Australian Lure Fishing

In todays ALF episode we're back in the NSW South Coast with "Mr Basin", Greg Reid. Reidy was a sportfishing guide on St Georges Basin for a decade and as a local resident still fishes the system regularly.  This time of year sees the quality bream in St Georges Basin fire up on surface offerings - and Reidy opens up on how he goes about catching them.  ___________________________ Team Doc Lures i...

Despite the close proximity to major populations, its popularity as a holiday destination and massive fishing pressure, Lake Macquarie is a consistent producer of quality jewfish (mulloway). They're not necessarily the easiest of targets for the lure angler, but today's guest, Dan Guilfoyle, has a reputation for having the Lake Mac jewfish dialled in. Plenty of tips, tricks and useful advice in th...

Pumicestone Passage, in SE Queensland, is a narrow strip of water that separates Bribie Island from the Queensland coast and is Mecca for anglers chasing all manner of species. In todays episode we're going to target the local bream population with tournament angler Jamie McKeown, who recently placed second at the ABT event at this location.    ____________________________ Bream take plenty of fig...

Southeast Queensland offers many opportunities for the keen bass fisho, but sneaking around tiny, shallow, snaggy creeks casting all manner of lures at fat, well conditioned bass is next-level. Today's guest, Liam Fitzpatrick, does all manner of fishing, but loves nothing more than a skinny creek bass fishing expedition.    ________________________ Keen to take your fishing to the next level? Doc...

For Melbournites, the summer months signal it's time to get serious about targeting quality black bream in systems like the Yarra, Maribyrnong, Werribee and Patterson rivers, along with the foreshores around Port Phillip Bay.  Todays guest, Paul Malov, is no stranger to the black bream scene, being a tournament angler and kayak specialist with an impressive track record. Today he takes us through...

I guess each time we notch up another hundred episodes we've achieved something of a milestone. And since today we're publishing the 300th Episode of the Australian Lure Fishing Podcast, I took some time to reflect back on the guests and the stories that have made ALF what it is today. In particular, I'm reflecting on the 25 most listened episodes of the show. What was your favourite episode of th...

Maroon Dam, in Southern Queensland is a system that holds plenty of quality Australian bass that respond to a massive variety of lures and techniques. Our guest today, tournament champ Charles West, uses this lake to test new techniques and trial lures and reckons it's a pretty versatile fishery.   ________________________ Figuring out fish is about keeping records - and there's no better way to r...

Teemburra Dam barramundi fishing is a cricket scores or donut kind of affair. Impoundment barramundi can be difficult to figure out at the best of times, but this particular storage seems to be especially tricky. Understanding lunar cycles, weather tides (yes, even in a dam) and barramundi behaviour are the key, as today's guest Brendan Pollard explains.  _______________________ Have you checked o...

In the Tweed Heads area of Northern New South Wales the spring months see good numbers of quality yellowtail kingfish move from the deeper waters offshore to the shallow inshore reefs. The opportunity to experience a savage surface bite from a big, tough fish is too much for local anglers like Sunny Sharman to resist. In this episode of ALF, Sunny lays out an entire strategy for getting hooked up...

Central Queensland is renowned for producing big numbers of seriously large Giant Trevally and former Rockhampton local Chris Henry is reputed to have personally met quite a number of them. In episode 296 Chris shares his thoughts, tips and tricks for finding and doing battle with the mighty GT around the Keppel Islands area. _________________________________ Team Doc Lures is the community that s...

Sustainable fishing is something I've touched on in so many past episodes and something I've been working on and promoting for decades. But this is the first time I've dedicated a solo rant on the ALF podcast to this particular subject. We're at an exciting point in Australia where fishing can and should have the effect of galvanising our population and improving our natural environments and fish...

There are numerous river systems in the Clarence River Basin, and all of them hold good stocks of wild bass. The headwater reaches is where we're headed this episode though, with local gun Curtis Parker to target the footballshaped trophy Bass that inhabit those reaches.  —————————————— Team Doc Lures is the ALF podcast community. Members help keep the podcast on it but also get to give feedback a...

Coffs Harbour is getting towards the southernmost limit of the mangrove jacks range on the east coast. And as todays guest, Shane Holding explains, the jacks are a little different than on the Gold Coast where he learned to target them. In this episode Shane shares what he's learned and how he's adapted his fishing since moving south. _________________________ Team Doc Lures is your opportunity to...

