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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!

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Episode 151:Steve and Ash preview next years Port Lincoln Tuna Classic
This week we are joined again by Steve Toome and Ash White, the boys behind the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic as we look forward to next years event to be held in March. The boys talk us through the early preparations for the next competition, a few new things to look forward to as well as all of the regular favourites that make it one of the great weekends in the calendar! They also share there fishing exploits across 2025 with both of the the boys catching trophy fish in Queensland and we also talk about the arrival of this years school tuna season in SA!
As always, we have all the news in SA fishing including:
Dredging under way to re open the Cape Jaffa Marina.
The first $10k prize is won in the 'Lets Go Fishing' Competition as a Salmon Trout wins a Robe local a huge prize!
Western Australia has also had big fishing restrictions put in place across their coastline.
Oyster Shell collection for restoration of shellfish reefs. 
Seeds for Snapper is underway for this year.
ANSA and Recfish SA Citizen Science inter club competition announced to be held at Bundaleer Reservoir in early 2026. 
Plus for our tackle item of the week we have a stocking stuffer from Shimano for the angler who has everything  - They are literally selling Fishing socks and jocks!
AND! Our most positive fishing report in weeks: Whiting out from North Haven and also off the Rapid Bay Jetty, Tuna season starting on Eyre Peninsula, Southern Fishing Charters cleaning up on reef species and Mulloway and Bream going well in West Lakes!

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Episode 150: Paul Wilton, President of the Game Fishing Club of South Australia

This week we celebrate our big 150th episode with a great guest, Paul Wilton, the President of the Game Fishing Club of South Australia! Paul gives us an insight into how the club has changed and grown over recent years, some of the competitions they run including the Wirrina Tuna Slam in February and also talks about the social side to the Game Fishing Club. He has also caught plenty of fish himself and is even nice enough to invite us and any prospective new members to join them at the club for one of their monthly social nights.
To celebrate our 150th episode we reminisce on some of our favourite episodes over the past few years and also look forward to the next big milestones to come!
We have plenty of news in SA fishing including:
RecFish SA holding a Carp fishing competition at Mawson Lakes this weekend!
The ‘Let’s Go Fishing Competition’ is still running with the $10k prize still up for grabs, the next round starts soon with another lot of tagged fish to target.
Cape Calamari and other Pro Boats are doing ‘Research days’ with SARDI to monitor the Algae. 
We wrap up the 20th Onka Stompa which raised a lot of money for mental health!
Our tackle item of the week is the new Shimano Squidgies ‘Glimma’ soft plastic, a 90mm baitfish profile with a cool Shimmering tail that is sure to catch plenty of fish! Our fishing report includes Clifty finding some metro whiting, big Crabs being entered in the Ardrossan Pub Competition to win beers and and esky and Kingfish still firing in the upper Spencer Gulf!