Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has released a report to help guide future strategies to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in South-East Asia. The report, Net Returns, commissioned by the department and »
The issue of when – how soon – an angler must remove a rod from a rodholder once a fish has struck has been very contentious for quite some years. The intent of the IGFA »
Neil Patrick, well-known Australian marlin fisherman and chairman of Halco Tackle, was recently recognised for outstanding angling achievement at the International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) annual dinner in Florida. He was presented with the prestigious »
The deep blue waters of the central Pacific come within casting distance of the coastline of the Hawaiian Islands. At times, shore-based island fishermen are surprised by pelagic gamefish like sailfish and even blue marlin, »
When saltwater gamefishing, you never really quite know what you’ll encounter. In New Zealand this past summer there were plenty of surprises, but none as startling as the one Nathan Adams received in late February. »
Black marlin are rarely caught in New Zealand, partly because Kiwi billfish anglers spend most of their time fishing beyond the hunting grounds of the blacks. This species tends to frequent shallow environs and is »
