Send us a text Episode 139: Lubin Pfeiffer and Asher Dezsery - RecFish SA Executive Officer This week we are joined by Cod and freshwater fishing guru, Lubin Pfeiffer, back for his second appearance after first joining us all the way back in episode 21. We chat with Lubin about all the fishing he’s been up to including Bream comps in Victoria, NSW Murray Cod and local flathead on the West Coast. With the Algal Bloom limiting the options for saltwater fishing locally, Lubin shares some tips about...
Jul 02, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 139
Send us a text Episode 138: RAD KI: Ro and Phil This week we are joined by Ro and Phil, the team behind Research and Discovery Coastal Tours Kangaroo Island, or RAD KI for short. They run marine and land based tours on KI, combining tourism with citizen science and have been on the ground documenting and observing the effects of the Algal Bloom on the local environment. We chat about what they have seen and how it has affected different animals and businesses on the Island, as well as talking ab...
Jun 25, 2025•57 min•Season 6Ep. 138
Send us a text Episode 137: Ethan Yeo This week we are joined by Ethan Yeo; gun spearfisherman, professional diver and social media star. Ethan has quickly gone from first finding his passion for spearfishing to working as diver on the Great Barrier Reef catching Crayfish, guiding in Tonga and collecting 11,000 Periwinkles per day when working in the states South East. He also has some epic recreational catches, including a 103kg Southern Bluefin Tuna and big Samson Fish and Kingfish locally, as...
Jun 01, 2025•52 min•Season 6Ep. 137
Send us a text Episode 136 - Josh Carpenter, Shimano Fishing Australia - Product Manager This week we are joined by Josh Carpenter, Shimano’s Australian Product Manager. Josh is a guru when it comes to all things fishing tackle and shares how his career has progressed to having what many would consider a ‘dream job.’ Josh talks to us about his own love for ‘Technical Fishing’ and gives us heaps of information about some of Shimano’s great new products. We hear how the Ultegra reel puts many of t...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 136
Send us a text Episode 135: Anton Covino, Shark Watch SA This week we are joined by Anton Covino, the man behind the Shark Watch SA pages on social media, who has been documenting shark sightings across SA for a number of years. He has become increasingly busy in recent weeks with skyrocketing reports of sharks in shallow water and even beaching themselves, likely due to the ongoing Algal bloom and the sharks becoming unwell due to deoxygenated water. We find out how Anton started up Shark Watch...
May 08, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 135
Send us a text Episode 134: Terry Magryn, Marion Bay boat ramp Engineer This week we are joined by Terry Magryn, the main man behind Magryn Engineering who worked on the recent Marion Bay boat ramp. After some negative reports around weed building up on the ramp, it was good to chat with Terry about their role in the project. Terry was able to explain that there are a lot of competing issues with designing a new ramp, with wind, wave and weed as well as financial limits, preferences from the loc...
Apr 27, 2025•47 min•Season 6Ep. 134
Send us a text Episode 133: Mike Tyrrell - Survival First Aid & Faith Coleman - Update on Algal Bloom This week we are joined by 2 great guests to chat about a couple of really important aspects of fishing! Mike Tyrell from Survival First Aid joins us to chat about their innovative first aid kits and tells us all about the journey the family business has been on and how important having the right gear can be to potentially save a life. Their system is a bit different to a standard one size f...
Apr 08, 2025•55 min•Season 6Ep. 133
Send us a text Episode 132: Steve, Ash and Popey review the Port Lincoln Tuna Classic This week we are looking back on what was a hugely successful Port Lincoln Tuna Classic, that Dizzy fished in recently over the March long weekend. Steve and Ash have put in a mountain of work to put on another epic event, while Ash is also able to recount his time aboard the Vatican, owned by Popey; the team took out the Calcutta prize of $100k, while also catching the most fish and Champion overall angler. Th...
Mar 26, 2025•44 min•Season 6Ep. 132
Send us a text Episode 131: Port Lincoln Tuna Comp wrap up + Shane Mensforth from SA Angler + Marine Safety ‘Stay Afloat’ This week have 2 big guests back for their second round on the podcast: Shane Mensforth from SA Angler joins us to preview the new Autumn edition of the magazine & talks about his summers fishing! Simon Schwerdt from Marine Safety SA comes on to promote the ‘Stay Afloat’ lifejacket clinics they are rolling out across the state to teach people how to service and maintain t...
Mar 12, 2025•53 min•Season 6Ep. 131
Send us a text Episode 130: Brad Towler, Fleurieu Charters This week we are joined by Brad Towler who has recently taken over Fleurieu Charters, while continuing to also run Towler Marine, which we discussed in detail when we previously spoke to Brad in episode 52. Running a pair of Clayton Gallant boats, Brad and his team have quickly found success on the Tuna and reef fish around the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island. Brad talks to us about the transition into running the business, some memorable e...
