Fishing Articles & Bloggs:
If you have been following my Facebook page you would know I am heading off on a flyfishing trip of a lifetime to Colombia to chase Peacock Bass & Payara this year - so I thought I better pick up a fly rod and get some practice 
Local mate Billy Moore has spent almost two years designing and building an alloy flats boats https://www.facebook.com/FlatsratSkiffs/ and invited me out for a day to see how she goes
The ability to go skinny when flats fishing can be the difference between getting teh shot or not - and Billy's New FlatsRat Skiff goes skinny floating fully loaded in 300mm of water!
Using a https://au.yeti.com/ as a casting platform also make a BIG difference when looking for fish - the extra elevation is great and it keeps your lunch and drinks cool as well
Unfortunately, our flats across Hervey Bay are not a reflection of what was once a "World Class" fishery due to increased commercial netting - which we hope will change this year under the completion of the Full Term Review of the Great Sandy Marine Park due to be finalised by June 2020 ...
You can read all the FACTS and sign the petition to support this @ http://www.frasercoastfishingalliance.com.au/
Cya's next trip - Scotto
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Articles List:
| 05/09/2020 | A tale of two boats - A review of our Signature 485SF and 543SF |
| 16/08/2020 | EPIC Beach Based Giant Trevally - K'gari Fraser Island |
| 15/08/2020 | A week on K'gari - Fraser Island |
| 06/06/2020 | Back to some Home Grown Stuff |
| 06/06/2020 | Colombia - Trip of a Life Time ! |
| 15/04/2020 | The Intermediate Line - PodCast - Scotto on Colombia |
| 22/01/2020 | Some fly fishing to kickoff the New Year |
| 30/12/2019 | Well that's a wrap 2019 - Happy New Year Every One ! |
| 24/12/2019 | Great to be back on Lake Awonga |
| 24/12/2019 | Nath's quest for a marlin on fly |
| 24/12/2019 | Our 1st Marlin for the Season |
| 02/12/2019 | We have the Cod bug bad ! |
| 02/12/2019 | Monduran - 3rd time lucky |
| 11/11/2019 | Fishing with Scotto Podcast - Hervey Bay Marlin |
| 06/10/2019 | Lake Monduran round 2 |
| 06/10/2019 | It's Great to see our Barra Dams are back on-line |
| 01/09/2019 | Somerset & Wivenhoe - Quest for a 50+cm Bass |
| 12/08/2019 | Fishing with Scotto Podcast - Australian Fishing Tackle Association Trade Show 2019 - Bass Fishing |
| 12/08/2019 | Back to the gutters |
| 11/08/2019 | Copeton Dam Round 3 - The quest for a metrey |
| 11/05/2019 | Finally some good weather ! |
| 11/05/2019 | Family Fishing Day |
| 03/03/2019 | Flats Longtails |
| 03/03/2019 | Fishing with the Twiddle Crew |
| 03/03/2019 | Home coming & St Georges Basin Crocodiles |
| 02/03/2019 | Copeton Dam - Round two |
| 02/03/2019 | Murray Cod on Fly Mission |
| 02/03/2019 | South East Qld Bass'n |
| 24/02/2019 | Spring Time Bass'n |
| 23/02/2019 | Lady Elliot Island |
| 23/09/2018 | Copeton Dam - The grind is real ! |
| 23/09/2018 | I love Snapper season ! |
| 05/08/2018 | More Glamour Weather |
| 04/08/2018 | Lord Howe Island - The Last Paradise |
| 04/08/2018 | Reefies & Yellowfin madness ! |
| 10/06/2018 | Celebrating 50 at Cania Gorge |
| 09/06/2018 | Take a Kid Fishing Day |
| 03/02/2018 | Spotted Mackerel Mayhem ! |
| 28/01/2018 | I've got the fly fishing bug again ! |
| 27/01/2018 | Fly fishing for Golden Dorado - Salta Argentina |
| 06/08/2017 | Rainbow Beach & Double Island |
| 06/08/2017 | New Hervey Bay locals |
| 05/08/2017 | Back to the Gutters with Katrina |
| 05/08/2017 | Its been too long - Finally some fishing ! |
| 07/01/2017 | 2016 Re-Cap & Welcome 2017 ! |
| 31/12/2016 | Happy New Year ! |
