack. Large mouth nannygai are great to eat and fight hard! They are typcially found…

NEW Online Fishing Courses
Well it’s nearly Christmas time again – how the year has flown! Normally around this time of year we make a short video and thank everyone for being part of our community. Which we did (see below) Because we really REALLY appreciate all the support and kind wishes we get from our community members. We…