Fishing Articles & Bloggs:
I grew up in the Illawarra and spent a lot of my youth fishing around lake Illawarra, Windang Island , Shellharbour, Bass Point, Port Kembla , Kiama and the rock ledges of Jervis Bay. Since moving to Hervey Bay back in 2006 I had not spent Christmas with my mother Kath and decided that this year we would - so we towed our boat down for the trip with the aim of catching up with a few life long mates like Lloyd Hatz as well 
Another life long mate is Karl Neels - his father Col was my Forman when I was a bridge & wharf carpenter with the MSB at Port Kembla along with Gordon Jobson. It was great catching up with Neelsey for a fish again - it has been toooo long dude !
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It was disappointing to see more than 5 commercial fishers out on the lake daily netting during peak holiday season and the fishing was tough - but we persevered and managed to get a feed of flathead ! Lake Illawarra really does NEED to be declared a Net Free Area or Recreational Only Fishing Area ( ROFA ) when you look at the growing population across the Illawarra - which is now almost a suburb of Sydney !
As a comparison I wanted to finally fish St Georges Basin which is a "Recreational Only Fishing Area" ( ROFA ) and not only that - it is also being manged as a "trophy fishery" with some amazing fish being caught in recent years with Flathead and Jewfish over a metre along with jumbo tailor and snapper !
I was privileged to be invited to have a fish with St Georges Basin local and gun angler David Johnston - who took me out for a day to show me around. It truly is a fantastic system with stax of boats out on the water it was easy to see the comparison between it and Lake Illawarra !
The next day I went back with our boat and armed with some tips from David I managed to land this great St Georges Basin Crocodile at 86cm on a Samaki Vibelicious in mullet colour !
These fish are far to valuable to only catch once and they are valuable breeding females as well
I am parshal to a beer - so could not resist the opportunity to check out The Illawarra Brewing Co. Their Pale Ale & IPA are both worthy & tasty 
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We also visited Stoic Brewery in Gerrringong and brought home a "growler" of their Pale Ale #somanybeers
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Articles List:
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| 28/11/2020 | Haines Signature 543sf - MOJO's Maiden Voyage |
| 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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