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A balding, white haired man from Sherman Oaks in California , walked into a jewelery store in a local mall this past Friday evening with a beautiful much younger gal at his side. He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend. The jeweler looked through his stock and...

Well what an amazing night. Caught up with Shaun from Think Big Charters in Melbourne as I usually do this time of the year to target gummy sharks. These sharks are highly prized in south-east Australia for their fight and eating qualities. We were due to fish on Tuesday night and Shaun was...

A man was walking down the street when he was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of pounds for dinner. The man took out his wallet, extracted ten pounds and asked: "If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead of...

QUEENSLAND manufacturing icon Alvey Reels, which once boasted its fishing equipment was so strong it never needed replacing, is shutting its doors after almost a century in business. Alvey, based at Carole Park in Ipswich and founded by Charles Alvey in 1920, announced on Wednesday that sales...

Hi guys, Just took delivery of some 5oz Richter chisel plugs for an upcoming trip.. I notice the hooks they come with are very flimsy, I want to rig them up with single assist hooks but unsure of the size required.. would it be around 6/0?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/bull-shark-caught-in-nsw-sparks-social-media-debate/news-story/9eb9bd90c108e01444a27039a8599870

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcwNoZdDko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdVBkn6ohH8

I for one won't be fishing anywhere near algae again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPsBPbm5jTw

On the water at 5am and 7am exactly hooked my new pb snapper. 6,3kg of red fury. She gave a very good account of herself

101kg of deep rage. Caught on jig in Vanuatu

Finally managed to get out for a quick overnighter last night, lines in at 8pm. Nothing overnight then a 17Ib at 8 in the morning and a 28Ib an hour later. Double big tigers did the business. Lines were dropped with my bait boat at 120m. The 28 has been caught three times, and named...

Here's a vid of my recent tuna adventure Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hY9hX8o1zI

Will post a report with video's and more pics when I'm back in Australia but here's a taster of the fishing I had. Loved every second of it!