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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.

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Episode 112 - Faith Coleman

This week we are joined by Faith Coleman, an ecologist, who knows more about the Coorong than just about anyone! She is a wealth of knowledge about how the system works and is able to shed some light on the recent fish kills in the Coorong’s South Lagoon which has made news in recent months. We also chat about the Coorong’s health overall, the shrinking sand dunes and hear what she thinks needs to be done to better manage the ecosystem. 

We also have plenty of news to discuss, including:

• PIRSA are developing an app that will potentially incorporate mandatory reporting and RecFish SA are looking for some representatives for its development. 
• RecFish SA have formally requested to Tom Koutsantonis for a restructure including free boat launching for recreational anglers across the state. 
• A couple of interesting shark encounters - A Tiger Shark coughed up a Echidna in Queensland and a dicey shark release by a KI fisho!

Our tackle item of the week is the Zodias range of rods from Shimano, which we used recently when targeting Whiting over the long weekend. Plus all the latest fishing reports including barrel size Tuna off Port Lincoln, Marion Bay and Port MacDonnell, offshore Samson Fish across the state and plenty of Murray Cod still around for the last month of the season!

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Episode 111: Shane Hodgens, Tackle World Port lincoln

This week we are joined by Shane Hodgens, the man behind one of the best tackle shops we’ve seen, in Tackle World Port Lincoln. Shane shares his journey into the tackle industry and how they have recently opened up in a huge new location as well as talks us through everything happening in fishing on the Eyre Peninsula. We discuss some of the amazing recent catches with a Swordfish caught last week, believed to be the first caught recreationally from Port Lincoln and also large numbers of 100+ kilogram tuna being caught. 

We also have all the latest fishing news, including:

• The Tumby Bay jetty has re-opened after an 18 month closure.
• The Goolwa Cockle season is now closed but an increased bag limit for next year has been announced. 
• Sharks have returned to the Neptune Islands after a 94 day absence.
• Caleb Murray pushing for people with a disability to chase their goals!

Our tackle item of the week is the clip on bells that we were missing when carp fishing while camping over the weekend and we also have all of the fishing reports across the state. 

Plus, we are bringing back our monthly photo competition with some great prize packs thanks to Shimano. 

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Episode 110: Tyson Kain, Port MacDonnell Tuna and Sportsfish Tournament

This week we are joined by a good friend of the show, Tyson Kain, skipper of Want To Fish Charters and a key contributor to the Port MacDonnell Tuna and Sportsfish Tournament which was held in recent weeks. Tyson give us a wrap up of the comp, including all the winners and a run down of his own week, which included the prize for the biggest tuna. Plus we talk about the barrell Bluefin Tuna season in the South East with his boat ‘Want To Fish’ Charters having ticked over 30 big tuna for the season. Tys also tells us about an exiting day recently when a former gust of the show, Caleb Murray (Episode 40), who is completely blind caught one of these barrel tuna!

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

• The results of our own survey on a fishing license in SA.
• Port Broughton and Fisheries Bay boat ramps now free to use.
• The 30th Australian Salmon Competition at Elliston is nearly upon us.
• An upcoming ‘Cod Pod’ deployment day organised by Recfish SA at Happy Valley.

Plus, we have all the fishing reports, including barrel tuna in the South East and off Coffin Bay, winter whiting are firing up locally and we discuss a Swordfish that washed up in Port Augusta.

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Episode 109: Rick Kozoolin, Team Hardore Fishing SA

This week we are joined by Rick Kozoolin, the man behind Team Hardcore Fishing, a group of mates who fish hard for big fish across the state and document their adventures on Instagram. Rick has caught heaps of impressive fish, 160cm + Kingfish, 140cm + Mulloway and heaps of big Samson Fish. We hear all about his fishing, from surf fishing the west coast, jigging around Greenly Island and his next pursuit of big Murray Cod. Rick attended the first of the RecFish SA Fishing Forums so is also able to give us a good run down of the night from an independent perspective. 

We also have all the big news items, including: 

• A lucky angler finally catches the Northern Territory’s Million Dollar Barramundi.
• The RecFish SA Forums continue across the state.
• Some interesting sightings across the state: A Blanket Octopus at Port Wakefield and Sun Fish washed up at Victor Harbor

We also have all the fishing reports from around the state, including our own fishing on Yorkes last weekend, an update on barrels and the annual fishing Comp at Port Macdonnell, a 165kg Tuna caught at Portland and some deep dropping off the shelf off Port Lincoln. Our tackle item of the week is a small mesh net from Shimano which we used to land heaps of squid recently!