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Aussies win fly fishing gold

Pic: Mick Fletoridis

THE Snowy Mountains was the recent venue for the 25 anglers participating in the 8th Oceania Fly Fishing Championships...

Dear Minister Hodgkinson...

Pic: Scott Thomas

LAST week as part of Fisho's coverage of the NSW Government's controversial change to salmon netting quotas, we spoke to specialist sportfishing charter operator Justin Duggan...

Samoa gears up for world class game tournament

IN April 2012, up to 140 of the world's best anglers will converge on the idyllic Pacific islands of Samoa for the Samoa International Game Fishing Tournament...

Weird Catch Comp winner

WE had quite a few weird and wonderful entries for our recent Weird Catch Comp...

REPORT: Cairns marlin season winds down

WHILE most of the southern fleet prepare to head home, we still have a couple of charters left to finish the Cairns season...

Minister responds to salmon netting backlash

AS a result of a Comment piece we posted last Monday, (Salmon Netting Disgrace!) Fisho today received a response from NSW Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinso...

Sydney salmon to be "obliterated"

Sea of life - A Pittwater salmon school in a frenzy. Pic: Justin Duggan.

Duggan is in a good position to make informed comment about the potential impact of the salmon netting increase...

OPINION: Australian salmon: The facts (and questions for Minister Hodgkinson)

Brad Job with a nice salmon taken in the Gold Coast broadwater. Pic: Ben Job

OUT of the blue, before the review is completed, her department announced that it was walking away from the 2001 commitment to virtually make salmon sportfish-only...

Yak fishers drown in Port Phillip Bay

Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay.

VICTORIAN police say two kayak fishers whose bodies were found in Port Phillip Bay yesterday were inexperienced...

Release of Murray Darling Basin Draft Plan pleases few

Pic: Ian Platts

THE release this week of the Murray Darling Basin Authority's Draft Basin Plan signalled the start of a 20-week formal consultation period.

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VIDEO: How to - Catch dusky flathead on soft plastics

Image: www.warrenkeelan.com

IN this clip Warren Keelan demonstrates an effective technique to catch big dusky flathead on soft plastic lures.

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