Fishing Blog Posts

Over the Christmas/New Years break, crowds of Melbourne, interstate and overseas visitors have been flocking to the small towns along the Great Ocean Road to get some (hopefully) sun, sand and surf and relaxation time. While the sun hasn’t been...

As you may remember, our time in the northern Sea of Cortez was spent mostly yelling to each other “Holy crap, look at all those fish” or “Holy crap, did you see the size of that fish.” It was the aquarium that Coustaeu remembered. As we’ve...

Jacks and Barracudas all over the flats. A few permit as well.

  For months now, every beach we’ve walked upon that has shown any trace of human existence has been littered with the filleted remains of the triggerfish (Balistes polylepis).  With so many fisherman obviously eating this little creature, we...

Had a good day fishing for redfish with Andy and Charlie from Delaware. The guys caught four real nice redfish and we saw a couple of others. We had a few shots at barracudas and few follows while blind casting catching one small one. The barracuda f...

Captain Peter Heydon, Captain Rob Kramarz, Captain Tony Skinner and I spent a couple days offshore fishing out of Key West last week on the Aeon 23 DLX.  With a well full of pilchards we were armed and ready for some serious tuna fishing offshor...

Not sure what type of bird this is, but it really looks like a small penguin. He was swimming right up to the boats cast netting pilchards.  Pretty cool.Okay, I just read about this mystery bird on the MyFWC Facebook page after posting the photo...

I wrote a while back about krill oil becoming a hotly-publicised superfood; an article that is still my most-read piece and was my entry for a New Scientist annual student writing awards program (it missed the cut, though the editor loved the headl...

Took the Aeon 23 DLX offshore Key West for some yellowtailing with Captain Peter Heydon and Captain Rob Kramarz last Wednesday.  We anchored on the outside of the bar in about 90'.  Winds were from the south little over 10 mph, so a little...

Earlier this year I took part in one of the Deakin research projects dropping baited camera rigs in and near marine protected areas off the coast of Warrnambool, Victoria. It was a great experience – seeing how the dual-camera rigs are set up a...

Not surprising Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln with Daniel Day Lewis topped the 2013 Golden Globe nominations, but surprisingly Beasts Of the Southern Wild received nothing and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and Ben Affleck’s Argo also receive...

Fellow blogger argylesock posted last week about the  problem of fishing bycatch, which inspired me to look further into the competition she mentioned that was aiming to find solutions. Bycatch, if you’ve never come across the term, relates t...

There's yet more Make it Monday marvels from Michelle.This time it's "Anglin' Andy" taking pride of plaice (didyou see what i did there? )...

There are many Large Mouth Bass fishing tips in every topic within the sport from choosing the right equipment to which crankbait you should use. The most important tip is how to find the bass and knowing their behavior at different times of the day.

Beavertail Skiffs continues their Florida Tour next weekend, Saturday December 15th on Matlacha in southwest Florida.  Please click on the link below for details.http://www.pineislandangler.com/2012/12/beavertail-skiffs-free-demo-weekend-on.html...

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Skagen Men’s 433LSL1 Slim Brown Leather Watch – with price: $ 61.00 - The Skagen Men’s Slim Brown Leather Watch looks sharp on the arm of rugged outdoorsy adventurers. This timepiece is constructed with a 36-millimeter stainless st...

The EU Parliament is known for its ability to avoid strong legislation against its major fisheries, so this toughening of the ban on shark finning last week was welcome news for shark advocates and environmental groups. Pew Environment Group reports...

Freshwater fishing in the Sorabora wewa [ tank ] is a source of income for the people living in the vicinity, the catch is sold by vendors on motor bikes. Pics by : Nelsonlanka Sony  DSC H7MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL:http://youtube.co...

Hooked up with my good buddy Captain Warren Hinnrichs out of Jacksonville, Fl this morning for some low  water redfish on fly.  I froze my ass off running to the first area, but once the boat came to a stop, it wasn't too bad.  Did a l...