Hook, Line and Sinker

As mentioned in a previous blog we found ourselves last week in the town of 1770 in central Queensland – and what a week we had! Everything we set out to catch came off so we finished with a couple of great shows, the first of which will go to air in just three weeks time!

Check out the pics (all of Andrew, as Nick was happier to commentate on proceedings rather than fish!).

A great coral trout taken on really light line.

A red throat taken on soft plastic.

A thumping big Spanish mackerel!

Other highlights include swimming in Fitzroy lagoon. It might be 80 kilometres out to sea, but it’s one of the prettiest spots in Aus! 1770 really does rock, so if you ever find yourself with a chance to get up there – take it!

Now this week on the show a real Hook, Line and Sinker classic! We make our own lures and try and catch a trout on them, and then a large tuna. Unbelievably, we actually catch fish – but two things become very obvious in this episode. Andrew is not great at working with timber, and Sammy, Nick’s dog, is no longer safe to roam the streets. You will see what we mean when you tune in!

Remember to keep the entries coming in for a chance to win a Mitsubishi Triton or EvaKool icebox. And just below here you’ll find a blog to win a new HLS DVD.

Until next time, safe fishing to you all!
Nick and Andrew

Alright Beast fans, time to fill you in on all the goings on with our beautiful Bertram 23 project boat.

You check it out on the website – we’ve added some progress photos and answered some questions that were emailed by viewers.

Don’t forget to keep blogging if you’d like the chance to win a DVD.

And keep those entries flooding in!

We’re happy to announce our first DVD winner for the year is …. Noelene Jackson. Congrats Noelene – not only were you THE FIRST entry for 2009, but you also seem to appreciate that fishing’s not always about the destination (i.e. big fish!), but more about the fun you have getting there! Hope you enjoy your DVD.  And keep those entries coming!

Hello fisher fans,
We are getting some fantastic entries in our Classic Catch competition! The quality of fish is just amazing, you spend heaps of time going through all the entries drooling! But we’ve caught a couple of good fish of our own over the past few weeks which will be on upcoming episodes of Hook, Line and Sinker.
We just returned from a trip to South Australia were we fished with a fellow by the name of the FUZZ! A great bloke and a very good snapper fisherman as you’ll see in a few weeks time.
The Beast is currently at the Fibreglasses getting a pod on the back of it so as we can get onto putting the 350hp Yamaha on the back of it, should get it back in a couple of weeks so as we can do our next segment on it.
Now please note, that next Saturday’s show (April 25) won’t be in the TEN markets (which is VIC, NSW and QLD) in it’s usual timeslot on Saturday, it’s been moved to Sunday at 12.30 in the afternoon. Due to ANZAC day footy. So if you remember tune in, because it’s a great show.
We are now on our way to the town of 1770 on the Sunshine Coast so we’ll have a report of how we go there next week.
Remember to keep entering the classic catch competition because there’s very good odds you might win a brand new Mitsubishi Trition or a new EvaKool icebox!
Until next time, Tightlines!

Nick and Andrew

Scott Carriage - winner of the set of signed Hook, Line and Sinker DVDs

Well, we hope everyone enjoyed Saturday’s first show for 2009. Thanks to everyone who entered the classic catches competition in the lead-up to episode one. The winner of the set of signed DVDs is Scott Carriage, who caught some beautiful big snapper off the coast at Ballina. Now the classic catch competition starts for real as we give away an Evakool icebox every week and, remember, everyone who enters goes into the draw to win a brand-new Mitsubishi Triton! There are pretty good odds of winning a prize, so keep those great photos coming in!

We’ve been busy fishing – we’re on the road in South Australia this week trying to catch some sort of big snapper. We’ve also had a really good trip up north where we targeted metre-long barramundi – only to catch one that was 99 centimetres! Still a good fish!

Next week on the show we find ourselves snapper fishing in Port Phillip Bay on board with Pro-line Charters. It’s a great day on the water, and includes many big snapper, lots of Greek cooking and a seal that thinks it can steal all our fish.

See you back on the screen real soon!

Nick and Andrew