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

Send us Fan Mail Episode 91: Shane Mensforth and James Flack  This week we are joined by 2 great names in SA Fishing in a special double guest episode. Shane is the man behind SA Angler, he is a great fisherman himself, and also has a great knowledge and feel for all of the big issues in fishing in this state. He gives us a bit of a behind the scenes look at his recent trip off Marion Bay, fishing...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 90: Rob Cuming, Christies Beach Marine and former owner of Northbank Boats. This week we are joined by Rob Cuming, who has recently sold Northbank Boats, a company he has grown into one of Australia’s leading fibreglass boat brands over the past 20 years. This has certainly been bitter sweet for Rob, he still loves the brand and the boats, and is continuing to work with ne...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 89: Josh Davey This week we are joined again by Josh Davey, who first featured on the podcast, way back in episode 37. Josh is a marine biologist by trade, but is also a gun fisherman having success across all areas of SA fishing, from reservoir natives in his kayak, to Tuna and Kingfish offshore and plenty of Squid and Whiting for the table. We chat about all the work he...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 88: Jeremy Ievins, Southern Coast Ocean Care Group  This week we chat with Jeremy Ievins, a Port Macdonnell commercial lobster fisherman, who is on the committee for the Southern Coast Ocean Care Group, as the fishing and community representative. The group is fighting hard against a proposed offshore windfarm off the coast of Port Macdonnell and recently attended a meetin...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 87: Alex Bui, ‘Alexs Fishin’ Youtube Channel This week we are joined by Alex from ‘Alexs Fishin’ Youtube channel. With over 15 thousand subscribers, Alex has cracked the code on producing great fishing videos both here in SA and more recently interstate. He shares heaps of great information including his PB metre Mulloway in the Onk on a swimbait, his work setting up new A...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 86: Scott Lycett This week we are joined by Port Adelaide ruckmen and keen fisherman, Scott Lycett. Having grown up on the West Coast of SA, Scott has always loved his fishing and still loves to get out on the boat and take some of the Power boys out fishing! We chat about his best catch off the beaches back at home, hear who in the Port team shows some form with the rod a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 85: Asher Dezsery, RecFish SA This week  we are joined by Asher Dezsery, who is the Executive Officer of RecFish SA. As the only paid employee of the peak body for rec fishing in SA, Asher has been super busy working behind the scenes on a heap of exciting projects and we chat to him about a wide variety of news items: ·      The proposed SnappBack Snapper stewardship prog...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 84: Paul Worsteling, IFISH This week we are super excited to be joined by Australia’s highest profile fisherman, Paul Worsteling, to chat fishing, filming and hear one of the funniest fishing stories we’ve had to date. Across 17 series of IFISH, Paul has caught more ‘fish of a lifetime’ and visited more amazing locations than any of us could dream of – he certainly made us...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 83: Herb and Spida from ‘The Anglers Podcast’ This week we are doing a combined guest segment with ‘The Anglers’, a podcast similar to ours based in the Gold Coast. Former AFL Footballer Spida Everett and his fishing loving mate Herb host their own weekly show and it is great to hear their own fishing stories,  compare SA and Queensland fishing and hear some classic storie...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 82: Aaron ‘Red’ Habgood This week we are lucky enough to talk with one of Australia’s premier fisherman Aaron ‘Red’ Habgood. ‘Red’ is one half of the weekly SEN Fishing show ‘Reel Adventures’ which he hosts with Geelong Footballer Patrick Dangerfield. He also runs Saltguide which is a membership based platform for recreational anglers in Victoria, which features GPS marks,...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 81: Ian Clift, Sportsfishing Scene  This week we are lucky enough to be joined by and absolute icon in SA Fishing. Ian Clift is the man behind Sportsfishing Scene at Cavan, which has been one of the state’s leading independent tackle stores since 1981. Clifty has seen the ups and downs of the tackle industry over a number of years, and along with his team, has the best adv...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 80: Kristin Goodchild This week we are joined by Kristin Goodchild, a die hard fisho who also loves camping, four wheel driving and the great outdoors. She has recently been appointed as a RecFish SA Director and is a great representative of the female fishing community. We chat all about her own fishing, her journey to joining RecFish and talk about her huge presence on s...