Just Your Average Fishos

18/10/2026

Today I took my boys and a few of their friends into the boat show. I thought that given I covered the NSW show rather than take photos of the same boats, rather I would show a few things that I haven’t really seen too much of at other shows.

Great to see George Compleat Angler Dandenong smashing it selling tonnes of tackle, nice to talk to Gawaine about his new Northbank Fibreglass Boats 650 Hartop and the team at Melbourne Marine certainly has some nice toys.

Also always good to hear how well Zoran Ocean Accessories is going with his vast range of stainless and tackle accessories!

Notable exclusions were all the Yamaha jet ski’s, Edencraft etc but I think this is both a reflection of success and probably on some cases cost too. Also the rig rundown section. I really liked seeing done up boats but perhaps the call for it wasn’t there this year.

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Enjoy

Justin.

Remora Boats
Polycraft Boats
Sea Jay Boats

17/10/2026

There has been so much on the socials on the recent Pacific Bluefin and largely I have thought well no need to share anything but this is just Too good not to steal a cheeky photo and share!

How good is the Pacific Bluefin bite currently in Australia. From Lakes Entrance to now South Coast NSW…… records tumbling.

These gents (Tim and John Blankenstein) battled hard conditions and a damaged boat to somehow hoist this dinosaur in.

Wonder if 300kg is the new benchmark. Who would have thought. I have heard stories circling from the best of the best fishos that these things are freight trains and they have seen flying tuna busting that are as big as tinnies.

Well done gents, and I have no knowledge who you are but excited for all game fishos who invest the time, money and tears in this stuff, I salute you.

Come on Jack, when we rolling lol?

07/10/2026

Last Sunday I was able to head out for a fish with the Baron who was in Melbourne. Given his availability, how could we not give the local whiting a towel up in this Good Ol’ Fashioned Fishing Report.

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Head out in less than desirable wind against tide conditions to give the whiting a crack.

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10-15kt SW wind with a rising tide until 7:30am with then wind against runout tide.

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Finally a change here, I was using the new SHIMANO Australia Fishing Zodias 270UL with a Vanford 3000 with 15lb braid and Shimano 16lb Fluorocarbon leader.

The Baron was borrowing the slightly heavier model the Zodias 270M with the same reel and line setup.

Rigs were extended paternoster with size 4 BKK Hooks Australia Carlisle Red Long Shank.

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Fresh pippies from Vince VTackle Fishing as well as large pilchards diced in the burley cage.

How it all went down…

After picking Ben up at 4:30 am so we could catch the last of the run in tide, we launched at 5:30am to a pretty active Hastings ramp.

We started just north of tortoise head bank and nothing on the first drop but on the second in line with the point we found a patch and started to pull in some very nice high 30’s to mid 40cm fish.

They were coming in waves but we were able to stay there and achieve just under a full bag at the one spot.

With the tide done we made a move towards Elizabeth island and sounded a few arches. We sat for a short while and caught a few small whiting, a couple of baby school sharks and a feeder gummy around 3-4kg.

We made another move towards Cobb Bluff and caught another bunch of ting but the w**d became garbage and we were nearing lunchtime which meant the Baron needed to catch a flight back to Brissy.

Overall count was a nudge over 30 with fish ranging from 35cm with the biggest caught by yours truely at 47cm.

It was great to have a chance session with the Baron, these are the sessions we do well together and after a few hours of filleting the neighbours, the boss and the family all had a feed.

It was also great to land the first fish, the biggest fish and keep up with the Baron numbers wise. He even blamed the burley pot on my side, I have heard that before lol……..perhaps he felt sorry for me and went easy on me - more likely to be the case!

Till next time, catch you at the ramp!

Justin

27/09/2026

Couple of pics from a getaway with the family ANDDD the Baron….. Pearlie’s and Tuskies on the menu including not photographed Moses Fish, Goldband Snapper and more…….. sharks were in force today too.

Interesting that the smaller snapper up here are far more well developed in their knobby heads

21/09/2026

My neighbour, Mr Sammy Noosa Cat, opened his snapper account on the weekend fishing the top end of Western Port. He caught it on squid in about 7 meters of water depth.

Well done Sammy - we will be out there together soon!

13/09/2026

September Spring is here and with perfect weather forecast an offshore gummy trip was calling me. With my sons welching out last minute, good mate Ronaldo subbed in to aid this Good Ol Fashioned Fishing Report.

