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Episode 122 - Steve Toome and Ashley White - Port Lincoln Tuna Comp

This week we are joined by Steve Toome and Ashley White, the guys behind the hugely successful Port Lincoln Tuna Classic. After fishing in this comp earlier this year, we catch up with the boys to preview the 2025 comp, to be held on the March long weekend. The boys are also able to announce a recent community award the competition took out, and give us a run down of all of their fishing exploits off Port Lincoln over the winter months, including barrel tuna and fishing the deep water off the continental shelf. 

As always, we have all of the latest fishing news, including a preview of the upcoming RecFish SA AGM and board elections, a review of the recent Onka Stompa event which saw some great fish caught and plenty of money raised for charity and Dizzy has an update on another lost Antarctic penguin. 

Plus we have all of the latest fishing reports, including the recently opened Crayfish and Cockle seasons and a beautiful Snapper off the beach at Goolwa. While the tackle item of the week is the Shimano Ocea Bomb Dip Popper that Rohdey is going to take on his holiday to Hamilton Island before turning it towards the Southern Bluefin Tuna locally over the Summer. 

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Episode 121: Ben Gibbs

This week we are joined by Ben Gibbs, Tournament Director at Bream Master SA and all around gun Fisho. Ben loves fishing from his tinny in The Coorong and targeting Mulloway off the beach at Salt Creek, but his real passion is for fishing from his kayak. He shares with us all of his kayak fishing exploits, both here and interstate, including the lead up to the 2024 Hobie Fishing Australian Championships that he is competing in. 

We also have all the latest news in SA fishing:

• PIRSA have cracked down on the illegal taking of crabs in the lead up to Summer.
• Upcoming RecFish Clinics for women and kids.
• Coast 2 Coast Tuna Comp canceled.
• An obscure looking item washes up at Port Elliott.
• Crayfish (Northern zone) and Cockle seasons are opening up.

Plus we have a wrap up of the boat show, discuss the new and improved, smaller fish de hooker from The Fishing Guru as our tackle item of the week and as always have the latest fishing reports.

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Episode 120: Dylan Pierias

This week we are joined by Adelaide United's number one fisherman and recent recruit Dylan Pierias. Dylan grew up in Victoria, before moving to NSW to continue his soccer career, where his love for fishing, particularly land based, really kicked off. He has recently moved to SA and has loved getting into the land based fishing over here and has already nailed some great catches including breaking the illusive metre Mulloway. He tells us all about his fishing journey and how he thinks SA fishing compares to the other states.

We have a huge news segment this week, including:

• The lobster export ban to China is set to be lifted after 4 years. 
• The Cape Jaffa Marina is officially closed after sand build up has blocked the entrance.
• Outrage over the netting of Kingfish continues.
• A wrap up of the end of the Bream Master competitions for 2024.
• A brief closure of the West Beach boat ramp this weekend.
• Fishos are pushing their case for for fishing to open at Hope Valley Reservoir.
• Port Lincoln Tackle World currently have a pop up store at Port Augusta but are looking to make this permanent!

Plus, we review Rohdey’s weekend camping and fishing on the Murray and discuss the upcoming Boat Show where The Fishing Guru will have some podcast merch and is also selling his own locally made Jetty Rod Holder which is our tackle item of the week.

We also have all the fishing reports, including carp in the Murray, local squid, a rare Thresher shark off the Fleurieu, plenty of Nannygai across the state and an update on the Barrel tuna and upper Spencer Gulf Kingfish season.

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Episode 119: Michael Angelakis

This week we are joined by Michael Angelakis, one of the biggest names in the South Australian seafood industry. We hear the story of how the Angelakis family arrived in Australia from the Greek Islands in the 1920s and went from fishing on the Eyre Peninsula for Whiting to running a booming SA business employing 150 people. Michael tells us about his own journey including his time in business, his hugely successful TV program ‘Out of The Blue’ with Michael Keelan and how he is now enjoying his time as a recreational angler. We also chat about his favourite SA seafood dish, how he sees the management of fishing in SA and how he loves to cook plenty of the less sought after species, 

We also have all of the latest news in SA fishing, including:

• Crayfish season is now open in the South East of the state, but unfortunately the export ban to China continues into a fourth year. 
• RecFish SA clinics are up and running with a kids and womens clinic in Lake Bonney on October 18 and 19 and another kids clinic at West Lakes on October 13 - Gone Fishing Day!
• Kingfish netting is continuing and underpriced fish are now popping up for sale. 
• Safe Boating week is coming up and is a timely reminder to make sure you are set up for Summer. 

Our tackle item of the week is the Salty Captain range which we recently purchased to keep our boat in top condition over Summer. We have organised a discount code for all of our listeners, use the code ALLTHEGEAR15 to get 15% of your online orders. 

Jordan Saliba is the September photo competition winner thanks to his epic photos of cleaning up on Squid and King George Whiting in his kayak recently. We also update the fishing report including a barrel Tuna update, The Fishing Guru cleaning up on the Callop and a preview of the Northbank Fishing Competition being held at Wallaroo this weekend!

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Episode 118: Dom Thornely

This week we are joined by Dom Thornely, the Content & Brand Marketing Manager at Shimano. A former professional cricketer who had a keen interest in fishing during his playing days, before moving into the marketing world, Dom is now kept very busy promoting all things Shimano Fishing. He tells us about what his job entails, wraps up the recent AFTA event and new products Shimano has launched as well as shares some of his own fishing stories, including dishing plenty of dirt on his good mate Brett Lee. 

