All The Gear But No Idea - The South Australian Fishing Podcast

Send us Fan Mail  Episode 165: Jet Worsteling This week we are joined by a guy who is gun fisho, rising media star and genuine good bloke, Jet Worsteling. Having first joined us in April 2024, Jet is back for another chat about all that he has been up to! He is slowly but surely taking over the IFish TV show from his dad, has recently visited SA to fish all around Port Lincoln and also presented a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 164: Trigger, Australian Salmon Fishing Championship - Elliston This week we are joined by Ashley Traeger, or Trigger as he is widely known, to discuss the Australian Salmon Fishing Championship which is held annually over winter in Elliston and has just got under way. Trigger has fished in and been involved in the competition over a number of years and shares all of the i...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 163: Brad Towler, Fleurieu Charters This week we have a huge guest who has made some SA Fishing history in the last few days, catching a barrel sized Southern Bluefin Tuna off the Fleurieu Peninsula. After first seeing some massive fish on the sounder and having his school Tuna gear spooled, he returned the next day with heavier tackle and sealed the deal! Brad gives us an...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 162: Tyson Kain, Want To Fish Charters This week we are joined by Tyson Kain for his third appearance on the podcast. Tyson is the skipper of Want To Fish Charters and works out of Port MacDonnell in the winter and Wirrina in the summer. Tys has had a ripper start to the season of giant Southern Bluefin Tuna, having caught 18 ‘Barrel’ sized tuna so far this season. He tell...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 161: Adam from Aeroo Drones This week we are joined by Adam from Aeroo Drones to chat about their unique Australian owned fishing drone. It can carry and deploy a 1kg bait out into the ocean, can fly in 50kmph winds and can capture it all in 4k video and 12 MP photos! We chat about Adam’s own fishing and talk about how the Aeroo company began and how it has grown, now havi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 160 - Codey, Spot On Port Lincoln This week we are joined by Codey, the owner of Spot On in Port Lincoln, who we met recently while in town for the Tuna Classic. Codey talks us through his journey to owning the shop and talks us through the wide variety of fish on offer in the area including big Flathead and Samson Fish, both of which are fishing well at the moment. We als...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 159: Steve, Pobs and Ted from NED This week we have a massive episode wrapping up the 2026 Port Lincoln Tuna Classic! We are joined by Ted, Pobs and Steve who fished aboard NED, the winning boat in the Calcutta Competition! The boys tell us the story of their weekend and how they caught a big fish in an unusual way that netted them a $140k prize! The boys were super deserv...

Send us Fan Mail In this special edition of the podcast, we have recorded little snippets across our trip to fish in the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic so you can live out the weekend as if you were there!!

Send us Fan Mail Episode 158: Andy Farrer  - Skipper in Pt Lincoln Tuna Classic & Asher Dezsery - RecFish SA This week we are joined by Andy Farrer, Skipper of Catfish, who has only missed 3 events in the Port Lincoln Tuna Classics 20 year history. He talks us through some of his successful years, why he loves the competition and how he is preparing for this weekend's competition. Andy re...

Send us Fan Mail   Episode 157: Lincoln Kirby - Barra or Blue Charters, NT Million Dollar Barra Comp This week we are joined by Lincoln Kirby, who runs the hugely successful Barra or Blue Charters in the NT. He is able to tell us about his own fishing journey, discuss what to expect on a day out fishing for Barra or in the Blue Water and also discusses the iconic Million Dollar Barra Competition....

