July 03, 2022
S3 Episode 3 – Al McGlashan on the Hooked Podcast
Al McGlashan joins us for a great conversation, along with Audi and Cooper, to talk about their recent fishing adventures, their upcoming marlin documentary, and the new Pelagic Foundation....
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June 12, 2022
S3 Episode 2 with Brett Goetze from Reel Chase Charters
In this episode of the Hooked podcast, we speak with Brett Goetze who does heavy tackle charters from Port Douglas, but also barramundi fishing for those keen on mother shipping....
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March 27, 2022
Marlin in March
After putting the tower onto the boat in January, we left the boat on the Gold Coast for a month, while I went back to work – looking forward to my annual pilgrimage for marlin in March. Then I had 6 weeks off, from the end of Feb 2022, to go up and bring the boat home. I had a crew of the boys with me to bring the boat back down from the Gold Coast to Bermagui, and then 4 weeks of fishing for marlin from there. Here’s some footage: We......
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February 15, 2022
Getting a Tuna Tower
A tuna tower is the pinnacle of cool kit to put on a fishing boat – not only does it look hot, but it also allows a significant increase in visibility into the water – for both fish and for dangers under the surface when fishing around reefs. Getting a tuna tower on our boat only became a possibility because Black Marlin Towers had a secondhand one advertised on Facebook – and it turned out to be perfect for our Riv. I had to get the boat up to the Gold Coast......
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January 24, 2022
Melbourne to Gold Coast by boat
This trip was to be the Big Test before our Big Trip. Although we didn’t have very long – only two weeks to get the boat from Melbourne to the Gold Coast in the Christmas break of 2021 to 2022. But we would be living on the boat together, with no one else to help, and have the two kelpies with us – Scout and Terra. Port Phillip Bay to Refuge Cove We left Wyndham marina at about 11pm on 23 December 2021, and just trolled across Port Phillip Bay. We went......
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November 21, 2020
The Hooked Podcast: S2 Ep8 Tassie’s Own Mark Watson
In this episode of the Hooked Podcast, Bro speaks with big game fisherman, Mark Watson, from Tasmania. With decades of experience fishing for tuna, kingfish and broadbill in Tasmania, Mark also has a reputation as a man who can land and tag that big game fish, no matter what the conditions. He’s had multiple tag-and-release trophies, but his collection of tales (and tails) and memories are the most valuable from his fishing life. He even gives us some advice about marriage!...
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