Tasmanian’s South West – Australia’s undiscovered frontier

Rod Green – of South West Adventure Tours the Strahan area on the West Coast.

Great fishing, variety and spectacular scenery is what awaits any fisherman and their families venturing into the West coast.

Catching Yellowtail Kingfish

by Ron McBain

Additional information by Steve Suitor

Yellowtail Kingfish – or “Kingies” as they are referred to often – are a fish found in all Australian states. They are an elongated while some of larger fish can be fatter – more like an Albacore in shape. Colour of dark blue to purple above, silvery below, the two colours separated by a broad yellowish-green longitudinal band. The spinous dorsal and pectoral fins are light bluish, the other fins including the tail are yellow. The Kingies are a totally different fish from Yellowfin Tuna. Kingies are a schooling fish, where there is one there are usually a lot more.

Summer mayfly fishing in the Highlands

Jim Allen inspects one of his favourite Mayfly patterns – an emerging dun

Jim Allen, owner of the Compleat Angler chain of stories, is one of Australia’s keenest anglers. Jim leaves Victoria every November and spends several months each year at his shack on Great Lake. Jim is a common sight all over the highlands in his little white Suzuki or fishing madly, either from the shore or his Savage Jabiru tinny. Fly fishing during the mayfly ‘Dun’ hatches are one of his favourite times and in a recent interview with Mike Stevens he reveals some of his secrets.

On the bottom at St Helens

by Rocky Carosi

The word Bottom fishing is a vary general term which obviously covers the catching of fish in the bottom 20 metres or so of water, whether it be Tiger flathead on sandy bottom, Striped Trumpeter or reef bottom on Deep sea trevalla over the edge of the continental shelf. St Helens is quite a unique area for offshore bottom fishing the quality of which is enhanced by the flushing of nutrients and bait fish from St Georges Bay into the open sea.

Fishing Arthurs Lake with John Fox

John Fox is a professional Trout Guide and fishes Arthurs Lake for around 100 days each year. His success here is extraordinary and he puts much of it down to being flexible in his fishing techniques. Here are a few tips from John.

Arthurs Lake – a trouting smorgasbord

Arthurs Lake has, for many years been one of Tasmania’s premium trout fisheries. This profile of the Arthurs Lake has been made possible with thanks to Rob Sloane and Greg French for information from their book ‘Trout Guide’ plus trout guide – John Fox and Inland Fisheries Commissioner – Wayne Fulton.