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Permit Waste

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:30:00 PDT

Disgusting waste of Permit on the Sunshine Coast Queensland, Australia. Commercial netters have been pictured catching a large school of Permit from the Noosa North shore 4 days ago. Legal the fisherman say but just how moral is it ? Well we all know as fly fisherman and anglers it is not at all very smart to kill all those fish for $2 a kilo when we know how much money fisherman pay to try and catch one of these fish on a line! A few articles are starting to appear as the news spreads. We will post the photos here and all the links we can to where the story shows up. The Queensland government and even the federal government need to act on netting in Australia waters. Time for change.
All the photos and links by clicking Full Story below.

Great White On Fly

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:00:00 PDT

Capt. Dave Trimble hands his client a Sage Xi3 rod with a Galvan T10 reel to hook what was thought to be a mako shark... When the shark was brought boat side he realized it was a baby great white!

Dave Trimble

"Today I fished with the Fell family from London, England. David brought his sons Somerset and Wyatt. The morning overcast gave us poor visibility. The first shark we teased ate the fly rather quickly. As we fought it to the side of the boat we realized it was a small white shark 70-80 lbs. The fish was released immediately unharmed."

http://www.ontheflyfishingcharter.com
http://www.californiasharkfishing.com

Blue Rage Against the Machine

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:00:00 PDT

The bluefin tuna is speeding towards extinction and Sea Shepherd is going to do everything in our power to put the brakes on it!
We are sending our flagship vessel Steve Irwin to the Mediterranean this summer where we will stand against the illegal overfishing of bluefin tuna. We will do everything possible within the boundaries of international law to protect the magnificent bluefin.

View the website and get all the facts and video of the crew cutting and releasing 800 tuna from nets

Read all there is to know about the fishery. Includes inforamtion on tuna life cycle and other fisheries such as broadbill. Many pictures that will make you angry!

Help the Sea Shepard Society now!

World Record claim for Fly Rod Southern Bluefin Tuna

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:30:00 PDT

Peter Morse or "Morsie" whom we have seen on River and Reef before (use our search function) recently sent me some information on his current world record application. He captured a Southern Bluefin Tuna (thunnua maccoyi) on 10kg /20lb tippet at Pedra Branca 40 kilometers South of Tasmania in late April. Peter said the fish "went 25kg on the dot" and for our USA readers that is fifty-five pounds. It took Morsie 40 minutes to subdue the fish and beat the current record of Alex Langley's fish that was 16.2 kg. Alex caught his fish at Tasman Island in May 2002. Peter summed up his trip and capture by saying "If nothing else, apart from a great experience down there in the southern ocean in a 7 metre tinny, it was bloody good eating". A tinny is what Australians call an aluminium boat.
The all tackle record for this species is a whopping 158kg or 348 lb so there is room to move for those wanting to fish the wild Southern Oceans.
Peter Morse can be contacted at his site here

Fly Fish Cozumel

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:00:00 PDT

Just finished a new home video Fly Fish Cozumel. Lots of tailing Bonefish footage in this one throughout the whole 15 minutes. You will be shocked to see how close these fish work the shallow shoreline in the Cozumel lagoons. Hope you enjoy the flick and music. Click picture to open up new window for viewing. If you have trouble in your browser see it here http://flyfishcozumel.com/flyfishcozumel/Fishing.html or watch the shorter 10 min youtube clip below.

Mako Eats Swordfish off Cozumel Coast

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:30:00 PDT

There looks to be shoulders on this Mako check out the fin at the start of video. Thanks to Nassim for sharing this link.

Book me a ticket!

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:30:00 PDT

Underwater Sailfish Action from Isla Mujeres

Rod and Reel Radio

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:30:00 PST

Just had the pleasure of meeting Stan Vanderburg during the Fred Hall Show in Longbeach California. Stan and I had a conversation that brought us together and put us both on the same page. Stan and his brother Ken own the insurance company http://www.800bassboat.com and offer the "Best Coverage for Bass Boats on the Market". We all become mates during the show and as we were directly opposite each other the guys got to see some of the fishing we have available in Australia. Anyway to cut a long story short Stan is a very well respected angler and is involved in many aspects of the industry including a radio fishing show called Rod and Reel Radio. Stan invited me as a quick surprise guest on the show and the guys gave me the opportunity to plug my business to their large audience. I really appreciated that and I would like to let all of our regular readers around the world that you can listen to this show live and via podcast!
The short interview I did is found here Sunday March 7th 6.00 pm just click the links to download or play.
The velvet voiced crew consists of "Big Tuna" Bill Ghiselin, John "Hop a Long" Cassidy, Wendy Tochihara and of course Stan Vanderburg. I've just listened to a couple of podcasts and think it is a good listen, enjoy!

Nassim Catches 12 Atlantic Sailfish in One Day.

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:00:00 PST

Good mate Nassim Joaquin has reportedly caught 12 Atlantic sailfish on fly in one day (Feb 1st 2010) fishing with Captain Anthony Mendillo at Isla Mujeres. This breaks a record held by Joe Zimmerman whom caught 10 in a day some years ago.
"Joe Zimmer of Berlin, Maryland, broke the one-day record for Atlantic sailfish on the fly earlier this year. Fishing out of Isla Mujeres, Mexico, aboard the Prime Time, Zimmer was led by Captain Butch Cox to ten Atlantic sailfish on 20-pound tippet and abided by IGFA fly-fishing rules for billfish."

Nassim has been trying to get this record and his best day before his record breaking day was seven fish. There have been reports at these links Saltwatersportsman & Inthebite.com in regard to this news and I will post more here once Nassim gives us the full story. Congratulations Nassim !

Nassim in action 2008

Striped Marlin on Fly Video

no@spam.com (Randall Bryett) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:00 PST

Want to make underwater videos yourself go to the official store here Official GoPro® Store