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  Correctly preserved and primed baits can save you cash and turn useless leftovers into awesome fish producers. There is no debating the fact that fresh bait is the best bait. However, it is not always possible or practical. There will be situations when you come home with leftover bait, and hopefully, a bag of good eating fish. It is this situation, which make learning how to preserve leftover bait pay off. An angler who only fishes a few times a year may not want to bother with it, but those of us who are avid anglers, it can be...

Land Based Snapper Fishing  As a kid we were always chasing big reds, by both land based and boat. We learnt to fish on the inshore reefs around the West Coast of Victoria from Torquay through to Lorne.  These days when the snapper season hits Victoria, the urge to chase other fish fast diminishes and the only fish I’m interested in catching is that big red! Chasing snapper is a generational practice off the rocks. I have been fortunate to learn from several family members including my father, and my uncles whom are all keen fishermen. Spots to Fish: Just...

  Squid is a favoured bait by many anglers, it is vital to find and catch your own as fresh always is better than frozen. Squid are inquisitive creatures with a remarkably strong craving to feed. They may infrequently be shy but can be tempted most times to snatch a natural or artificial bait if it is presented in a suitable manner. Their most usual habitat is in the locality of the weed beds and somewhat shallow water, where they use their exceptional ability for camouflage to good effect making short range surges of jet thrust speed to catch small...

  Locating King George Whiting When schools of whiting move into the shallow areas to feed, they can be relatively easy to pinpoint. Visual location is often likely when the water is clear, as the fish travel over sand patches and between weed beds and even low reef. When fishing deeper water, a sounder will prove helpful, not only to locate the fish, but to also show up bottom formations. If fishing in a know whiting area, such as around a natural reef, it might be a good idea to drop an anchor and burley up heavily, in the hope...

All around Australia one or more flathead species can be caught in bays estuary channels, along river banks in upper reaches of tidal creeks and rivers. There are about 40 species of flathead, which at times can be known by fishermen as big lizards or in some case frogs. But a few species are important to the estuary fisherman. They are the dusky flathead, which is common in the estuaries of NSW, Southern Queensland and Eastern Victoria. Several types of sand flathead can be found in the southern states. In Western Australia they have the bar-tail and false bar-tail. The...