During a recent trip to New Zealand's South Island, I was lucky enough to visit Lake Wanaka for a few hours of family fishing. Lake Wanaka is a glacial lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains and home to rainbow trout, brown trout and Chinook salmon. In early Spring the temperature was mild, the winds moderate and... Continue Reading →
For many years I assumed bream would only feed over sand and mud flats in a reasonable depth of water. Now I've changed my mind, following some memorable catches in water shallow enough to take a bath. I had always thought bream would need a metre or more of water to feel safe over the... Continue Reading →
Lesser fish would sulk at being called a 'flathead', but not this beautifully camouflaged ambush predator. They rise above the name we've inflicted on them, continuing to inspire generations of lure fishermen by pouncing on everything we throw at them. Finding flathead There are a number of flathead species in Australia, inhabiting estuaries and the open... Continue Reading →
Spring is here and that signals the beginning of what will be six months of fantastic kayak fishing. Bass, estuary perch, bream, flathead and whiting. Then there's offshore chasing kingfish and doing my best to avoid bust-offs. Who says you need a boat? I can't wait.
I've heard it said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. Quite an apt description of my depressing track record at Lake Lyell, situated in the Blue Mountains and allegedly holding a healthy population of trout. If the universe is in equilibrium, balancing positive and negative... Continue Reading →
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