12 Jan , 2022
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A hot bite
The magical metre barramundi continues to elude me, but I edged closer to that milestone and enjoyed plenty of other highlights on a spectacular Kimberley cruise last month. I was extremely fortuna...
Sunday Times Column
05 Jan , 2022
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Lake Kununurra reached a significant milestone
It’s been a few years since I visited Kununurra, but the urge to return is getting stronger all the time. The reason why is simple and that is the continued emergence of Lake Kununurra as a quality...
29 Dec , 2021
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Not bad for a bunch of reels
The last month or two have been feeling anything but fishy at my place. The Olympics were great watching and my vinyl collection has been growing worryingly fast, but there has been unusually littl...
22 Dec , 2021
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Our lure casting sessions produced all the usual fun
Our annual trip to the Mackerel Islands was the perfect tonic for the seemingly never-ending winter in the southern half of the State. It has been a real old-fashioned winter and it was nice to put...
15 Dec , 2021
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Ticking just about everything off the fishing bucket list
My good mate Andrew Jarvis reckons he’s just about ticked everything off his fishing bucket list after a recent trip to Scott Reef. For all his fishing adventures over the years Korg, as most of us...
08 Dec , 2021
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An artistic take on bringing catches to back life permanently
It wasn’t an easy process and it meant getting your fish stuffed and mounted to display as a memento of the one that didn’t get away. These days there are more and more creative options available, ...
01 Dec , 2021
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Making his mark as a gun Kimberley fishing guide
He once dreamed of being an AFL footballer, but Kununurra’s Kirsten Hunter is now making his mark as a gun Kimberley fishing guide. A proud Ngarinyman man from the Timber Creek and Keep River areas...
24 Nov , 2021
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Releasing a rainbow trout into Drakesbrook Weir
The weather cleared for just long enough last weekend for Recfishwest’s annual Troutfest to take place in Waroona. With wet and wintry conditions right up to the morning of the event things were lo...
17 Nov , 2021
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They are never easy to subdue
A recent kayak fishing trip to Wilderness Island showed just how quickly fortunes can change in fishing. As Mick Malthouse would say, some days you’re a bug and some days you’re a windshield! On th...
13 Nov , 2021
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A very lost Pinjalo Snapper
Albany fisherman Russell ‘Rusty’ Burrow was scratching his head after a recent catch off his home town. Rusty, who runs Rusty’s Marine, does a lot of offshore fishing and has caught most things tha...