It ain't over, till it's over!! Just when I thought I should be packing away my light tackle marlin gear, we have seen another great report come in from The Trench off Cape Moreton over the weekend. Sunshine Coast boat, Big Business reported 49 strikes, 32 hook ups and 11 tagged and released. This
It doesn’t get any better than this!
Giant black marlin fishing on the Great Barrier Reef is without doubt the pinnacle of fishing, so it's little wonder it attracts anglers from around the globe. No where else in the world do you have a greater chance, at any minute, of catching a 'grander' black marlin, that is a fish that weighs
A delivery with fish!
Professional Boat Care is often asked by its customers to deliver their boat north or south for that special holiday. I never tire of cruising the eastern seaboard of Australia, but it can often be frustrating for a fisherman like me to not have the time to fish some of those spectacular locations
Tailor were on for the 25th Anniversary of our annual Moreton trip!
MHW 2012 was another great 4 days of fishing the eastern beach. Given it was our Silver Anniversary year everyone was hoping for a fairytale score card, and most of us weren't dissappointed. Mornings and dusk produced some good numbers of Tailor and the warm NW winds and low swell made for
Jeno’s South Pacific II Birthday trip, May 2012
This years trip departed on the Wednesday evening and we returned Friday. The forecast held true with 5 to 10 knots of ENE Wednesday evening allowing us to anchor on the ledge west of Cowan Cowan to fish the 11pm turn of the tide. The fishing was very quiet but the trip across the bay was flat calm,
Howzat! – Bichel bowls his first Blue.
After 13 marlin fishing trips around the world, cricket legend and current selector Andrew Bichel finally gets his first Blue Marlin yesterday off Brisbane. Expectations were high and the pressure was on me to find Andy a Blue after the previous weekend when we got his good mate and fellow cricket
Kasprowicz gets his first Blue Marlin
Cricket legend Michael Kasprowicz caught and released his first Blue Marlin last Sunday on Cabolito! He was celebrating his birthday with his brothers and mates including fellow cricket legend Andy Bichel as guests of the Cabolito owners. The estimated 300lbs Blue was caught in 280 metres of water
Christmas / New Year Fishing Report
The fishing over the Christmas break was pretty slow for most of us. We were at Currumbin for the first two weeks and the big swell which arrived Boxing Day kept me from crossing any bars to get offshore. However when I finally did get out there I didn't turn a reel! I worked some good bait schools
Moreton Bay Cobia
Peter Jenyns with 'Four Beacons' CobiaThe Cobia were on around the Four Beacons last Saturday morning, and should be around for a while yet! I caught this solid 24.7kg fish and I heard another similar size was taken after I left. Conditions were perfect - it was the turn of the tide and the beacons