January 22, 2021
Early season tuna
In early January, there were hundreds of small school bluefin tuna straight out the front of the Port Phillip Bay heads, stretching West along to Barwon Heads. They were in very close, and the large schools were clearly visible in the swell and on the surface. But they just were not eating! They would not take lures, whether trolled or stick-bait. Those who were spear fishing could do well, if they could see them in the water. We were luck enough to have a couple of these early season tuna. When we......
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December 30, 2020
Refuge Cove
With COVID-19 lockdowns throughout 2020, we really hadn’t taken the boat out much or explored the Victorian coastline.So in the break between Christmas and New Year, we took the dogs for a trip to Refuge Cove for a couple of nights. It was their first time on the boat without being able to get off for a couple of days, so it was a good chance to see how they coped. Refuge Cove was a day trip from Queenscliff, on the Eastern side of Wilson Promontory. It can only be got to......
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August 08, 2020
Port Fairy Tuna Time
Our long weekend in June, fishing for bluefin tuna at Port Fairy....
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June 08, 2020
Record hunting
When fishing under the Game Fishing Association rules, you can fish line for certain types of fish with a particular line class, and go record hunting. Head here to check out all the Australian and State records. This is currently what we are doing for Jacqui, but made the mistake of not being certain of what the record was that needed to be beaten! Here are the current Victorian females records for Southern Bluefin Tuna: On 4kg line – 23 kg (this is also the Australian record) On 6kg line – 21.52kg......
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April 25, 2020
Marlin in 2020 on the new Just One More
The start of 2020 has seen us sell our house, move into a rental, help with the logistics around the human resources for the Victorian bushfires, then buy a new boat, driver the boat down from Sydney to Batemans Bay, and then sell our old boat. Then COVID-19 hit, just after the March long weekend. So this is what we’ve been able to do so far this year, and some of our fishing and the marlin caught in 2020 …...
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February 23, 2020
The New Just One More
At New Years Day, we had our last trip on the Sailfish S8, at Port Fairy. Then our house sold, and we moved into a rental property. We used the proceeds of our house to buy the next Just One More – a 50′ Riviera. We picked it up on the Australia Day long weekend from Sydney, and drove it down to Batemans Bay over two days. We caught a marlin on the first day! I installed my homemade leaning post straight away. Then we caught another marlin on our third day.......
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January 11, 2020
2019 in Review
What a year 2019 was! Not as much quantity of fishing as we would have liked. But the quality of fishing was great, and we ticked off some big goals this year. Have a watch:...
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December 01, 2019
Changing our boat
We have had a dream for about five years now, and it’s coming together – hence we are changing our boat. We have had our Sailfish S8 for 3 years, and it has served us well. But our dream is to cruise around Australia, fishing. The Sailfish is not big enough to live on. We have always had a larger flybridge cruiser in mind for doing our trip. We have also sold our house, and moving into a rental for 12 months. So we should be on track to start our trip......
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November 09, 2019
Life on the Line
On Wednesday 6th November at the IMAX at the Melbourne Museum, Al McGlashan launched his passion project about Southern Bluefin Tuna – the documentary Life on the Line. This had many supporters and contributors, and is a fantastic story about how sustainable management can turn around the decline of a species – the Southern Bluefin Tuna (“SBT”). SBT was driven to the brink of extinction in the 1980s as demand for its highly-prized meat increased. The documentary tells the story of how government, industry, research and the fishing community worked together, here......
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October 19, 2019
Bunnings Community Fun Day
In support of our club, the Northern Metro Sportsfishing Club, we brought the boat out for the Epping Bunnings Community Fun Day on 19 October. It was a chance for local community groups to put on something for their community, but also to raise awareness for their clubs to try to get new members. We gave out gift bags with the boating safety book and fishing guide for Victoria, as well as hats and drink bottles, and some small plastic lure boxes. Hope to see all the new members at the next......
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