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Episode 163: Brad Towler, Fleurieu Charters
This week we have a huge guest who has made some SA Fishing history in the last few days, catching a barrel sized Southern Bluefin Tuna off the Fleurieu Peninsula. After first seeing some massive fish on the sounder and having his school Tuna gear spooled, he returned the next day with heavier tackle and sealed the deal! Brad gives us an insight into how hes been catching them over multiple trips out this week, plus talks us through a slower than normal School Tuna season but strong recent form on Whiting, Gummy sharks and reef species! This is a chat not to be missed and very timely with these fish only being caught for the first time this week!
As always, we have all the latest fishing news, including:
Artificial reef modules deployed off Wirrina and KI this week with temporary fishing closures in place for the next 12 months. 
The Australian Salmon Championship is about to kick off in Eliston.
OzFish is now looking for assistance from the public with collecting seagrass fragments as a part of their ‘Seagrass for Blue Swimmers’ Project at West Lakes.
Algae numbers on the rise in Port Lincoln. 
A huge illegal haul of 240 Blue Swimmer Crabs, many of which were undersized. 
We also have all of the latest fishing reports, including Winter Whiting, Barrel Tuna, Garfish sighted at Port Turton and Sunfish footage off Fowlers Bay. While Dizzy has a theory on using a ‘Throw Flasher’ for rod and reel fishing instead of its normal application in Spear Fishing!

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Episode 162: Tyson Kain, Want To Fish Charters
This week we are joined by Tyson Kain for his third appearance on the podcast. Tyson is the skipper of Want To Fish Charters and works out of Port MacDonnell in the winter and Wirrina in the summer. Tys has had a ripper start to the season of giant Southern Bluefin Tuna, having caught 18 ‘Barrel’ sized tuna so far this season. He tells us about the recent Port MacDonnell Offshore Angling Comp, including his epic first day catching 7 Barrels. He also recalls an epic recent catch of a 100+ kilogram Mako Shark and also gives us a wrap up of what was a relatively slower season of fishing off Wirrina over the warmer months. Tyson is always very generous with his time and knowledge so is well worth a listen.
As always, we also have all the latest news in South Australian Fishing, including:
RecFish SA has artificial reef modules ready to go in the water off Wirrina and Nepean Bay on KI in the coming weeks
The professional closure in Gulf of St Vincent extended for another 12 months.
Sportfishing Scene has been sold by Clifty with current manager Darrren buying the business. 
North Haven tackle shop ‘The Ramp’ is closing as a result of the downturn in business from the Algal Bloom.
Thousands of dead Pilchards wash up in Marion Bay.
We talk about a heavy duty anchor swivel Dizzy picked up from Christies Beach Marine recently. We also have all the latest fishing reports including winter whiting, heaps of Salmon, barrels in the South East and 2 Mahi Mahi or Dolphin Fish caught off Port Augusta.

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Episode 161: Adam from Aeroo Drones
This week we are joined by Adam from Aeroo Drones to chat about their unique Australian owned fishing drone. It can carry and deploy a 1kg bait out into the ocean, can fly in 50kmph winds and can capture it all in 4k video and 12 MP photos! We chat about Adam’s own fishing and talk about how the Aeroo company began and how it has grown, now having over 10,000 customers across Australia. Adam reported that SA was its 3rd biggest market and we discussed some of the great spots your could use it across the state, including the Coorong for Mulloway, Port Lincoln for sharks, Snapper across the state and even maybe a Tuna off Victor Harbor when they come in close to shore! 
We also discuss the big news in SA fishing this week, with the state government announcing changes to the bag limits of the 4 key species affected most by the Algal Bloom restrictions. Squidding is banned in both gulfs, the spatial closure on Whiting around the bottom of Yorkes is back for 3 months - but Spencer Gulf returns to full normal limits, garfish is closed in Gulf of St Vincents while crabbing limits are back to normal across the state. 
Our tackle item of the week is the new Ledge Runner lure from Shimano. This revolutionary lure comes in 2 sizes: 160 and 200mm and has the ability to swim at different depths, depending how you set the ring at the front of the lure + comes with a Hydro Control wind to maintain a stable swimming action. 
We also have all of the fishing reports across the state, including Barrel Tuna in the South East, while David Rocca and his mate Rob caught a squid off Edithburgh (before the bans come into place) to take out our Shimano squidding prize pack.

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Episode 160 - Codey, Spot On Port Lincoln
This week we are joined by Codey, the owner of Spot On in Port Lincoln, who we met recently while in town for the Tuna Classic. Codey talks us through his journey to owning the shop and talks us through the wide variety of fish on offer in the area including big Flathead and Samson Fish, both of which are fishing well at the moment. We also chat about the boom in jetty fishing recently after some $10,000 Salmon were recently tagged as a part of the Lets Go Fishing Competition that has been running across the state. We also chat a lot about Tuna, including his own barrel stories, his experience with the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic and the famous purple Halco lure he designed and has had great success with!
As always we also have all of the fishing news from across SA:
More tagged fish around the Kingscote and Port Lincoln Jettys as a part of the Lets Go Fishing Competition.
Tragedy strikes as an experienced fisherman drowns at the Murray mouth.
A wrap up from the Inaugural Coorong Bream Classic with Team Hardcore taking out the prize!
Goolwa cockles are again deemed unsafe to eat and can only be collected as bait.
Rohdey talks about camping with the family over Easter and a new Oztrail 9 person tent and the jetboil system for fast boiling of water as our tackle item of the week. We also have a big tackle report, including signs of Squid returning to the Gulf of St Vincents, Tuna finally showing up off the bottom of Yorkes and Barrel Tuna are on the go at Port MacDonnell.

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Episode 159: Steve, Pobs and Ted from NED
This week we have a massive episode wrapping up the 2026 Port Lincoln Tuna Classic! We are joined by Ted, Pobs and Steve who fished aboard NED, the winning boat in the Calcutta Competition! The boys tell us the story of their weekend and how they caught a big fish in an unusual way that netted them a $140k prize! The boys were super deserving winners, have great individual stories and came together at the last minute to form the winning combination!
We also run through the rest of the Competition which was a lot slower than in previous years, including lots of other prize winners, our own efforts to catch 3 Tuna across the weekend and announced the winner of the Socorro 10,000 from Shimano!
We also have all the news in SA fishing, including:
An update on the Algal Bloom and how it is now impacting Port Hughes. 
A Tuna pen dies off after it is dragged through some discoloured water.
A couple of amazing recaptures from SAFTAG including a 1.4m Cod that was caught after 11 years
We also look forward to Easter and give a report on the state's fishing ahead of the long weekend!