| 03/09/2016 | Some days are diamonds |
| 13/08/2016 | Australian Fishing Tackle Trade Show - AFTA July 2016 |
| 02/07/2016 | Best snapper session to date ! |
| 22/05/2016 | Gold Coast Marine Expo May 2016 |
| 15/05/2016 | Some Squiding & Fishing |
| 02/04/2016 | A New Tuna season is appon us ! |
| 06/03/2016 | Finally some fishing for 2016 ! |
| 30/12/2015 | Happy New Year - 2015 in review ! |
| 28/12/2015 | Fishing with April Vokey , ET & Tumby Tom ! |
| 07/11/2015 | Some truly EPIC captures ! |
| 31/10/2015 | End of another Barra season ! |
| 12/07/2015 | Winter has arrived along with the bream,flatty's and snapper ! |
| 24/05/2015 | Squiding with Scotto |
| 12/04/2015 | Tuna & Shark KAOS |
| 12/04/2015 | Good Vibrations - Mary River threadfin salmon & barra |
| 15/03/2015 | How to get started and catch more fish on Squidgy Soft Plastics |
| 26/01/2015 | More Bait Ball madness !!! |
| 28/12/2014 | Break Sea & Beyond ! |
| 14/12/2014 | Fishing with Tak - They should call this place variety ! |
| 14/12/2014 | Hervey Bays Blinder Billfish run - Oct-Nov 2014 ! |
| 17/11/2014 | Berkeley River Lodge - Kimberleys Western Australia |
| 26/10/2014 | Will we see another great marlin run in Hervey Bay this season .....? |
| 07/09/2014 | Flatty Whacking |
| 02/08/2014 | 1st Snapper session for 2014 |
| 13/07/2014 | Big day at the Gutters ! |
| 22/06/2014 | Over the top of Fraser ! |
| 09/05/2014 | Land Based Game Fishing - a bit of history |
| 07/05/2014 | Cania Camping Easter 2014 |
| 13/04/2014 | The 1st 100 hrs in our Signature 543sf |
| 13/04/2014 | Chloe Taylor & Tom Laurence return to the bay .... |
| 13/04/2014 | Tuna'd Out ! |
| 17/03/2014 | Fishing with Treen |
| 10/03/2014 | Fishing with Dale & Jake |
| 10/03/2014 | Hot Auctions & Hot Fishing with Michael Choi |
| 24/02/2014 | Signature 543sf Maiden Voyages |
| 16/02/2014 | Bait ball Bedlam ! |
| 02/01/2014 | She Fishes - Chloe Taylor & Tom Laurence visit Hervey Bay |
| 30/12/2013 | Happy New Year ! |
| 24/12/2013 | Merry Christmas ! |
| 24/11/2013 | Cobia Conundrum |
| 09/11/2013 | Flyfishing Hinchinbook |
| 27/10/2013 | Tuna season has started ! |
| 08/10/2013 | Hervey Bay - Land Based Options |
| 25/08/2013 | Top Water Tuna ! |
| 28/07/2013 | Braking in Treno's New Boat ! |
| 28/07/2013 | The Lucanus System |
| 26/07/2013 | Finally some great weather & Some snapper ! |
| 12/07/2013 | New long Range Sport Fishing charters - Freedom III |
| 05/05/2013 | A Change Of Plan - Prospecting ... |
| 05/05/2013 | Finally a bit more fishing ..... |
| 05/05/2013 | Tuna Grand Slam ! |
| 27/02/2013 | A new Barra Season is upon us ! |
| 28/01/2013 | Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald visits Hervey Bay ! |
| 25/01/2013 | What Are You Fishing For ....? |
| 17/01/2013 | Fraser Coast Fishing Alliance Inc NEEDS YOU !!!!! |
| 03/01/2013 | 1st fish for 2013 ! |
| 24/12/2012 | Merry Christmas & Happy New Year ! |
| 24/12/2012 | Blinder Billfish Run In Hervey Bay |
| 04/11/2012 | Hervey Bays Flats of Gold ! |
| 21/10/2012 | Queensland barra season coming to a close ! |
| 21/10/2012 | Flathead Time ! |
| 17/10/2012 | Katrina's 1st Black Marlin |
| 08/10/2012 | Some Spring Bass'n |
| 14/09/2012 | Shimano's Shack - Flats of Fortune ! |
| 31/08/2012 | Sping has Sprung ! |
| 16/08/2012 | Intimate whale encounter ! |
| 14/08/2012 | Hiding Away in the maldives - Shimano Shack Article |
| 06/08/2012 | Fishing with Aidan |
| 01/07/2012 | Toughest fish I have caught in a long time ! |
| 24/06/2012 | Snapper Time ! |
| 24/06/2012 | Island Hideaway - Dhonakulhi in the Maldives |
| 17/06/2012 | Shimano's Shack - Snapper Time ! |
