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Episode 159: Steve, Pobs and Ted from NED

This week we have a massive episode wrapping up the 2026 Port Lincoln Tuna Classic! We are joined by Ted, Pobs and Steve who fished aboard NED, the winning boat in the Calcutta Competition! The boys tell us the story of their weekend and how they caught a big fish in an unusual way that netted them a $140k prize! The boys were super deserving winners, have great individual stories and came together at the last minute to form the winning combination!

We also run through the rest of the Competition which was a lot slower than in previous years, including lots of other prize winners, our own efforts to catch 3 Tuna across the weekend and announced the winner of the Socorro 10,000 from Shimano!

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

• An update on the Algal Bloom and how it is now impacting Port Hughes. 
• A Tuna pen dies off after it is dragged through some discoloured water.
• A couple of amazing recaptures from SAFTAG including a 1.4m Cod that was caught after 11 years

We also look forward to Easter and give a report on the state's fishing ahead of the long weekend!

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In this special edition of the podcast, we have recorded little snippets across our trip to fish in the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic so you can live out the weekend as if you were there!!

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Episode 158: Andy Farrer  - Skipper in Pt Lincoln Tuna Classic & Asher Dezsery - RecFish SA

This week we are joined by Andy Farrer, Skipper of Catfish, who has only missed 3 events in the Port Lincoln Tuna Classics 20 year history. He talks us through some of his successful years, why he loves the competition and how he is preparing for this weekend's competition. Andy really sums up what is great about the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic, he competes really hard on the water and then enjoys the social side of the event, having a drink and bantering with other competitors as much as anyone!

We are also lucky to be joined for part of the news segment by Asher Dezsery from RecFish SA to discuss the announcements made by Peter Malinauskas in the lead up to the election. Asher fills us in on what is planned for the new Recreational Fishing Authority, what RecFish can do with further funding over the next 4 years and also touches on what the Opposition has proposed if they are successful and also an update on tagging of fish for future rounds of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition!

We also explain a competition we are running for our listeners to celebrate the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic, we are giving away a Shimano Socorro 10,000 (which is also our tackle item of the week) for whoever can get ‘closest to the pin’ of how many Tuna our boat will catch over the 2 day weekend! Keep an eye on our social media for more details!

Our fishing report is dominated by Port Lincoln fishing including an update on the Tuna fishing prior to the competition, the flathead season is upon us and Jamie Crawford showed the IFish team the best of the fishing around Port Lincoln with Whiting, Crabs, Nannygai and Sharks all playing the game!

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 Episode 157: Lincoln Kirby - Barra or Blue Charters, NT Million Dollar Barra Comp

This week we are joined by Lincoln Kirby, who runs the hugely successful Barra or Blue Charters in the NT. He is able to tell us about his own fishing journey, discuss what to expect on a day out fishing for Barra or in the Blue Water and also discusses the iconic Million Dollar Barra Competition. There are 11 Million Dollar Barra and a further 82 tagged fish worth $10k each still swimming around, with a further $100k up for grabs for the biggest of these tagged fish caught throughout March. This is an epic comp and something we would love to enter one year!

We also have a wrap up of our week fishing around Black Point on the Yorke Peninsula as well as looking forward to the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic in a couple of weeks. 

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

• Round 4 of the Lets Go Fishing Comp is coming soon including a Murray Cod forum featuring Steve Starling
• PIRSA have caught a man with 47 King George Whiting, many hidden and many undersize. 
• The Coroners Court has recommended that lifejackets become mandatory on all boats under 7 metres. 

We also have a wrap up of the Carp Frenzy, discuss the Tuna season across the state and feature the Shimano 10 inch heavy duty bent pliers as our tackle item of the week, an item that will be invaluable when on the water in the Port Lincoln Tuna Comp.

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Episode 156 - Lucas Weaver 

This week we are joined by freshwater fishing guru Lucas Weaver. He is the RecFish SA Director for the Riverland and Reservoirs and has caught more Callop and Murray Cod than most! He has recently been involved in tagging a lot of fish for the ‘Lets Go Fishing Competition’ and also presented in the recent RecFish SA Forum on all things freshwater fishing. He is also heavily involved in the Lower Murray Lure Fishing Club and also tells us about some of his Saltwater catches to show his versatility!

Some of our listeners have got around our push for some more listener engagement and have sent in voice messages. Thanks to Isiah Luther Nunerley for his message about whether a lumo bead may have led to a shark biting him off, Beau Lavigne asked about good conditions to launch at Victor Harbor and Anton Read had some suggestions about future merch including the idea of custom prop flags.

