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Episode 97: Ben Calvert

This week we are joined by a South Aussie Fisho who has taken his fishing talents onto the national stage, competing and having a huge amount of success in Barra Comps in Northern Queensland. Ben has really cracked the code on these iconic fish, he placed 9th overall in the Australian Bass Tournaments Barra Series and was the Runner Up in the Mackay Tournament Anglers Grand Final, fishing largely against locals who have done this for years. We chat about his journey and travels, what he has learnt while competing, talk about his boat fit out and also chat about the local fishing scene and what he is looking forward to over Summer in SA.

We also are pumped to officially launch our 100th episode celebration on Jan 21 which we hope a heap of our listeners can come along to!

As always there is plenty of fishing news in SA this week, including:

• A record for the fastest speed recorded by a tagged Kingfish which covered 70km a day over 26 days after being caught in SA.
• Marine Scalefish license holders receive ongoing fee relief. 
• More Pyramid nets available for exchange in the Riverland.
• A new model released by Stabicraft.
• A great idea from the Ardrossan mens shed who have installed a crab cooker at the local caravan park!

Plus, we have all the latest fishing report, including Team Hardcore with some notable catches off the beach, The Fishing Guru nailing the local jetties and our own success catching the bag of whiting in quick time on Yorkes last weekend. Rohdey is claiming he caught the most using the value for money Shimano Sienna reel which we feature as our tackle item of the week in this episode!