| 09/06/2012 | Shimano's Shack - Go Where No Squidgy Has Gone before ! |
| 18/04/2012 | Shimano's Shack - Bait Ball Bedlam ! |
| 17/04/2012 | Welcome to Hervey Bay - Michael & Marilyn |
| 02/04/2012 | Fishing with Jess and Dale |
| 27/03/2012 | Shimano's Shack - Lenthalls Back On -Line in 2012 |
| 26/02/2012 | Fishing & filming with Creek To Coast |
| 04/02/2012 | PB Queeny ! |
| 04/02/2012 | 1st Article for Shimano's NEW Fishing Shack - Samson's & Pearls |
| 15/01/2012 | Lenthalls Bass & barra Fish Stocking for 2012 |
| 22/12/2011 | Merry Christmas & The Year that was 2011 |
| 06/12/2011 | Shimano's NEW Fishing Shack - NOW OPEN |
| 03/11/2011 | Bones of Contention & Recreational Fishing havens |
| 18/10/2011 | Creeks To The Coast .. |
| 04/09/2011 | Brisbane Boat Show Wrap Up |
| 09/08/2011 | Some more great Flattie fishing with Treen |
| 01/08/2011 | Some bread & butter fishing ...... |
| 19/07/2011 | How Good Is Hervey Bay ! |
| 07/07/2011 | Jacks PB Snapper session |
| 06/06/2011 | Great Start to 2011 Snapper Season |
| 15/05/2011 | Haines Signature 485SF - 12 months & 250+ hours later ..... |
| 05/05/2011 | April Fishing around the Bay |
| 15/03/2011 | Boyne Barra Odyssey |
| 02/03/2011 | Summer 2011 - what a start to the year !!!! |
| 21/11/2010 | Lake Lenthalls Bass Release |
| 25/10/2010 | Awonga Round Two .............. |
| 04/10/2010 | Fishing Visitors |
| 23/09/2010 | Awonga Sept 2010 |
| 15/09/2010 | A Special Whale Encounter |
| 08/09/2010 | Whale watching 2010 |
| 06/09/2010 | Bread & Butter Fishin |
| 01/08/2010 | Lenthalls Barra Salvage |
| 06/07/2010 | 2010 Snapper Season ! |
| 18/06/2010 | They Should Call This Place Variety ! |
| 23/05/2010 | Fishing with Jess & Steve |
| 11/05/2010 | Fraser Island Day Trip |
| 30/04/2010 | The Cure - 1st Trips in our new Haines 485SF |
| 07/02/2010 | Bit Of Fishing Before Christmas ! |
| 21/12/2009 | Lenthall Dam - Bass & barra Releases 2009 |
| 06/12/2009 | Silver Shoals Lodge - Camp Island |
| 14/10/2009 | Going Light with Treno ! |
| 02/09/2009 | Freshwater Grand Slam |
| 17/08/2009 | Fishntales Bream Comp 2009 |
| 16/07/2009 | Fishing With Treen ! |
| 21/04/2009 | Southern Gutter |
| 14/03/2009 | Servere Tropical Cyclone Hamish |
| 10/03/2009 | Hervey Bay Bass'in |
| 10/03/2009 | This Is Livin - Fraser Island Jan 09 |
| 25/01/2009 | Pete's Eco Tours |
| 25/01/2009 | Golden Flats Fishing ! |
| 25/01/2009 | Katrina's BIG Flattie |
| 19/10/2008 | Kayak Road Trip |
| 12/08/2008 | Roonies Camp Out |
| 16/04/2008 | Awonga Dreaming |
| 13/09/2007 | Wreck Reef with NOMAD SPORTFISHING |
| 13/09/2007 | Christmas Island 2007 |
| 22/08/2007 | G0 - G0 Gadget - Report |
| 21/02/2007 | Setting Goals - Pursuit of a beach mulloway |
| 21/02/2007 | How Good is Hervey Bay !!! |
| 12/12/2006 | Kenn Reef - It's out there |
| 29/08/2006 | Road Trip to Weipa |
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Great Sandy Marine Park - A Rec Fishing mecca ....: The Great Sandy Marine Park - MUST BE CORRECTED ! |
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Queensland Recreational Fishing Havens : |
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The Bones of Contention : |
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Squidgy Soft Plastics Tips - Gold Coast Marine Exp: Scottos tips and tackle for Squidgy Soft Plastics |
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Squidgyn With Scotto: Getting started and catching more fish on Squidgie |
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Concerns relating to the Qld in-shore fin fishery: Interesting read for those on the East Coast Qld |
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