Sydney Game Fishing Club President Karen Wright may be headed to the record books. This past Wednesday, Wright caught a 317-pound southern bluefin tuna on 30-pound test. The fish will likely be recognized as the the largest southern bluefin to be taken on rod and reel on 30-pound line by a female angler. The Sydney […]
Australia, fish, Fishing, Southern Bluefin Tuna, World Record
Rhys Assan of Busselton, Australia posted an interesting video on YouTube this past Thursday (3/20) of a magnificent mahi mahi beaching itself along the Western Australian shore. Assan’s girlfriend Leah Reitinger and her mother were walking along the beach when they noticed a dark shadow in the water. According to Reitinger, “We saw a huge […]
The marlin bite is on off east central Australia. Ideal weather and warm waters over the last few days have brought marlin and anglers to the Coral Sea off of Coffs Coast. Numerous marlin catches are being reported throughout the area. This great video from a few days ago shows just how good the marlin […]
The Game Fishing Association of Australia has certified that eight-year-old Jet Edwards of Cairns has set a new national record for the biggest trevally caught by a child age 11 or younger. Jet hooked his 14.8 kg (32.628 lbs) trevally near Innisfail, south of Cairns, and fought the fish for about 45 minutes before bringing […]
It looks like New South Wales Premiere Barry O’Farrell has a bit of a fight on his hands. Last March O’Farrell’s government temporarily lifted a ban on shore-based line fishing at beaches and headlands in six marine parks that have established no-take sanctuaries. The O’Farrell plan was to monitor the effect of recreational catch-and-release fishing in […]
The 30th Golden Lure Fishing Tournament kicked off in waters off Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia today. The tournament is hosted by the Port Macquarie Game Fishing Club and based at the Port Macquarie Marina. 31 boats competed on the first day with 146 anglers participating. Tournament officials reported numerous marlin being tagged and resealed throughout […]
ITV News has picked up a story out of Australia about two fishermen who were rescued on Saturday after spending 15 hours clinging to a cooler in the ocean after their boat sank off the state of New South Wales, Australia. The men, aged 25 and 34, took to the water after issuing a mayday […]
As we noted last week, the Whitsunday Game Fish Club’s Reelax Simrad 2013 Light Tackle Game Fish tournament took place this past weekend. Over the course of the three-day tournament, anglers tagged and released 17 billfish. Reports from the tournament say that the first two days were pretty windy, but the final day offered up […]
Australia, Black Marlin, fish, Fishing, Tournament, Whitsunday Game Fish Club
Inventive Fishing is committed to bringing you all kinds of news from around the Saltwater Nation. So, when we came across this news item, we figured that you needed to see it, as well, because, let’s face it, when it comes to such despicable acts, the Saltwater Nation is likely to be the most sympathetic […]
In the previous post “One Week Until Reelax Simrad 2013 Light Tackle Game Fish Tournament,” we directed you to check out the Whitsunday Game Fish Club web page for information about the Reelax Simrad 2013 Light tackle Game Fish Tournament. But, now we feel obligated to say check out their home page for the video […]
Australia, fish, Fishing, Sailfish, Video, Whitsunday Game Fish Club
The Reelax Simrad 2013 Light Tackle Game Fish Tournament kicks off next week running from October 3 through October 6. The tournament is the Whitsunday Game Fish Club’s largest tournament of the year. Anglers fishing in the tournament can expect some great action as the Coral Sea is a remarkable place to fish this time […]
Australia, Billfish, Cobia, Coral Sea, fish, Fishing, Giant Trevally, Mackerel, Tournament, tuna, Wahoo, Whitsunday Game Fish Club
A few days ago photojournalist Alistair McGlashan was marlin fishing in Australia when he and his crew brought a nice blue marlin to the boat. McGlashan jumped into photograph the blue when a 660-pound mako came swimming by and started feeding on the marlin. Check out McGlashan’s Youtube video linked above and posted on YouTube […]
We’re getting word from Saltwater Nation anglers in South East Australia that offshore fishing is heating up. Anglers this past week in the Narooma District have seen an increase in both albacore and yellowfins caught in the Tasman Sea.There is also talk of a large Broadbill being caught this week that has record-setting potential at […]
News sources around the globe are picking up a story recently published in Nature Communication, an online, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing research in biological, physical, and chemical sciences. Written by two researchers from Cambridge University in the UK and one from the University of Neuchatal in Switzerland, the article “Referential Gestures […]
Australia, Communication, eel, Egypt, fish, Fishing, Grouper