BlueWater Boats & Sportsfishing – April 01, 2018

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WHO’S WHO

2 Angles photo

8 Catch-up – Tim Simpson

10 Newslines

22 Dr Pepperell

24 The Billfish Foundation

26 The IGFA

28 IGFA Rule Book

28 BlueWater Calendar

30 Hot Bites Australia

32 Hot Bites International

69 BlueWater digital

77 BlueWater subscriptions

79 Tournament News

83 IGFA Report

84 GFAA Report

85 GFAA Junior Tournament

86 NZSFC Report

88 On The Waterfront

96 Charter Operators

97 Advertisers’ Index

98 Out of the Blue

Boats and more

COVER

Striped marlin

on sardine

baitball

Photo:

Doug Perinne

© BlueWater 2018

Ray lives in Perth but

regularly drives 1200km

north to Exmouth

following his passion for

marlin and sailfish. Last

year he took his son and

his mate, catching five

small blacks and a sailfish

in one session. Ray says the look on their faces was

priceless. At age 63, Ray has recently been diagnosed

with Parkinson’s Disease, but hopes to visit Cairns and

tick a giant black off his bucket list while he can still

crank a reel.

SUBSCRIBER: RAY ARMITAGE

Louise grew up in Fiji

but moved to Sydney

at the age of eight. Her

passion for gamefishing

began when she

married Phil and then

purchased their 12.5m

custom alloy gameboat

Satisfaction,which now lives at their home base in

Lae, PNG. Louise and her family have won a long list

of trophies and awards in the years since, but she is

most proud of their performance at the Offshore World

Championship in Costa Rica.

SUBSCRIBER: LOUISE FRANKLIN

BLUEWATER BOATS & SPORTSFISHINGISSUE 130 (APRIL/MAY 2018)

THIS ISSUE

Young Oska has been

addicted to fishing for as

long as he can remember.

As a crew-member aboard

Mr Pig, he fishes regularly

along the Sydney coastline

and particularly loves the

challenge of tiger sharks.

His last New Year’s goal was to catch one himself, and

within a couple of weeks he’d caught two! During a

tournament in 2016 he tagged three mako sharks and

weighed another for an Australian junior record.

SUBSCRIBER: OSKA DAVIS

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SOUNDING OUT THE FINAL FRONTIER

Whether you’re chasing swordfish on the bottom, or

simply the bottom structures that influence trolling out

wide, you’re going to need an echo sounder with the

capability to show clear details of the bottom in depths of

up to 800 metres. BlueWater interviewed the experts at

the leading electronics companies to bring you this guide

to selecting and using the best deep-water sounders.

A REVOLUTION IN GAMEFISHING

BOAT DESIGN – and why, until now,

you’ve been led astray

Sportfishing boat designer Wayne Osborne is appalled

that the industry hasn’t advanced with the design and

materials that he believes can greatly improve your

fishing functionality while also slashing running costs.

He’s now on a mission to revolutionise the boat market.