Send us Fan Mail Episode 156 - Lucas Weaver  This week we are joined by freshwater fishing guru Lucas Weaver. He is the RecFish SA Director for the Riverland and Reservoirs and has caught more Callop and Murray Cod than most! He has recently been involved in tagging a lot of fish for the ‘Lets Go Fishing Competition’ and also presented in the recent RecFish SA Forum on all things freshwater fishin...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 155 Kane cross. Winner of round 2 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition  This week we are joined by Kane Cross, who recently turned a small Salmon Trout that he caught locally in his home town of Robe into a $10,000 prize as the winner of Round 2 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition! Kane tells us the story of how he caught the winning fish and how he's going to spend th...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 154 - Jake Mcleod, Reel SA Fishing This week we are joined by Jake Mcleod, the man behind Reel SA Fishing on Youtube and Social Media! When he's not catching fish or sharing fishing content, he is working at TackleWorld Port Lincoln, so he certainly knows all there is to know about fishing all across the Eyre Peninsula. From Garfish off the rocks using plastic Maggots...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 153: Danny Simpson This week we are joined by Danny Simpson, a self employed consultant working widely across the Recreational Fishing Sector both here in SA and across Australia. Danny talks about his own fishing and some of the work he has done over recent years, having worked extensively throughout the sector, including Murray Cod management, implementing recreational f...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 152: Andy Burnell - Crab.e.cam This week we are joined by Andy Burnell, the man behind the hugely popular Crab.e.cam social media account, where he documents heaps of amazing underwater footage from his GoPro mounted in his crab net. What started as a simple idea has grown to over 32k Facebook followers and over 175,000 youtube views. Andy talks us through how he sets up t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 151:Steve and Ash preview next years Port Lincoln Tuna Classic This week we are joined again by Steve Toome and Ash White, the boys behind the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic as we look forward to next years event to be held in March. The boys talk us through the early preparations for the next competition, a few new things to look forward to as well as all of the regular favour...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 150: Paul Wilton, President of the Game Fishing Club of South Australia This week we celebrate our big 150th episode with a great guest, Paul Wilton, the President of the Game Fishing Club of South Australia! Paul gives us an insight into how the club has changed and grown over recent years, some of the competitions they run including the Wirrina Tuna Slam in February and...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 149: Alicia Bolitho, Tackleworld Port Lincoln & Pt Augusta This week we are joined by Alicia Bolitho, one half of the team behind Tackleworld Port Lincoln & Pt Augusta, along with partner Shane who has featured on the podcast already in episodes 111 and 123. Alicia has been heavily involved in all things Algal Bloom, representing the tackle industry in her role as...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 148: Asher Dezsery This week we are joined by RecFish SA CEO Asher Dezsery to discuss the disappointing news that recreational bag limits have been cut in both gulfs as a result of the Algal Bloom. Asher talks us through the limited notice they were given and how they are in ongoing discussions with the Government about this issue. While it is disappointing to see bag limi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 147  - Levi Nash, SAFTAG This week we are joined by Levi Nash from SAFTAG, South Australia’s fish tagging program. He gives us a run down of the program and the different ways that people can get involved in tagging fish including the new option of joining as a RecFish SA Citizen Science Member. He also runs us through the different types of tags and how they are used on d...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 146: Fraser Ellis MP, Member for Narungga This week we are joined by Yorke Peninsula Politician Fraser Ellis to discuss a few big issues affecting fishing on Yorkes. The Marion Bay boat ramp has been a big news issue, after having nearly $4 million spent on a new ramp, ongoing issues have forced the Council to remove the walkway and pylons leaving it very similar to the  o...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 145: Ben Calvert This week we are joined by Ben Calvert, his second time on the podcast having previously joined us in episode 97 to chat about his success fishing Barra comps in Far North Queensland. This time we are discussing things closer to home, Ben is locked in to work for RecFish SA on their clinics this summer, teaching women and kids how to fish and also running...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 144: Richard Hill, Savage Tackle This week we are joined by Richard Hill, the new owner of Savage Tackle, a local SA company making top quality sinkers, burley pots and all things lead! Richard was kind enough to take us out fishing out from Port Hughes, in his beautiful boat, alongside previous owner and good mate Simon Hill. We chat about our day out, the great fishing o...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 143 Nathan Eatts - Cape Calamari This week we are joined by Nathan Eatts, a sixth generation professional fisherman who runs his own business, Cape Calamari. Nathan fishes out from Cape Jervis and sells his Squid and other fish to a range of high quality Fleurieu Peninsula restaurants. The current Algal Bloom has hit Nathans business really hard, he hasn’t caught a single...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 142 : Jordan Saliba  This week we are joined by Jordan Saliba, a repeat guest on the show after first joining us in episode 57, all the way back in May 2022. Jordan talks about some of the articles he has written for SA Angler, his work running fishing clinics for RecFish SA and how the Algal Bloom has been affecting his own fishing! He also talks to us about kayak fishing...