The Spanish mackerel fishing around Noosa can be exceptional and today's guest, David Leonard, is well placed to help us experience the best this opportunity has to offer. David shares a wealth of knowledge on the behaviour of Spanish Mackerel in the Noosa area and the techniques he's found that consistently work.  ——————————————— If you'd like to have input into an audiobook/ebook exploring how A...

Coral trout must be one of the classic northern "reef thugs". Aggressive, powerful, spectacular. It's no wonder this species is such a popular sport fishing target - and today's guest, Kyle Hennig, is just one of a large number of trout chasing addicts using popping and jigging techniques to target them.  —————————————————- Right Now, Team Doc Lures members have the opportunity to review, comment...

Lostock Dam might not be the size of nearby Lakes Saint Clair and Glenbawn, but what it lakes in size it makes up for in spectacular bass fishing, as today's guest Dave Rudder explains! Dave shares his tips for targeting super well conditioned Bass on lures and gives away some extraordinary techniques he's developed.   ————————————————- Keen to support the ALF podcast AND get some members only fis...

Wyangala Dam in central western NSW is a major irrigation storage that captures inflows from the Lachlan and Abercrombie River systems. For the Murray cod enthusiast, the system contains a diversity of structure that is home to large cod as well as yellowbelly and a population of carp. In episode 289 tournament angler and cod enthusiast Josh Kopp shares his tips for targeting cod in this system du...

In recent years Queensland's Sunshine Coast has developed a reputation as something of a mangrove jack hotspot, with a growing band of dedicated, ardent anglers specialising in targeting the species in the many small river and creeks systems of the area. Dean Jackson is one of those and has put in countless hours homing the skills and techniques required to catch jacks with consistency.  In episod...

Mahi Mahi, Dolphinfish or Dorado? It really doesn't matter what you call them, this species is spectacular! Colourful, aggressive, hard fighting, fast growing and great eating..... what more could you want? Well, how about Sydney based fishing guru Al McGlashan to share some tips on how to fish for Mahi Mahi in the waters out from Australia's largest city? Check it out - Al doesn't disappoint with...

This episode continues on from episode 271, where Scott and I talked about the extraordinary trophy flathead fishing available on the NSW north coast over the warmer months. In the previous episode we chatted about the use of large, soft plastic glidebaits for targeting the species, this time we're focusing on hard body swimbaits. Scott has decades of fishing the NSW north coast for this species,...

Most estuary anglers would be well aware of the importance of oyster encrusted rocks as habitat for many of our popular angling species. But few realise the massive depletion of oyster reefs that's occurred over the past century - they're now just a fraction of what they once where. I had the opportunity to catch up with Chris Gillies from the Nature Conservancy and chat about his reef builder pro...

Lake Kununurra in is home to an excellent population of Western Australian sooty grunter. Despite being slightly smaller than their east Australian cousins, the western models are no less aggressive  and no less hard fighting. In Episode 285 high profile WA fishing identity Dick Pasfield returns to ALF to talk us through his approach to targeting sooties in Lake Kununurra. Keen For The Top Shelf I...

In Episode 285 I've gone rogue...... Incensed by the indignant bleating of a few anglers who feel that taking large breeding fish for the table is OK, I've unloaded my views about why it's not ok to kill the biggest fish . And it really doesn't matter what species or whether you are legally 'entitled to'. In a nutshell, those big, trophy fish are super important to both recruitment and the gene po...

The inaugural Brooke Lowther Flattie Bash is happening this weekend 24-25 October..... and what a fun event it promises to be! $150K in prizes with the proceeds to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation. If you're a Gold Coast, Brisbane or Northern NSW fisher you'd be made not to join the fun, get some fishing in and support an important fundraiser all at the same time! Registration: https:...

Tasmania's bream fishery is legendary. Who wouldn't want to target big, fat, blue nosed bruisers on light tackle in clear water? Today's Australian Lure Fishing Podcast episode focuses on the estuaries of north-eastern Tasmania and features local fishing personality, tournament angler and tackle identity Steve Steer. Team Doc Lures: Looking for even more value from the ALF podcast? Check out my ex...