Ben Hoyle Fishing Blog

Mackerel

Mackerel are a species of fish that are fast, angry and huge. These fish can grow up to lengths of 1.5m! I have caught some before which you can see attached to this page. My mackerel measured up to be 92cm which is humungous. I still can’t believe I caught this fish! This was caught…

Trevally

Lately some big trevally have been getting caught. Not only big but small as well. These fish can range from golden trevally all the way to big eye trevally and gts. These fish can be caught on many different types of lures but my favourite is the micro jig. This jig has a small treble…

Eel Tail Catfish

I went fishing at Hell Hole. These eel tail catfish are bottom feeders so I put a blood worm from the garden on the hook. It was wriggling on the small hook and so I casted out on the side of the bank and that’s when I got a bite and I was on! As…

Cast netting at Piers and Jetties

This flathead was caught at a passage jetty in a bottom pocket cast net that’s made for the beach. The cast net that I use is a BCF Wilson mono mesh cast net with 1 inch mesh. I was cast netting at a jetty and another fisherman recommended Sammy Hizke’s channel for some tips. This…

Bream

This Bream was caught on a herring at Twin Waters on Maroochydore River. Here is a video of my catch:

Flathead

Flathead are bottom feeders so you need a jig head to keep your rig on the bottom. That’s when the flathead will bite. It did not fight too hard. This was caught at Maroochy river. This flathead was 70cm and was caught in a cast net.


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