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Episode 162: Tyson Kain, Want To Fish Charters

This week we are joined by Tyson Kain for his third appearance on the podcast. Tyson is the skipper of Want To Fish Charters and works out of Port MacDonnell in the winter and Wirrina in the summer. Tys has had a ripper start to the season of giant Southern Bluefin Tuna, having caught 18 ‘Barrel’ sized tuna so far this season. He tells us about the recent Port MacDonnell Offshore Angling Comp, including his epic first day catching 7 Barrels. He also recalls an epic recent catch of a 100+ kilogram Mako Shark and also gives us a wrap up of what was a relatively slower season of fishing off Wirrina over the warmer months. Tyson is always very generous with his time and knowledge so is well worth a listen.

As always, we also have all the latest news in South Australian Fishing, including:

• RecFish SA has artificial reef modules ready to go in the water off Wirrina and Nepean Bay on KI in the coming weeks
• The professional closure in Gulf of St Vincent extended for another 12 months.
• Sportfishing Scene has been sold by Clifty with current manager Darrren buying the business. 
• North Haven tackle shop ‘The Ramp’ is closing as a result of the downturn in business from the Algal Bloom.
• Thousands of dead Pilchards wash up in Marion Bay.

We talk about a heavy duty anchor swivel Dizzy picked up from Christies Beach Marine recently. We also have all the latest fishing reports including winter whiting, heaps of Salmon, barrels in the South East and 2 Mahi Mahi or Dolphin Fish caught off Port Augusta.

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Episode 161: Adam from Aeroo Drones

This week we are joined by Adam from Aeroo Drones to chat about their unique Australian owned fishing drone. It can carry and deploy a 1kg bait out into the ocean, can fly in 50kmph winds and can capture it all in 4k video and 12 MP photos! We chat about Adam’s own fishing and talk about how the Aeroo company began and how it has grown, now having over 10,000 customers across Australia. Adam reported that SA was its 3rd biggest market and we discussed some of the great spots your could use it across the state, including the Coorong for Mulloway, Port Lincoln for sharks, Snapper across the state and even maybe a Tuna off Victor Harbor when they come in close to shore! 

We also discuss the big news in SA fishing this week, with the state government announcing changes to the bag limits of the 4 key species affected most by the Algal Bloom restrictions. Squidding is banned in both gulfs, the spatial closure on Whiting around the bottom of Yorkes is back for 3 months - but Spencer Gulf returns to full normal limits, garfish is closed in Gulf of St Vincents while crabbing limits are back to normal across the state. 

Our tackle item of the week is the new Ledge Runner lure from Shimano. This revolutionary lure comes in 2 sizes: 160 and 200mm and has the ability to swim at different depths, depending how you set the ring at the front of the lure + comes with a Hydro Control wind to maintain a stable swimming action. 

We also have all of the fishing reports across the state, including Barrel Tuna in the South East, while David Rocca and his mate Rob caught a squid off Edithburgh (before the bans come into place) to take out our Shimano squidding prize pack.

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Episode 160 - Codey, Spot On Port Lincoln

This week we are joined by Codey, the owner of Spot On in Port Lincoln, who we met recently while in town for the Tuna Classic. Codey talks us through his journey to owning the shop and talks us through the wide variety of fish on offer in the area including big Flathead and Samson Fish, both of which are fishing well at the moment. We also chat about the boom in jetty fishing recently after some $10,000 Salmon were recently tagged as a part of the Lets Go Fishing Competition that has been running across the state. We also chat a lot about Tuna, including his own barrel stories, his experience with the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic and the famous purple Halco lure he designed and has had great success with!

As always we also have all of the fishing news from across SA:

• More tagged fish around the Kingscote and Port Lincoln Jettys as a part of the Lets Go Fishing Competition.
• Tragedy strikes as an experienced fisherman drowns at the Murray mouth.
• A wrap up from the Inaugural Coorong Bream Classic with Team Hardcore taking out the prize!
• Goolwa cockles are again deemed unsafe to eat and can only be collected as bait.

Rohdey talks about camping with the family over Easter and a new Oztrail 9 person tent and the jetboil system for fast boiling of water as our tackle item of the week. We also have a big tackle report, including signs of Squid returning to the Gulf of St Vincents, Tuna finally showing up off the bottom of Yorkes and Barrel Tuna are on the go at Port MacDonnell. 

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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.