Topwater flathead fishing has never been so brutal! In today's interview with Russell Babekuhl we discover a whole new side to the humble flathead that few people know exists. It's a style of shallow water, hand to fin combat where oversized crocs obliterate topwater lures and use their might to smoke the angler in oyster covered structure. The stories are more like what I expect from yellowtail kingfish or trevally fishos than those who target flathead. It's inspiring stuff!

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King George whiting are a popular target with bait fishers, but I'm not sure why they're not targeted more by lure fishers. They're the largest of our whiting and are more than capable of eating a small, well presented soft plastic lure.

Repeat ALF podcast guest Bomber Farrell recently spent some time exploring Tasmania with a fishing rod and in no time found himself picking up KGW with reasonable consistency. So, in today's episode Bomber shares what he's learned, for those interested in giving King George Whiting on lures a crack.

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Bluewater fishing has never been more accessible to recreational fishers, and today's guest has been taking full advantage of that situation. Kaspar Lenigas has been an avid bluewater fisho for many years and regularly fishes offshore for tunas and billfish anywhere from Cairns in the North to Tasmania in the south. In today's episode we focus on his home waters around South East Queensland, although many of the techniques and tactics are applicable wherever you target yellowfin. Start sharpening those hooks, this is a brilliant interview!

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Love your topwater flathead fishing, or just getting started and thirsty for info to help you crack the code? You're going to love today's episode!

Simon Cross' Crossfire Lures have become something of a phenomenon when to comes to cracking the code on big old girl flathead. In fact, they're surpassed only by Crossy's impressive knowledge and theories on flathead behaviour and how to get them to chew.

In this episode Deathy does an awesome job of extracting gold nugget after gold nugget out of Crossy. Stuff that will help even experienced anglers catch more topwater flathead. And not just on Crossfire lures, either, although there is a well justified bias towards this lure throughout the chat.

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Mallacoota Inlet East Gippsland, is a bit of a fishing Mecca in SE Victoria, decended upon by tens of thousdands of hopeful anglers every summer. And little wonder. Who wouldn't want to spend some time targeting trophy bream, massive flathead and a range of other estuary species including the coveted mulloway (jewfish). In today's episode East Gippsland fishing guide Chris Jordan shares some tips and advice for anglers headed to Mallacoota in search of some top-notch lure fishing.

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In today's episode Deathy throws away the regular script to take advantage of the opportunity to garner some hacks and tips from Jason Marshall.

Jason has enjoyed impressive success in Yakhunter tournaments despite regularly fishing outside of his home waters and targeting a wide range of species. Who better to extract the secrets of that success that Hobie Worlds champ Deathy? Enjoy the conversation as Deathy breaks down how Jason approached five distinctly different tournaments.

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Warming waters with a little freshwater inflow are the perfect conditions to fire up the prawn populations in our estuaries - and when the prawns get active the fish aren't too far behind. In SE Queensland these conditions favour a lot of fish species, but one that's popular with a lot of anglers is the dusky flathead.

Today's guest is Bo Sawyer, and angler who is well credentialled to help us catch a few 'Pin flathead. He's fished the area for 30 years, won a bunch of fishing tournaments (including the Gold Coast Flathead Classic) and now works full-time as a fishing guide with Capn's Charters.

Enjoy the conversation as Bo unleashes a ton of great tips for targeting Jumpinpin Flathad in both deep and shallow water over the summer months

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Can fish hear us when we speak? Does the "ping" of a sounder transducer spook them into not eating? How does their sensitivity to noise change from species to species and location to location? In this episode we delve into the mistakes and mis-truths about how sound and noise affect fish behaviour and what we can do to increase our chances of presenting a lure to a fish that is unaware of our presence.

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Central Queensland is well endowed when it comes to top barra fishing options, but none are more popular than the dam systems dotted around the countryside. Roderick Walmsley is a sponsored angler who is no stranger to impoundment barramundi fishing, spending a lot of time on Lake Awoonga in particular. In today's ALF episode he explains his strategy on a recent tour of barra impoundments at Teemburra, Kinchant and Peter Faust and how he went about finding and catching quality barra in each.

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Ben Harrison is something of an anomaly on the tournament kayak scene. A South Australian angler, he routinely travels many miles to compete outside of his home waters, but has the runs on the board to prove it's worth it. He's a regular on the podium, has represented Australia on multiple occassins in international events and recently won the Bream Masters SA championship.

In today's episode Deathy gets down to tin tacks as Ben chares his story, but also a ton of great tips for anyone wanting to improve their bream fishing skills. Definitely worth a close listen!

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