Winter is over folks! I’m happy to call it. I spent nearly all of last weekend on the south coast of NSW in board shorts and thongs – and at last count I still have ten fingers and ten toes. With another winter behind us it’s time to cast our minds (and our lures) forward to 9 glorious months of…
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Worth their weight in salt – highlights from the estuaries in 2014
Nostalgia is a wonderful thing isn’t it? It was while looking back through the images and articles of 2014 for this weeks newspaper column that I realised just how much fun we’ve had this year fishing the estuaries. They never cease to amaze for the quality and diversity of fish on offer. As a young fella starting to learn about…
Weekend report
I wrote a post a few weeks ago about my growing fishing itch that needed to be scratched. Well, I have to admit that I didn’t end up fishing that weekend…moving house and other life-related admin got the better of me, and needless to say, I have been pining for some fishing. Graz and I headed down to Wallaga Lake…
Wallaga Lake fishing report – June 2013
I spent the last week housesitting for my parents down at Wallaga Lake. I was there by myself and had worried that I might get bored. That certainly wasn’t the case: how could a keen fisherman, writer, cook and gardener possibly get bored with such a wonderful playground at their fingertips!? Having a whole week to play with is nice,…
Winter at Wallaga Lake, July 2012 fishing report
It’s nice when a plan comes together. But for some reason, I was umming and aaghing about heading down the coast this weekend. Luckily, at the last minute, I decided it was probably better than sitting around in chilly Canberra and jumped in the car with keen fisho, Andy O’Brien, to hit up Wallaga Lake for the weekend. On arriving,…
Bring back the boof
Graz and I had a cracker of a weekend down at Wallaga Lake. It all started on Friday morning. A leisurely start had us on the road by 9am, eagerly anticipating the weekend ahead. Travelling down the coast road via Bateman’s Bay, our spirits were slightly battered by constant road work and Sunday drivers on Friday (wtf?!), but it kind…
Wallaga Lake fishing report, June 2011
Over the weekend, Graham ‘Graz-dog’ Fifield and I went down to Wallaga Lake, accompanied by our much better looking lady friends. On Friday we hooked up the boat and went out to see if we could muster up a few fish. It was a stunning afternoon, with a warm sun and not a breath of a breeze. We went straight…
Wallaga weekend #2
I spent the March long weekend at Wallaga Lake, on the beautiful NSW south coast. After three or four years fishing this system, I’m starting to get a good feel for it and have been getting consistent and more varied catches. The primary target species are flathead, tailor and bream, but I’ve recently started targeting a few other prevalent species…