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Episode 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.

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Episode 155 Kane cross. Winner of round 2 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition 
This week we are joined by Kane Cross, who recently turned a small Salmon Trout that he caught locally in his home town of Robe into a $10,000 prize as the winner of Round 2 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition! Kane tells us the story of how he caught the winning fish and how he's going to spend the money as well as fills us in on his life as a Professional Cray Fisherman and some of his stories from beach fishing off the famous Long Beach! A great chat and something to motivate us all to get out and have a crack at winning Round 3 that has just got underway!
We also have all the fishing news, including:
All the details of round 3 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition including locations that some of the species have been tagged!
Alan Hall recognised for his work supporting the fishing community in Whyalla
We preview lots of fishing events coming up in the next few months:The Game Fishing Club of SA Wirrina Tuna Slam on Feb 14/15.
The Carp Frenzy to be held at Lake Bonney on Feb 28.
The ANSA interclub competition on the March long weekend at the Bundaleer Reservoir
The Port Lincoln Tuna Classic on march 21/22.

We also have a comprehensive fishing report including all of the latest news in the search for this seasons Southern Bluefin Tuna, a couple of rarer sightings of a Blue Shark at Stansbury and a Mahi Mahi at Port Augusta, Dizzy got into the Yorkes Whiting and the Blue Swimmer Crabs are going well across Metro waters and the Yorke Peninsula. 
We also have a couple of voice memos that we have been calling out for - Thanks to The Fishing Guru for sharing his theory on where all the squid from St Vincents Gulf have gone - this was the inspiration for our Shimano Squid Comp! Please hit us up with a voice memo if you have any questions for us, events to promote or anything at all to contribute to the podcast!

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Episode 154 - Jake Mcleod, Reel SA Fishing
This week we are joined by Jake Mcleod, the man behind Reel SA Fishing on Youtube and Social Media! When he's not catching fish or sharing fishing content, he is working at TackleWorld Port Lincoln, so he certainly knows all there is to know about fishing all across the Eyre Peninsula. From Garfish off the rocks using plastic Maggots for bait, Massive Port Augusta Kingfish, land based Sharks and Giant Southern Bluefin Tuna - Jake has done it all and loves to capture plenty of footage to share! A great chat with plenty of insight into all things Port Lincoln fishing, Reel SA is well worth tuning in to!
We also have all of the latest fishing news, including:
Australian Bass stocking into Tod Reservoir near Port Lincoln, while there is going to be more stocked fish and better access to Myponga Reservoir.
Round 3 of the Let’s Go Fishing Competition opens on February 1, more prizes up for grabs and Al McGlashan and Audi Croft in town for the next fishing forum and some tackle store visits! (You can hear all about Al and Audi when they joined us in episode 106!)
Plenty of updates on everything that is going on from the RecFish SA team.
Tackle Box giveaways at Tackle Shops across SA for any kids spending only $10 in store thanks to Lets Fish Australia!
Our tackle item of the week is the Large Tackle Bag from Shimano, we have one that we are about to give away to a lucky person in a soon to be launched competition - keep your eyes peeled for this one! 
The fishing report includes all the winners from the Kingston SE Surf Fishing Competition, Whiting on Yorkes and Tuna all over the Eyre Peninsula - But when will they hit the rest of the state?

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Episode 153: Danny Simpson
This week we are joined by Danny Simpson, a self employed consultant working widely across the Recreational Fishing Sector both here in SA and across Australia. Danny talks about his own fishing and some of the work he has done over recent years, having worked extensively throughout the sector, including Murray Cod management, implementing recreational fishing in our reservoirs and he currently represents the Rec fishing community on the Marine Scale Fishery Management Advisory Committee. Danny has also just joined the RecFish SA board having also been involved in the past and he also talks about the fun times he has had working part time at SportFishing Scene in recent years.
We have all the latest news in rec fishing across SA, including:
RecFish SA pushing for more tagging of Mulloway. 
Details around Round 2 of the Lets Go Fishing Competition, as well as another monthly prize winner and details around the next Fishing Forum.
The government has bought Mundoo Island in an effort to boost the environment.
Pushing for funding to keep the Cape Jaffa Marina open.
A fishing comp to be run at Tunarama in Port Lincoln. 
An update on the Algal Bloom including allegations of Government withholding information until after the election.
A 4.73 Million Dollar Tuna sold in Japan.
In our first episode of 2026 we also recap our own family fishing over Christmas, set some New Years Fishing Resolutions and also have a bumper summer fishing report including Tuna, King George Whiting, plenty of Sharks, big Blue Swimmer Crabs and Crayfish.

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Episode 152: Andy Burnell - Crab.e.cam
This week we are joined by Andy Burnell, the man behind the hugely popular Crab.e.cam social media account, where he documents heaps of amazing underwater footage from his GoPro mounted in his crab net. What started as a simple idea has grown to over 32k Facebook followers and over 175,000 youtube views. Andy talks us through how he sets up the go pro to get top quality video and photos, chats about Scuba and Free diving and talks us through what he has witnessed with the devastation of the algal bloom, but now luckily he is seeing some signs of improvement. 
We have plenty of news to cover as well:
The bag limits of certain species in the different gulfs have returned to normal after a temporary reduction.
The 3rd prize in this round of the Lets Go Fishing Competition has been won in a tight race for the prize!
Goolwa Beach Cockles remain open for bait only.
A reminder about cleaning any diving gear and pots to stop the spread of the Abalone Viral Ganglioneutritis from the South East.
Murray Cod Season opens on January 1.
Algal Bloom numbers improving across much of the state, with KI the exception, including some footage of a sick looking Great White off Island Beach.
Our tackle item is the new Tenacity Power Pro braid from Shimano which we are putting on our Whiting rods, while our tackle item covers Tuna - both school and barrel size fish, plenty of crabs and crayfish and even a ‘lost’ Marlin swimming near the jetty at Moonta!
We also have a bit of a wrap of 2025 and wish our listeners a Happy Christmas and hope you all get in plenty of fishing over the Festive Season!