A customer in the shop this week thought it was ok to put fish straight into a kill tank with no ice. This is not a good idea at all. With water temperatures around 28 degrees and outside temperatures close to 40 a dead fish in warm water will turn the flesh mushy and bacteria [...]

Well, I’m sure you’re all sick of hearing about billfish this year, so this week we’ll focus on other species, even though there have been masses of billfish about! There’s been small to large mahi mahi straight out from the lighthouse in about the 60-80m depths. One bull caught was estimated to be over 10kg, [...]

The weather is certainly warming up now as we head toward Christmas. Hot summer days can be a good excuse to get out and on, or in, the water. Summer can also bring some strong winds, so if you’ve got a day off and the weather is good, then make sure you make the most [...]

The weather was sensational this last week and if you did manage to get out for a fish, you’re one of the lucky people! Young Rhys Clatworthy managed to get in to the water and speared the cobia pictured this week. He was in the gulf not far from the marina at the time and [...]

The month of October was overall sensational for fishing with some great captures, many billfish released and lots of entrants in the fishing competition. Chris Chappell from Perth was fishing Oysters at the tip of the cape using an 85gm raider when a massive queenfish took a swipe at his lure. He landed the fish, [...]