15 Nov , 2025
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It was the end of an era in Perth fishing tackle retail when Compleat Angler Nedlands owner Brian Marshall retired a couple of weeks ago. Brian and long-time business partner Gary Shugg sold the bu...
01 Nov , 2025
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Live sonar technology is changing the way barramundi fishermen, like Broome’s Eric Locke, go about their business. These powerful units are a relatively new addition to the fishing landscape and al...
25 Oct , 2025
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A frustrated and impassioned social media post by a prominent Adelaide tackle store owner last week caught my eye. The post referred to the ongoing natural disaster that is the horrendous algal blo...
14 Sep , 2025
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Aa a keen recreational fisher here in WA, I have become increasingly accustomed to losing access to locations that are dear to my heart and which have been a huge part of my angling life. On some o...
05 May , 2023
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The recent lifting of the demersal ban was welcomed by small business owners in the tackle industry like Paul Thompson. The man behind the ever-expanding Snapbait range of tackle and fishing produc...
05 May , 2023
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There are more FADs in the water off the WA coast than ever before and the good news is they are really starting to fire. Although the Perth Game Fishing Club ones off Perth went in at the usual ti...
05 May , 2023
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Recreational fishing charter operators believe they are doomed under new management guidelines around key demersal species such as dhufish and pink snapper. There was high tension at a meeting betw...
05 May , 2023
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ONE lucky team walked away with a new boat after competing in Gamex last week. The iconic fishing tournament run by the Exmouth Game Fishing Club this year offered over $150,000 in prizes, includin...
01 Feb , 2023
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With fishing for demersals an extremely contentious issue right around WA at the moment, our recent Seafari to the Mackerel Islands offered a timely insight into some of the other angling options w...
27 Jan , 2023
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Fishing karma seemed to do us a solid on our annual trip to the Mackerel Islands last month. Our Western Angler Seafari was this year extended to two weeks, with around 80 readers joining us for so...