Feb 27, 2025•48 min•Season 6Ep. 130
Send us a text Episode 129 - Matt Durell - The IkiPik This week we are joined by Matt Durell, a WA based fisherman who is behind The IkiPik, an Ikijime device that is designed to quickly and humanely kill your catch, ensuring premium eating quality. We chat with Matt about his own fishing in the West, get a run down on how and why to use the product and also discuss the pack he has produced with Tuna Champions which contains everything you need to maximise the eating quality of your catch. We al...
Feb 13, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 129
Send us a text Episode 128 Ryan Stella Fishing This week we are joined by Ryan Weidenhofer, the man behind Ryan’s Stella Fishing on Youtube and social media. Ryan spends lots of time on the bottom end of the Yorke Peninsula and targets a wide variety of species, documenting it all in video and photos which we love to see! He is someone who does a variety of different sorts of fishing, from targeting Tuna, Kingfish and Samson Fish offshore, to bread and butter species in shallow water, diving for...
Jan 31, 2025•51 min•Season 6Ep. 128
Send us a text Episode 127 - Kane Reardon This week we are joined by gun Victorian fisho and new TV fishing personality Kane Reardon. Kane and his good mate Aaron ‘Red’ Habgood (guest in episode 82) have recently launched their own fishing show ‘Red’s Fishing Adventures’ which you can find on 7 Plus. The show follows these 2 mates ticking fish and experiences off their bucket lists, taking them from their home in Victoria to Marlin in NSW, 2 episodes in Exmouth and even an episode chasing Samson...
Jan 16, 2025•46 min•Season 6Ep. 127
Send us a text Episode 126: Wade Ball, Non Stop Fishing Happy New Years to all of our listeners, we hope you all had a good Christmas and got some fishing in during your time off, we start todays episode with our own fishing exploits over the festive season and some fishing new years resolutions! This week we are joined by Wade Ball, who runs Non Stop Fishing, a youtube channel and social media accounts that document his own fishing all across the state. We love the fact that his fishing covers ...
Jan 01, 2025•47 min•Season 6Ep. 126
Send us a text Episode 125: Lauren Douma + Simon and Gordon from Marine Safety This week we have 3 great guests lined up to keep you all entertained over the Christmas and New Years break! Firstly we chat with Lauren Douma, who has recently been elected to the RecFish SA board. She is sure to contribute plenty to the organisation, she is super enthusiastic about getting new people into fishing, including some disabled clients that she works with. Having only taken up fishing relatively recently ...
Dec 22, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 125
Send us a text Episode 124: Tom Hams from Port Hughes Fishing Charters This week we are joined by Tom who has recently taken over Port Hughes Fishing Charters. After changing careers from shearing to commercial fishing, Tom has now found his dream job taking over a successful charter business in a well renowned fishing region. Tom talks us through his fishing background and journey to taking over the business, what customers can expect on a day out and shares some of the coolest things he has se...
Dec 12, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 124
Send us a text Episode 123: Shane Hodgens, Tackle World - Pt Augusta This week we are joined by Shane Hodgens, who we have previously chatted to as the owner of the Tackle World store in Port Lincoln. This time he joins us from Pt Augusta, where they have opened a second store, initially as a pop up shop and now as a permanent fixture. Port Augusta has been the hot spot in SA fishing of late, with plenty of huge Kingfish being landed and just this week a Swordfish was filmed swimming very close ...
Nov 28, 2024•54 min•Season 5Ep. 123
Send us a text Episode 122 - Steve Toome and Ashley White - Port Lincoln Tuna Comp This week we are joined by Steve Toome and Ashley White, the guys behind the hugely successful Port Lincoln Tuna Classic. After fishing in this comp earlier this year, we catch up with the boys to preview the 2025 comp, to be held on the March long weekend. The boys are also able to announce a recent community award the competition took out, and give us a run down of all of their fishing exploits off Port Lincoln ...
Nov 12, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 122
Send us a text Episode 121: Ben Gibbs This week we are joined by Ben Gibbs, Tournament Director at Bream Master SA and all around gun Fisho. Ben loves fishing from his tinny in The Coorong and targeting Mulloway off the beach at Salt Creek, but his real passion is for fishing from his kayak. He shares with us all of his kayak fishing exploits, both here and interstate, including the lead up to the 2024 Hobie Fishing Australian Championships that he is competing in. We also have all the latest ne...