We also have plenty of SA fishing news including:

• A wrap up of the key priorities identified at RecFish SA’s Forums across the state. 
• Gone Fishing Day is coming up on October 13. 
• New rules around how you can mark recreationally caught Crayfish. 
• Some data around seals and Mulloway in the Coorong and why RecFish SA are pushing for an increased size limit to protect the species. 

Plus we announce winners to our Winter Photo Comp: Jack Schiller, Shane Lock, Luke Chamings and Mark Wenman. As always we have all the fishing reports from right across the state and feature the Shimano Sienna 1000 as our tackle item of the week, an affordable, lightweight reel that we have both been testing out with our young kids!

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Episode 116: Darryl Tiffin - Northern Districts Sport Fishing Club

This week we are chatting with Darryl Tiffin, who is the President of the Northern Districts Sport Fishing Club. The club has been around for over 30 years, meeting at the Somerset Hotel once a month and has monthly trips to different fishing locations around the state. Darryl tells us all about the club and some upcoming trips, as well as talking about his new boat and some of his own fishing exploits over the years. 

As always, we talk about all the news in SA Fishing including:

• Two professional fishermen have recently lost their lives while fishing off KI. 
• A kayaker lost on the Cooring has been found.
• RecFish SA has an upcoming event at Murray Bridge, including a Yabby Net exchange and a kids clinic.

Plus, we have all the latest fishing reports around SA and a wrap up of the AFTA Trade Show and feature the new Shimano Vanford Reel, which won best reel in show, as our tackle item of the week. 

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Episode 115: Asher Dezsery, RecFish SA

This week we are joined by RecFish SA’s Executive Officer Asher Dezsery for an update on all things going on in recreational fishing in South Australia. There are plenty of big issues to discuss including:

• $200k of funding for kids and womens fishing programs with RecFish SA looking to employ project support staff to help run these programs.
• Cod Pods are up and running in Myponga and Happy Valley Reservoirs.
• A wrap up of the Fishos Forums that have been held across the state recently.
• An update on the Snapper buyback program.
• A push for Mulloway size limits to be increased in the Coorong to protect the species across the state. 

Plus we have plenty of other news including:

• 80 more Murray river Crayfish restocked into a secret location.
• Australian Marine Wildlife Rescue & Research  Organisation are on the lookout for an entangled Fur Seal in the Coffin Bay Region.
• Coorong Black Bream and Murray Cod fishing is now closed.

Plus we review our disappointing fishing efforts at North Haven over the weekend and discuss the ‘Drone Insurance’ that we nearly needed to use as our tackle item of the week. Plus we have all the states fishing reports including winter Whiting, Salmon fishing across the state, an update on the barrels and a Rainbow Trout caught from Happy Valley Reservoir.

Finally a big congratulations to Jai Baxter who was announced as our winner of the July photo competition thanks to Shimano, for his ripper PB Murray Cod - a huge effort for a 10 year old!

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Episode 114: Brett Mensforth, SA Angler

This week we are joined by Brett Mensforth, Co-Editor of SA Angler Magazine, along with his father Shane. The magazine has recently transitioned to a digital publication and it is great to hear all about this process and how successful it has been. Brett also tells us about his own fishing recently, most notably having success catching three 100+ kilogram Southern Bluefin Tuna with his dad off the Southern Yorke Peninsula. We chat about the increasing number of barrel size fish being caught all along the state and also hear from Brett about his thoughts on some of the big fishing issues in SA.

Plus, we have all the fishing news including:

• Snapper limits in the South East to remain unchanged for another 12 months. 
• PIRSA has launched a snapper research hub on their website.
• An illegal haul of snapper and other fish from the Eyre Peninsula. 
• Another cod pod deployed by RecFish SA at Myponga Reservoir.
• O’Sullivans Beach boat ramp repairs completed.
• A huge congregation of Spider Crabs near Coffin Bay.
• A sad update on a rare King Penguin that frequented SA waters earlier in the year. 

Our tackle item of the week is the large tackle bag from Shimano we are setting up to use on our boat in the coming season. Plus we have all the latest fishing reports including winter whiting, plenty of Salmon across the state, school holiday reservoir fishing and have the Barrelltuna gone?

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Ep 113: Leigh Kuerschner, Lower Murray Lure Fishing Club

This week we are joined by Leigh Kuerschner, Treasurer at the Lower Murray Lure Fishing Club to fill us in all about the club and chat about what has been a great period of freshwater fishing recently. The club has recently held its AGM and has its Cod Closure Weekend coming up at the end of July, Leigh takes us through both the fishing and social sides to the club. 

We also have all the news in SA fishing, including:

• Records broken with the recent cold weather in SA.
• A world record Tuna caught in Warrnambool, Victoria - 120.4kg on 15 kg line. 
• The last of the RecFish SA forums is coming up in Renmark. 
• The Cod Pod video footage from Happy Valley is now live.
• A defect to the recently upgraded O’Sullivans Beach Boat Ramp is damaging boats. 

Plus, we have all the SA fishing reports including barrel tuna across the state, winter whiting firing up and plenty of big salmon being caught off the beaches. Our tackle item of the week is a new head torch with all the features and we also have the return of the photo of the month thanks to Shimano, with Zack Martin taking out the prize.