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To head offshore and catch a gummy with old mate Ron.

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NNE wind 5-8kts, 2 meter rolling swell abating to 1.8 but I thought it would be lower with the NE wind, which it was. Perfect offshore day!

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Fresh caught Wrasse and Barbour Perch off the bottom near where we decided to fish. We scaled them and diced into chunks.

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My usual Shimano Terez 72M Rods, Saragosa 10k reels and 50lb braid. Ron was impressed.

We used paternoster rigs today with 8/0 inline circle hooks.

Mission Outcome

We launched Hastings at 11am, ramp was in control and all was fine. A glamour day as we headed out offshore via Flinders and drove up towards Cairns Bay. I stopped at the 30 meter line and searched for some bait.

We sounded a little bait, anchored and caught about 5 wrasse and 3 Barbour perch. High tide was bang on 12:30 so we pushed towards the schank lighthouse.

We sounded around but didn’t see much life, and a few boats were closer to marks I had previously fished so we double backed and found some nice bait activity in 40 meters out from Punchbowl.

It took me a couple of goes at anchoring correctly but soon enough all rods were deployed and we waited for some action.

The first fish was a stinky draughtboard. The next was what I thought to be a big giller, and although I didn’t see it, it cleaned up all the lines which led me to that assumption.

After re rigging and getting stuck into the first batch of chicken nuggets from oven, Ronald’s rod (well actually my rod with a changed reel handle) went off like a frog in a sock. Shortly after we were able to boat a beasty male schoolie, conservatively 20kg it was a weapon.

Redeploying again Ron caught a PJ and I was giller king with another that wrapped up a few rods.

By now we were on the back end of the moon phase and bang, along came a smaller 8kg feeder gummy. After cleaning up it was 3pm and low tide wasn’t until 6:30ish so we sat it out.

At the beginning of the moon phase activity cracked off again but with another damn giller that took out a bunch of lines. Ron caught another PJ and the tide lost its punch so it was off to LaLupa Pizza for a couple of Large lots, sensational as ever.

It was a great day in great company. Was great to see Ron achieve his PB schoolie today and it will be enjoyed by many.

Naturally we ended the night with a large Lot from LaLupa, 9.2 consistent crazy score, we demolished them despite already having 30 chicken nuggets each under our belts.

The fishing is ramping up with plenty of snapper and squid reports. Might be an earlier start to season??

Anyway, till next time, catch you at the ramp!

Justin.

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SHIMANO Australia Fishing
Just Your Average Fishos

21/08/2026

When the weather is a bit of a toss, let’s talk boats!

The Quintrex 420 Hornet, well I think this one would be an explorer in modern days but what a little ripper!

Quintrex

13/08/2026

If you have been a long term follower or this page then you know how much I love gummy and school shark fishing!

Well next Wednesday night at the Mitcham Angling Club you can join a free talk with Fruits from Think BIG Fishing Charters on all things fishing for gummy and school sharks.

Free talk, free BBQ and big raffle prizes. But bookings are essential via the following link.

Gummy and School Sharks with Shaun Furtiere https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/gummy-and-school-sharks-with-shaun-furtiere-tickets-1994547663754?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile

Compleat Angler Dandenong
Victorian Fisheries Authority
VRFish
Just Your Average Fishos

A deep dive into Gummy and School Sharks with a master of Westernport, Shaun Furtiere

02/08/2026

2026 NSW Boat Show longer vids on a few of the boats Jason was keen to capture. He loves a centre console lol. Enjoy!

Brands in this vid are:

Northbank Fibreglass Boats
Sea Devil Boats
Northern Beaches Marine Pty Ltd
Evolution Boats
Oceanworx

01/08/2026

I was lucky to fly up to the 2026 NSW Boat Show with great mates Anthony and Jason. Larger than the 2025 show, there was again a few surprises, a few new boats and some sneaky specials given the economic times.

Rather than upload 100 photos with comments I thought unwound edit together the short vids that were uploaded to our pages story but expire after 24 hours.

I’ll pop up a vid with some longer interviews too.

As always like, comment and share and I’ll answer any questions I can.

Northern Beaches Marine Pty Ltd
Sea Devil Boats
Northbank Fibreglass Boats
Oceanpro Boats
Caribbean Boats
Oceanworx
Evolution Boats
Makocraft Boats
Quintrex