Metro Stonker Trout Stocking Melbourne 2023. In Late August 2023, exactly 1,000 large rainbow trout were stocked into 17 popular metro fishing lakes across Melbourne. The term Stonkers has been given to these large ex-broodstock rainbow trout which are up to 7 kilos in size. This initiative is funded by your fishing license fees and the State Government’s $96 million package to improve fishing, boating, piers, and aquaculture. For experienced anglers, these trout may not be the greatest fighters but for those new to fishing this may just be a fish of a lifetime, and even better is that you can ..read more

Please find the Trout Stocking Victoria 2023. Just before the school holidays, ‘ready-to-catch’ rainbow trout are stocked into lakes around Melbourne and Victoria. Please keep in mind that a daily bag limit of five trout applies, of which only two can exceed 35 centimeters. This is all part of the VFA target of 1 million by 2020 and a target of 10 million by 2022 initiatives. The schedule below can change without warning due to local conditions, including low water levels, drought, algae, or fire. If you would like some help catching trout then please read our guide on Tips to catch trout. We ..read more

Please find the Trout stocking Victoria 2022. Just before the school holidays, ‘ready-to-catch’ rainbow trout are stocked into lakes around Melbourne and Victoria. Please keep in mind that a daily bag limit of five trout applies, of which only two can exceed 35 centimetres. This is all part of the VFA target of 1 million by 2020 and a target of 10 million by 2022 initiatives. Please note this can change without warning due to local conditions. this may include low water levels due to drought & areas impacted by algae or fire. Please keep an eye on local conditions and reports. If you would ..read more

Tragic news on 14th March 2022 as many local Altona residents reported hundreds of dead carp floating in Cherry Lake. The local authorities have attended the location which is popular for its walking and cycling trails and fishing. They have confirmed that 12,000 litres of surfactant a cleaning product had entered the stormwater drains after a fire outbreak and entered its way into Cherry Lake killing thousands of carp. It’s a shocking sight walking the banks and seeing so many dead fish floating along the banks. A health warning has been issued to local residents to stay as far away from the ..read more

FishingMad on Channel 31. Exciting news this week as Channel 31 has formally given FishingMad its own dedicated TV series on its free to air network. The show will be featured weekly on Tuesday evenings at 9.30 pm straight after Talking Fishing and encore weekly at 3.00 pm on Saturdays. Those locally with free to air tv can tune in on channel 31 ( or channel 44 for some TVs ). Speaking with Alan Bonnici “It’s an exciting chapter for FishingMad. Really looking forward to taking the brand to the next level and sharing my passion for fishing around Melbourne and Victoria with a whole new platform ..read more

It’s August 2021 and Sea-Doo has announced a big update to the FISH PRO jet ski range. This time diversifying the range into multiple offerings to cater to different budgets. This will include the entry-level FISH PRO Scout which will retail from $19,609, the mid-level FISH PRO Sport which will retail from $22,709 and the high-end FISH PRO Trophy which will retail from $27,309. The original Sea-Doo FISH PRO was released in 2019 incorporating years of design elements with NZ world-class angler Andrew Hill. It became the worlds first custom made fishing jet ski and has steadily grown in populari ..read more

New Penn Slammer 4 is here. The Penn Slammer 3 was released back in 2016 and was an immediate hit and winner of the iCast 2016 best saltwater reel. Since then it has gone on to be an extremely popular saltwater fishing reel. A rugged workhorse built tough in a good range of sizes for our inshore and offshore species. July 2021 welcomes the Penn Slammer 4 which takes this reliable workhorse to another level. Building off a proven platform of an IPX6 sealed body and spool from the Slammer III, PENN has redesigned the Dura-Drag system in the Slammer IV to not only be better sealed, but also offer ..read more

Daiwa Bait Junkie New colours and sizes. In 2020 Daiwa entered the soft plastics market with their new product range labelled as bait junkie. Releasing 6 new soft plastics in a great colour range including the 2.5 inch grub, 2.5 inch minnow, 3.2 inch minnow, 4 inch grubs, 5 inch jerk shad and 7 inch jerk shad. These soft plastics have been well received by local anglers and the good news is the range as of 23 June 2021 is growing. That’s right there are new sizes and new colours detailed below. You can see our original review of the bait junkie range in the video below 2 new Bait Junkie sizes ..read more

Shimano Tackle Tour 2021 New Products. June 21st 2021 was a big night for Shimano as they unveiled new product offerings as part of the Shimano Tackle Tour for 2021. In most cases, a major refresh of existing product ranges some of which have become household names. This included 4 new reels, 6 new rods and some exciting accessories. The 4 reels lineups series that received a welcome refresh for 2021 included the Sustain FJ Nasci Exsense BB Nexave The 6 rod lineups series that received a welcome refresh for 2021 included the TCurve Premuim Anarchy Jewel Raider Taipan Speedmaster Game Also ..read more

New Savage Gear Reels SGS6 SGS8. June 21st 2021 was a big moment for fishing manufacturer Savage Gear. After a marketing teaser that lasted a few weeks, they have finally released the details of 4 new spinning reels the SGS2. SGS4, SGS6 and SGS8. The SGS8 is Savage Gears high-end reels for saltwater usage coming in sizes 4000 to 18000. Also their premier spinning reel the SGS6 comes in sizes 1000 to 4000. More details will be released in the coming days and we will update this page accordingly. Here is what we can share with you now. Please note these will be shipped to many countries globally ..read more