As always we have all the latest fishing news, including:

• RecFish SA, Fleurieu Charters, Want To Fish Charters and The Game Fishing Club of SA combine to find the Tuna via a plane!
• A man caught with a big haul of illegal Crayfish in the South East.
• Fishing restrictions around the country continue with Tassie Flathead the latest to be hit.
• Kingston Jetty is still awaiting an insurance claim after storm damage in May 2025.
• The Algal Bloom causing devastation around Point Turton and into the lower parts of Spencer Gulf.

Our tackle item of the week is the Vexed Dingle-Dangle, a clever device that lifts your bait off the bottom, making it more visible to fish and well away from Crabs and Rays. We also have all the latest fishing reports including Blue Swimmer Crabs, Whiting, Garfish and an update on the Wirrina Tuna Comp which was taken out by a superstar crew including Brad from Fleurieu Charters and Tyson from Want To Fish Charters.

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Episode 155 Kane cross. Winner of round 2 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition 

This week we are joined by Kane Cross, who recently turned a small Salmon Trout that he caught locally in his home town of Robe into a $10,000 prize as the winner of Round 2 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition! Kane tells us the story of how he caught the winning fish and how he's going to spend the money as well as fills us in on his life as a Professional Cray Fisherman and some of his stories from beach fishing off the famous Long Beach! A great chat and something to motivate us all to get out and have a crack at winning Round 3 that has just got underway!

We also have all the fishing news, including:

• All the details of round 3 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition including locations that some of the species have been tagged!
• Alan Hall recognised for his work supporting the fishing community in Whyalla
• We preview lots of fishing events coming up in the next few months:
  • The Game Fishing Club of SA Wirrina Tuna Slam on Feb 14/15.
  • The Carp Frenzy to be held at Lake Bonney on Feb 28.
  • The ANSA interclub competition on the March long weekend at the Bundaleer Reservoir
  • The Port Lincoln Tuna Classic on march 21/22.

We also have a comprehensive fishing report including all of the latest news in the search for this seasons Southern Bluefin Tuna, a couple of rarer sightings of a Blue Shark at Stansbury and a Mahi Mahi at Port Augusta, Dizzy got into the Yorkes Whiting and the Blue Swimmer Crabs are going well across Metro waters and the Yorke Peninsula. 

We also have a couple of voice memos that we have been calling out for - Thanks to The Fishing Guru for sharing his theory on where all the squid from St Vincents Gulf have gone - this was the inspiration for our Shimano Squid Comp! Please hit us up with a voice memo if you have any questions for us, events to promote or anything at all to contribute to the podcast!

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Episode 154 - Jake Mcleod, Reel SA Fishing

This week we are joined by Jake Mcleod, the man behind Reel SA Fishing on Youtube and Social Media! When he's not catching fish or sharing fishing content, he is working at TackleWorld Port Lincoln, so he certainly knows all there is to know about fishing all across the Eyre Peninsula. From Garfish off the rocks using plastic Maggots for bait, Massive Port Augusta Kingfish, land based Sharks and Giant Southern Bluefin Tuna - Jake has done it all and loves to capture plenty of footage to share! A great chat with plenty of insight into all things Port Lincoln fishing, Reel SA is well worth tuning in to!

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

• Australian Bass stocking into Tod Reservoir near Port Lincoln, while there is going to be more stocked fish and better access to Myponga Reservoir.
• Round 3 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition opens on February 1, more prizes up for grabs and Al McGlashan and Audi Croft in town for the next fishing forum and some tackle store visits! (You can hear all about Al and Audi when they joined us in episode 106!)
• Plenty of updates on everything that is going on from the RecFish SA team.
• Tackle Box giveaways at Tackle Shops across SA for any kids spending only $10 in store thanks to Lets Fish Australia!

Our tackle item of the week is the Large Tackle Bag from Shimano, we have one that we are about to give away to a lucky person in a soon to be launched competition - keep your eyes peeled for this one! 

The fishing report includes all the winners from the Kingston SE Surf Fishing Competition, Whiting on Yorkes and Tuna all over the Eyre Peninsula - But when will they hit the rest of the state?

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Episode 153: Danny Simpson

This week we are joined by Danny Simpson, a self employed consultant working widely across the Recreational Fishing Sector both here in SA and across Australia. Danny talks about his own fishing and some of the work he has done over recent years, having worked extensively throughout the sector, including Murray Cod management, implementing recreational fishing in our reservoirs and he currently represents the Rec fishing community on the Marine Scale Fishery Management Advisory Committee. Danny has also just joined the RecFish SA board having also been involved in the past and he also talks about the fun times he has had working part time at SportFishing Scene in recent years.

We have all the latest news in rec fishing across SA, including:

• RecFish SA pushing for more tagging of Mulloway. 
• Details around Round 2 of the Lets Go Fishing Competition, as well as another monthly prize winner and details around the next Fishing Forum.
• The government has bought Mundoo Island in an effort to boost the environment.
• Pushing for funding to keep the Cape Jaffa Marina open.
• A fishing comp to be run at Tunarama in Port Lincoln. 
• An update on the Algal Bloom including allegations of Government withholding information until after the election.
• A 4.73 Million Dollar Tuna sold in Japan.

