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Episode 159: Steve, Pobs and Ted from NED

Send us Fan MailEpisode 159: Steve, Pobs and Ted from NEDThis week we have a massive episode wrapping up the 2026 Port Lincoln Tuna Classic! We are joined by Ted, Pobs and Steve who fished aboard NED, the winning boat in the Calcutta Competition! The boys tell us the story of their weekend and how they caught a big fish in an unusual way that netted them a $140k prize! The boys were super deserving winners, have great individual stories and came together at the last minute to form the winning combination!We also run through the rest of the Competition which was a lot slower than in previous years, including lots of other prize winners, our own efforts to catch 3 Tuna across the weekend and announced the winner of the Socorro 10,000 from Shimano!We also have all the news in SA fishing, including:An update on the Algal Bloom and how it is now impacting Port Hughes. A Tuna pen dies off after it is dragged through some discoloured water.A couple of amazing recaptures from SAFTAG including a 1.4m Cod that was caught after 11 yearsWe also look forward to Easter and give a report on the state's fishing ahead of the long weekend!

Special Episode: Live @ The Port Lincoln Tuna Classic

Send us Fan MailIn this special edition of the podcast, we have recorded little snippets across our trip to fish in the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic so you can live out the weekend as if you were there!!

Episode 158: Andy Farrer - Skipper in Pt Lincoln Tuna Classic & Asher Dezsery - RecFish SA

Send us Fan MailEpisode 158: Andy Farrer  - Skipper in Pt Lincoln Tuna Classic & Asher Dezsery - RecFish SAThis week we are joined by Andy Farrer, Skipper of Catfish, who has only missed 3 events in the Port Lincoln Tuna Classics 20 year history. He talks us through some of his successful years, why he loves the competition and how he is preparing for this weekend's competition. Andy really sums up what is great about the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic, he competes really hard on the water and then enjoys the social side of the event, having a drink and bantering with other competitors as much as anyone!We are also lucky to be joined for part of the news segment by Asher Dezsery from RecFish SA to discuss the announcements made by Peter Malinauskas in the lead up to the election. Asher fills us in on what is planned for the new Recreational Fishing Authority, what RecFish can do with further funding over the next 4 years and also touches on what the Opposition has proposed if they are successful and also an update on tagging of fish for future rounds of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition!We also explain a competition we are running for our listeners to celebrate the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic, we are giving away a Shimano Socorro 10,000 (which is also our tackle item of the week) for whoever can get ‘closest to the pin’ of how many Tuna our boat will catch over the 2 day weekend! Keep an eye on our social media for more details!Our fishing report is dominated by Port Lincoln fishing including an update on the Tuna fishing prior to the competition, the flathead season is upon us and Jamie Crawford showed the IFish team the best of the fishing around Port Lincoln with Whiting, Crabs, Nannygai and Sharks all playing the game!

Episode 157: Lincoln Kirby - Barra or Blue Charters, NT Million Dollar Barra Comp

Send us Fan Mail Episode 157: Lincoln Kirby - Barra or Blue Charters, NT Million Dollar Barra CompThis week we are joined by Lincoln Kirby, who runs the hugely successful Barra or Blue Charters in the NT. He is able to tell us about his own fishing journey, discuss what to expect on a day out fishing for Barra or in the Blue Water and also discusses the iconic Million Dollar Barra Competition. There are 11 Million Dollar Barra and a further 82 tagged fish worth $10k each still swimming around, with a further $100k up for grabs for the biggest of these tagged fish caught throughout March. This is an epic comp and something we would love to enter one year!We also have a wrap up of our week fishing around Black Point on the Yorke Peninsula as well as looking forward to the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic in a couple of weeks. As always there is plenty of news in SA fishing, including:Round 4 of the Lets Go Fishing Comp is coming soon including a Murray Cod forum featuring Steve StarlingPIRSA have caught a man with 47 King George Whiting, many hidden and many undersize. The Coroners Court has recommended that lifejackets become mandatory on all boats under 7 metres. We also have a wrap up of the Carp Frenzy, discuss the Tuna season across the state and feature the Shimano 10 inch heavy duty bent pliers as our tackle item of the week, an item that will be invaluable when on the water in the Port Lincoln Tuna Comp.

Episode 156 - Lucas Weaver

Send us Fan MailEpisode 156 - Lucas Weaver This week we are joined by freshwater fishing guru Lucas Weaver. He is the RecFish SA Director for the Riverland and Reservoirs and has caught more Callop and Murray Cod than most! He has recently been involved in tagging a lot of fish for the ‘Lets Go Fishing Competition’ and also presented in the recent RecFish SA Forum on all things freshwater fishing. He is also heavily involved in the Lower Murray Lure Fishing Club and also tells us about some of his Saltwater catches to show his versatility!Some of our listeners have got around our push for some more listener engagement and have sent in voice messages. Thanks to Isiah Luther Nunerley for his message about whether a lumo bead may have led to a shark biting him off, Beau Lavigne asked about good conditions to launch at Victor Harbor and Anton Read had some suggestions about future merch including the idea of custom prop flags.As always we have all the latest fishing news, including:RecFish SA, Fleurieu Charters, Want To Fish Charters and The Game Fishing Club of SA combine to find the Tuna via a plane!A man caught with a big haul of illegal Crayfish in the South East.Fishing restrictions around the country continue with Tassie Flathead the latest to be hit.Kingston Jetty is still awaiting an insurance claim after storm damage in May 2025.The Algal Bloom causing devastation around Point Turton and into the lower parts of Spencer Gulf.Our tackle item of the week is the Vexed Dingle-Dangle, a clever device that lifts your bait off the bottom, making it more visible to fish and well away from Crabs and Rays. We also have all the latest fishing reports including Blue Swimmer Crabs, Whiting, Garfish and an update on the Wirrina Tuna Comp which was taken out by a superstar crew including Brad from Fleurieu Charters and Tyson from Want To Fish Charters.