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2 months ago | 
fishingworld.com.au | Jamie Crawford |Ben Caddaye |Scott Thomas |Mick Fletoridis
Fishing World is Australia’s premier and longest established fishing magazine and has become known as the “sport fishing bible”.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | Greg Finney |Sami Omari |Scott Thomas |Mick Fletoridis
DUSKY flathead are one of the most popular species in Australia. Big flatties can be found in most coastal waterways and estuaries. At times, big fish can be caught along beaches and even offshore. Smaller flatties are reliable, tasty and are considered an “everybody” fish, which is perhaps why captures, stories and photos of monster-size fish are so revered. At full maturity, dusky flathead are impressive creatures.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | Sami Omari |Scott Thomas |Mick Fletoridis |Greg Finney
TROLLING is a neglected technique in the sportfishers bag of tricks. Trolling has been around in some form or another for years but just doesn’t seem to be utilised all that often by sportfishers. I can remember trolling Wonder Wobblers for tailor in Botany Bay as a young kid back in the ‘70s. When we were gamefishing in southern NSW we did quite a bit of trolling for tuna, dolphin fish and marlin with skirts and minnows.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | Scott Thomas |Mick Fletoridis |Greg Finney |Sami Omari
FISHING is an activity that rewards planning and this becomes increasingly important during the summer holiday period when the crowds descend on popular water ways resulting in increased pressure from recreational activities. It doesn’t take a great deal of effort to improve your results dramatically and the following tips should help your chances of success this holiday season noted below.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | Scott Thomas |Mick Fletoridis |David Green |Dave Rae
MACKEREL are a key recreational target species for angler’s lucky enough to target them, with the vast majority of fish being landed by angler’s fishing inshore coastal waters from boats. These tropical speedsters inhabit the warmer waters of Australia, ranging north ward of Cape Leeuwin in WA, across the tropics and down along the NSW coast as warm tropical currents flow south. Recreational anglers travel long distances and plan holidays in order to tangle with these fish.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | Mick Fletoridis |Scott Thomas
OVER 900 islands make up the Solomons archipelago. Flying over these islands, you can’t help but wonder what swims among the deep drop offs, shallow flats and coral bommies below. The Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, is a direct three hour flight from Brisbane. The Solomons is so close, but so far in so many ways. The fishing is fantastic, and as a bonus, the culture, the people and overall relaxed vibe offers fishos so much more than just a fishing destination.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | David Green |Dave Rae |Mick Fletoridis
NOTHING’S a sure thing in fishing but when the best laid plans pan out it makes the pre-trip effort worthwhile. This was the case recently when Pat Brennan and I managed to get away bass fishing for a few days after weeks of planning and hoping.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | Dave Rae |Mick Fletoridis |David Green |Mark Frendin
FISHING in over 200 metres of water is fascinating. In Queensland the snapper and pearl perch fishery is closed each year from the 15th of July until the 15th of August. Prior to this closure these species were the main target for winter anglers on the offshore grounds. While there are always a lot of other options on these grounds, in recent times a lot of locals have invested in electric reels and specialised tackle to fish in depths of up to 500 metres.
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Aug 20, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | Mick Fletoridis |David Green |Mark Frendin |Dave Rae
IT would have been about 1975 when I used ganged hooks for the first time. I’d followed some mates into a secluded section of coast in the hope of tangling with monster tailor, a mulloway or a snapper. The sun was setting when we all congregated on a very low, swell kissed rock and cast out. I would have been using a 12 ft rod and my first Alvey side cast to throw an unweighted pilchard rigged on a set of four 4/0 hooks joined together to form a “gang” of hooks.
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Aug 16, 2023 | 
fishingworld.com.au | David Green |Mark Frendin |Scott Thomas |Mick Fletoridis
When I first took up fly fishing in the early 1980s the main focus was trout, with good fishing on offer not that far from home in Canberra. As well as salmonids, natives like golden perch and silvers were found locally and would scoff mudeye flies in the right conditions. When fishing was slow the much maligned carp were ideal to practice sight fishing on at venues like Lake Burrinjuck where ol’ rubber lips cruised the surface and would eat small brown nymphs.
