Tight Lines – 12th April

Welcome to this week’s edition of Tight Lines  Awesome Autumn conditions have given anglers so many options over the past 7 days!To the beaches, first we are still seeing a few good tailor, but it’s the Autumn herring that have really become active, coming from the...

Tight Lines – 5th April

Welcome to this week’s edition of Tight Lines  Autumn time is one of the best times of year on the salty brine. Firstly, to our migrating Aussie Salmon – The Cape’s region to our south is quite simply going off with regular large schools up the west side,...

Tight Lines – 29th March

Welcome to this week’s edition of Tight Lines  The re-opening of the demersal season is upon us from today Good Friday through till the 31st of July! Also, to coincide with the reopening of the season there is a new stewardship program for rec anglers to be a...

Tight Lines – 22nd March

Welcome to this week’s edition of Tight Lines Lots of signs over the past week that Autumn is starting to influence our fishing and the change in active species. Land based Pink Snapper are already starting to show up with the slightly creamy and slightly cooler...

Tight Lines – 15th March

Welcome to this week’s edition of Tight Lines  This weekend,  the weather forecast for an offshore pelagic run is looking good. There is a good current push around the 100 to 120 metre mark combined with a warmer section of water in the same area, all of this...

Tight Lines – 8th March

Welcome to this week’s edition of Tight Lines  First up this week the department has opened this Saturday morning the 9Th of March to a one-hour Roe Abalone session. This session replaces the one cancelled due to weather earlier in the year. Stay safe on the shallow...