CONTENTS
COVER STORY
14 LBG SPIN: THE NEXT
GENER ATION!
BY PATRICK LINEHAM
Australian sportfishing was born
back in the 1960s when anglers
like Ron Calcutt and Jack Erskine
began casting metal lures from
rock platforms in search of
hard-fighting pelagics. Now a new
generation of spinmen is taking
the sport to the next level.GAMEFISHING
62 TRICKS OF THE TRADE
BY DAVID GREEN
A lifetime of on-water experience
has taught Greeny valuable lessons
when it comes to targeting big fish
from small boats. In this article he
passes on handy tips that will fast
track your blue water success.ESTUARY
34 GO DEEP!
BY MARK WILLIAMS
Modern technology in the form of
sounders and ultra effective lures
is helping fishos take advantage of
deep-water options in their local
estuary systems.DESTINATIONS
7 2 SA’S WESTERN ISLANDS
BY JAMIE CRAWFORD
Most anglers associate SA with
KG whiting, snapper and squid.
But there’s far more to it than
that, including some superlative
offshore fishing.INSHORE
52 MASTERS OF DISGUISE
BY KRIS SWERES
Once seen as a basic bait
gathering exercise, squidding, aka
eging, is now regarded as a highly
technical – and hugely enjoyable- sportfishery. And fresh squid
taste great!
Contents
fishingworld.com.auChasing big fish on
lures from the ocean
rocks is one of the
more “extreme”
forms of modern
sportfishing. Keen
LBG spinmen like
Fisho writer Patrick
Lineham, pictured here
with a nice golden
trevally spun up from
an east coast ledge,
put in the hard yards
to catch their fish,
travelling big miles to
productive platforms
and often making long
treks carrying gear
and supplies to access
remote ledges. For
more on the new era of
LBG spin, see Patrick ’s
feature on page 14.
FEBRUARY 2015➤
REGUL ARS
13 EDITORIAL
24 NEWS
40 NEW PRODUCTS
5 6 DAVID GREEN
58 ROD BUILDERS
60 KNOTS & RIGS
68 SHIMANO
JUNIORS
70 Q& A
78 THE FISHING
SCHOOL
80 LET TERS
8 6 DAVE RAE
COVER: Longtail
tuna and Spanish
mackerel are the
prime targets
for modern LBG
spinmen. Sam
Moore displays
a solid longtail
spun up from a
rock platform.
See more on the
modern era of high
speed spinning
on page 14.
IMAGE: PATRICK
LINEHAM.14
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