Lyn and Neil just got back from an awesome trip to Fraser Island. The weather was perfect and the pelagics were really on the chew. Two days of non stop action with the spotties feeding on baitballs and the offshore reefs packed with hungry trevally. Every now and again the weather and the fish all […]

Lyn and Neil were out off Cape Moreton recently chasing a few big Amberjack on jig. Unusually for a Sunday the weather was  great and there were a few fish around as well. It’s fair to say that since the two big flood events of recent years the fish have been harder to find so […]

Wow it’s been so busy of late that our trip reports have suffered a bit. So here’s a bit of a catch up:   Meet our newest staff member Jack Reid pictured holding a great longtail tuna caught near Stradbroke Island recently. Jack has extensive experience working in the tackle industry and fishing in […]

The proof is in the pictures. Snapper can be targeted on metal jigs. Lyn and Neil landed these fish on slow pitch techniques in a great recent fishing trip to our local spots off Cape Moreton.

The team at Jones’s Tackle has had some great trips recently. Jack’s been back home to the Townsville region and Lyn Neil and Steve have been out and around from Brisbane to Hervey Bay. Here’s a few pics from those adventures.

General Background For as long as I can remember I have found peace and inspiration from the being in on or around the water in one way or another but every year I look forward to the tailor run along the SE Qld coastline and the opportunity to get my feet in the sand and […] The post Beach & Rock Lure Fishing by Matt Armistead appeared first on T...

Hi there I’ve decide to write this article on snapper fishing in the shallows to try and help out the fellow fisherman. Falling in love with lure fishing some 5 years ago I have been on a steep learning curve since and expect will continue for a long time to come. I have been lucky […] The post Snapper Fishing in the Shallows with Soft Plastics by...

So you want to catch a Mangrove Jack? This is just some basic tips I have been taught learnt and watch others do to become successful at landing that elusive Mangrove Jack. I’m by far no expert but hopefully we can get you on the right track to land one of these Red Devils in […] The post Mangrove Jack Fishing Techniques by Robbie Rayner appeared...

General Information The iconic Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) has been stocked in freshwater impoundments in Queensland for many years now beginning in 1985 I believe at Lake Tinaroo near Atherton from where a fish weighing 45kg has been recorded. In recent times other impoundments like Lake Awoonga and Lake Monduran have produced incredible number...

Introduction Shark fishing has long been a recreational activity along the Queensland Coast. From the fifties when Bob Dyer was catching record Tigers off Cape Moreton to the current crop of pier/land-based enthusiasts all manner of species and weights have been achieved. Thankfully catch and release fishing has caught on in the past couple of […]...

By Cameron Hope I started fishing about 5 years ago and I’ve always been a bait fisherman possibly because I’m extremely lazy. Chuck some squid out on a hook sit back relax and hope some unlucky fish swims past and eats what you are offering. It works which is why a lot of people do […] The post Fishing for Dummies – Soft Plastics appeared first o...

Why are people drawn to Jetty Fishing or Pier Fishing? Most structures like a Jetty or Pier can be fished when the winds are up the clouds have moved in or when you have no other option than to be land based. Jetties and Piers are like an Artificial Reef for the hundreds of different […] The post Jetty Fishing Basics appeared first on Tackle Land....

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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-VDhWJvoM Testing the prototype lures from the new Nomad Design lure range with AFN fishing and outdoors TV show at Pandora Reefs.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iyOhUEPOZ0   This is some crazy action from Northern Pandora Reefs with the AFN film crew. This was filmed while testing the new Nomad Design Lure range.

Tackle This – Scale Report! Another week of half decent weather has just gone and by the looks of thing it should be looking okay from tomorrow until the end of the week! Snapper: Redcliffe Peninsula is still producing good quality Snapper and with the number of Pike around the structure and reefs fresh bait […] The post Tackle Land Fishing Report...

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A decade ago my Alaskan charter service had a booth at the Fred Hall Sportsman’s Show in Long Beach California. Right next to our booth was an expedition fishing service from Australia  Nomad Sportfishing. They had a 50-inch screen with some of the most incredible videos catching huge reef fish and pelagics on surface lures. The [...]