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Sandflat Fishing Sandflats are one of the most popular and prolific fishing grounds for anglers. With masses of worms, crustaceans and other marine creatures buried in the sand, larger predatory fish make the sandflats their regular hunting grounds. Predominantly attractive to fishermen throughout the warmer months, the sandflats are home to several of the common species for fish that weekend warriors and holiday anglers are in search of. Whiting, flathead, bream, dart, tailor and flounder can all be taken from the sandflats locations. Wading at low tide Low tide is a great time to fish sandflats, as it restrains the...

Bream are caught in nearly every Australian estuary, and along enormous stretches of our ocean coastline and through many inshore locations. They‘re an important and interesting group of fish which are of intrigue to most all anglers. Whenever you might find bream they are extremely popular with anglers. This is hardly shocking when one stops to consider their fine fighting ability, eating qualities and the levels of skill sometimes needed to latch them. Bream offer just the balance of challenge and reward which angler’s love, and which is capable of converting the infrequent dangler into a specialist angler. There are...

Techniques for Bream The location of where you are fishing will determine the types of techniques that you apply. Because bream inhabit estuary environments and the ocean rocks and inshore reefs your techniques will need to vary accordingly. One point that all bream anglers can agree upon is that burley will improve your catch rate. Additionally, the importance of light tackle, sharp hooks and fresh or live bait will also have a great impact on your success. Bream are not particularly picky, nor are they extra clever or crafty than other fish. However, they do dwell in relatively shallow, clear...

Australian Salmon are an awesome fighting sport fish to catch, due to their absolute power and muscle. There‘s not much better than catching an Australian Salmon when it throws out an occasional aerobatic leap from the surface of the water. We have found the best time of day to catch this species is first light until mid-morning. We have also found that they come on hard again in the late afternoon, up until dark. In the evenings we have found that they tend to hold down deep, and they can’t resist Hook in Mouth Tackle’s flasher rig (especially the pink...

Australian SalmonMigration PatternAustralian Salmon spawn mostly in the summer months from December through to February. Salmon spawn in the open ocean and their eggs drift freely. The eggs are carried by currents to nurseries around norther and eastern Victoria and Tasmania. It is broken up into to sub species, Eastern Sub-species and Western Sub-Species, Victoria and Tasmania is lucky to have a cross over of both sub-species. Intense spawning grounds include Eden (Victoria) and Busselton (WA). Young salmon tend to spend the first two years or so in estuaries, bays and inlets. The fish become mature adults when the reach...