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 79: Indy Thompson, Tuna Champions This week we are joined by a very special guest, Indy Thompson, a Marine Scientist and Project Manager at Tuna Champions. Indy tells us about the great work that the Tuna Champions is doing to promote best practices to catch Tuna and then either respect the catch and make the most of the flesh, or alternatively return the tuna with the bes...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 78: Katrine Hildyard and Kelly Wise  This week we are lucky enough to have 2 excellent guests. Firstly we are joined by Katrine Hildyard, the Member for Reynell in Adelaide’s southern suburbs and also the Minister for Sport and Recreation. It was great to hear about some fishing related news in her local area including an update on the O’Sullivans Beach boat ramp and frien...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 77: Dr Crystal Beckman, SARDI This week we are joined by Dr Crystal Beckman, who is a Research Scientist at SARDI and was involved in the recently released ‘Survey of Recreational Fishing in South Australia in 2021-22.’ It was great to chat with Dr Beckman about how the research was conducted, some of the interesting findings and what this means for rec fishing into the fu...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 76: Tyson Kain, Want To Fish Charters  This week we are joined by Tyson Kain, a good friend of the show, who has recently taken over the hugely successful ‘Want To Fish’ Charters. Tyson has spent plenty of time skippering boats out from his home town of Port MacDonnell and has put plenty of keen anglers onto some barrel tuna over the years. He is now splitting his time bet...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 75: Wil Richards This week we are joined by Will Richards, who won the Grand Champion prize at the Coast 2 Coast Tuna Comp for the largest fish in a boat over 6m, with his boat weighing in at 16.95kg gutted. Will and his team ‘Team Unreel’ travelled a long way out to Sanders Bank in the rough weather on the Saturday for only a few small fish, before fishing closer to home...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 74: Port Lincoln Tuna Comp Preview This week we are joined by Steven Toome and Ashley White, who have taken over as organisers of the 2023 Port Lincoln Tuna Classic. We hear about the boys fishing backgrounds and also get a comprehensive preview of the comp, to be held in late March. The event not only produces heaps of Tuna every year, it has amazing prizes and also has a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 73: Steve Powell, Coast 2 Coast Tuna Comp This week we are joined again by Steve Powell, the man behind the upcoming Coast 2 Coast Tuna Competition, which is being held at Victor Harbor on February 10-12. This is always a highlight in the SA fishing calendar and looks set to be a great event again, with some great sponsors, prizes and special guests all locked in. We previ...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 72: Oli’s Squidding This week we are joined by Oli Wood from Oli’s Squidding Page on Instagram and Youtube to discuss all things Cephalopods. Oli gives us some of his tips for maximising our squidding, including lure selection, some of his favourite locations and his retrieval technique. We also discuss his new Kayak and how he fishes with this, his experience fishing the...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 71: James Flack, Troll So Hard Lures This week we are joined by Flacky from Troll So Hard Lures to discuss the start of this summers run of Southern Bluefin Tuna. It has been a bit of a slower start to the season this year and we discuss potential reasons for this, including the effect the floodwater leaving the Murray Mouth could have on fishing out of Victor Harbor this...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 70: Asher Dezsery - Executive Officer of RecFish SA This week has obviously been a disappointing week in SA Fishing, with the news of the Snapper ban being extended until June 30, 2026. We have been lucky enough to have RecFish SA’s new Executive Officer Asher Dezsery join us to discuss this announcement and what it means for all us recreational fishos going forward. We al...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 69:  Paul Baccanello, Captain Boat Safety This week we are joined by Paul Baccanello, one of the men behind Captain Boat Safety. This is a very smart business, which not only sells boat safety kits which cover all of your safety needs, but also sell a subscription package, where they will send out new gear as different items expire. We talk about the journey of where the i...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 68: Rachel Weeks, Seeds For Snapper This week we are joined by Rachel Weeks, Project Manager at OzFish, currently working on the Seeds For Snapper Seagrass Restoration. This is a project which is a project run by OzFish with the support of Green Adelaide, Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board  and BCF, where volunteers collect Posidonia seagrass seeds, which are then organise...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 67: Tom Di Vittorio - Go Get Em Fishing Charters This week we are joined by Tom from Go Get Em Charters, one of the most highly regarded charter businesses in SA. Tom is probably best known for his tuna charters out of Victor Harbour, but he also has lots of success on other species, fishing both in metro waters and the Fleurieu peninsula. Tom tells us his story about the...