Oct 31, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 121
Send us a text Episode 120: Dylan Pierias This week we are joined by Adelaide United's number one fisherman and recent recruit Dylan Pierias. Dylan grew up in Victoria, before moving to NSW to continue his soccer career, where his love for fishing, particularly land based, really kicked off. He has recently moved to SA and has loved getting into the land based fishing over here and has already nailed some great catches including breaking the illusive metre Mulloway. He tells us all about his fis...
Oct 17, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 120
Send us a text Episode 119: Michael Angelakis This week we are joined by Michael Angelakis, one of the biggest names in the South Australian seafood industry. We hear the story of how the Angelakis family arrived in Australia from the Greek Islands in the 1920s and went from fishing on the Eyre Peninsula for Whiting to running a booming SA business employing 150 people. Michael tells us about his own journey including his time in business, his hugely successful TV program ‘Out of The Blue’ with ...
Oct 03, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 119
Send us a text Episode 118: Dom Thornely This week we are joined by Dom Thornely, the Content & Brand Marketing Manager at Shimano. A former professional cricketer who had a keen interest in fishing during his playing days, before moving into the marketing world, Dom is now kept very busy promoting all things Shimano Fishing. He tells us about what his job entails, wraps up the recent AFTA event and new products Shimano has launched as well as shares some of his own fishing stories, includin...
Sep 18, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 118
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Sep 09, 2024•59 min•Season 5Ep. 117
Send us a text Episode 116: Darryl Tiffin - Northern Districts Sport Fishing Club This week we are chatting with Darryl Tiffin, who is the President of the Northern Districts Sport Fishing Club. The club has been around for over 30 years, meeting at the Somerset Hotel once a month and has monthly trips to different fishing locations around the state. Darryl tells us all about the club and some upcoming trips, as well as talking about his new boat and some of his own fishing exploits over the yea...
Aug 18, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 116
Send us a text Episode 115: Asher Dezsery, RecFish SA This week we are joined by RecFish SA’s Executive Officer Asher Dezsery for an update on all things going on in recreational fishing in South Australia. There are plenty of big issues to discuss including: $200k of funding for kids and womens fishing programs with RecFish SA looking to employ project support staff to help run these programs. Cod Pods are up and running in Myponga and Happy Valley Reservoirs. A wrap up of the Fishos Forums tha...
Aug 05, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 115
Send us a text Episode 114: Brett Mensforth, SA Angler This week we are joined by Brett Mensforth, Co-Editor of SA Angler Magazine, along with his father Shane. The magazine has recently transitioned to a digital publication and it is great to hear all about this process and how successful it has been. Brett also tells us about his own fishing recently, most notably having success catching three 100+ kilogram Southern Bluefin Tuna with his dad off the Southern Yorke Peninsula. We chat about the ...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 114
Send us a text Ep 113: Leigh Kuerschner, Lower Murray Lure Fishing Club This week we are joined by Leigh Kuerschner, Treasurer at the Lower Murray Lure Fishing Club to fill us in all about the club and chat about what has been a great period of freshwater fishing recently. The club has recently held its AGM and has its Cod Closure Weekend coming up at the end of July, Leigh takes us through both the fishing and social sides to the club. We also have all the news in SA fishing, including: Records...
Jul 05, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 113
Send us a text Episode 112 - Faith Coleman This week we are joined by Faith Coleman, an ecologist, who knows more about the Coorong than just about anyone! She is a wealth of knowledge about how the system works and is able to shed some light on the recent fish kills in the Coorong’s South Lagoon which has made news in recent months. We also chat about the Coorong’s health overall, the shrinking sand dunes and hear what she thinks needs to be done to better manage the ecosystem. We also have ple...
Jun 23, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 112
Send us a text Episode 111: Shane Hodgens, Tackle World Port lincoln This week we are joined by Shane Hodgens, the man behind one of the best tackle shops we’ve seen, in Tackle World Port Lincoln. Shane shares his journey into the tackle industry and how they have recently opened up in a huge new location as well as talks us through everything happening in fishing on the Eyre Peninsula. We discuss some of the amazing recent catches with a Swordfish caught last week, believed to be the first caug...
Jun 03, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 111
Send us a text Episode 110: Tyson Kain, Port MacDonnell Tuna and Sportsfish Tournament This week we are joined by a good friend of the show, Tyson Kain, skipper of Want To Fish Charters and a key contributor to the Port MacDonnell Tuna and Sportsfish Tournament which was held in recent weeks. Tyson give us a wrap up of the comp, including all the winners and a run down of his own week, which included the prize for the biggest tuna. Plus we talk about the barrell Bluefin Tuna season in the South ...
May 22, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 110