In our first episode of 2026 we also recap our own family fishing over Christmas, set some New Years Fishing Resolutions and also have a bumper summer fishing report including Tuna, King George Whiting, plenty of Sharks, big Blue Swimmer Crabs and Crayfish.

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Episode 152: Andy Burnell - Crab.e.cam

This week we are joined by Andy Burnell, the man behind the hugely popular Crab.e.cam social media account, where he documents heaps of amazing underwater footage from his GoPro mounted in his crab net. What started as a simple idea has grown to over 32k Facebook followers and over 175,000 youtube views. Andy talks us through how he sets up the go pro to get top quality video and photos, chats about Scuba and Free diving and talks us through what he has witnessed with the devastation of the algal bloom, but now luckily he is seeing some signs of improvement. 

We have plenty of news to cover as well:

• The bag limits of certain species in the different gulfs have returned to normal after a temporary reduction.
• The 3rd prize in this round of the Lets Go Fishing Competition has been won in a tight race for the prize!
• Goolwa Beach Cockles remain open for bait only.
• A reminder about cleaning any diving gear and pots to stop the spread of the Abalone Viral Ganglioneutritis from the South East.
• Murray Cod Season opens on January 1.
• Algal Bloom numbers improving across much of the state, with KI the exception, including some footage of a sick looking Great White off Island Beach.

Our tackle item is the new Tenacity Power Pro braid from Shimano which we are putting on our Whiting rods, while our tackle item covers Tuna - both school and barrel size fish, plenty of crabs and crayfish and even a ‘lost’ Marlin swimming near the jetty at Moonta!

We also have a bit of a wrap of 2025 and wish our listeners a Happy Christmas and hope you all get in plenty of fishing over the Festive Season!

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Episode 151:Steve and Ash preview next years Port Lincoln Tuna Classic

This week we are joined again by Steve Toome and Ash White, the boys behind the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic as we look forward to next years event to be held in March. The boys talk us through the early preparations for the next competition, a few new things to look forward to as well as all of the regular favourites that make it one of the great weekends in the calendar! They also share there fishing exploits across 2025 with both of the the boys catching trophy fish in Queensland and we also talk about the arrival of this years school tuna season in SA!

As always, we have all the news in SA fishing including:

• Dredging under way to re open the Cape Jaffa Marina.
• The first $10k prize is won in the 'Lets Go Fishing' Competition as a Salmon Trout wins a Robe local a huge prize!
• Western Australia has also had big fishing restrictions put in place across their coastline.
• Oyster Shell collection for restoration of shellfish reefs. 
• Seeds for Snapper is underway for this year.
• ANSA and Recfish SA Citizen Science inter club competition announced to be held at Bundaleer Reservoir in early 2026. 

Plus for our tackle item of the week we have a stocking stuffer from Shimano for the angler who has everything  - They are literally selling Fishing socks and jocks!

AND! Our most positive fishing report in weeks: Whiting out from North Haven and also off the Rapid Bay Jetty, Tuna season starting on Eyre Peninsula, Southern Fishing Charters cleaning up on reef species and Mulloway and Bream going well in West Lakes!

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Episode 150: Paul Wilton, President of the Game Fishing Club of South Australia

This week we celebrate our big 150th episode with a great guest, Paul Wilton, the President of the Game Fishing Club of South Australia! Paul gives us an insight into how the club has changed and grown over recent years, some of the competitions they run including the Wirrina Tuna Slam in February and also talks about the social side to the Game Fishing Club. He has also caught plenty of fish himself and is even nice enough to invite us and any prospective new members to join them at the club for one of their monthly social nights.

To celebrate our 150th episode we reminisce on some of our favourite episodes over the past few years and also look forward to the next big milestones to come!

We have plenty of news in SA fishing including:

• RecFish SA holding a Carp fishing competition at Mawson Lakes this weekend!
• The ‘Let’s Go Fishing Competition’ is still running with the $10k prize still up for grabs, the next round starts soon with another lot of tagged fish to target.
• Cape Calamari and other Pro Boats are doing ‘Research days’ with SARDI to monitor the Algae. 
• We wrap up the 20th Onka Stompa which raised a lot of money for mental health!

Our tackle item of the week is the new Shimano Squidgies ‘Glimma’ soft plastic, a 90mm baitfish profile with a cool Shimmering tail that is sure to catch plenty of fish! Our fishing report includes Clifty finding some metro whiting, big Crabs being entered in the Ardrossan Pub Competition to win beers and and esky and Kingfish still firing in the upper Spencer Gulf!