In 1962, Reg Sprigg and party were the first to complete a motorised crossing of the Simpson Desert. It was this feat of endurance and navigational skills that inspired adventurer and tour guide Vic Widman to replicate this journey in 2012.
Boat pressure offshore will often push pelagic species deeper to feed. Sound downrigging and livebaiting technique will help you catch those fish that other anglers are missing!
Bait and soft plastic lures are not always the best option when targeting reef species. Learn an easy drifting and jigging technique using small metal lures that will help you catch plenty of reef and pelagic species.
Nige Webster and his nine year-old son Lachlan experience the thrill of marlin fishing. Will Lachy get a chance to achieve his dream catch? Then later on, Bill and Nige take AFN’s general manager Debbie to try and catch her first murray cod.
We explore trolling baits for deep water species at North Stradbroke Island with Troy Dixon, before we chase some shallow water rock bar barramundi with paddletail soft plastics.
The AFN Fishing Show travels to Qld where the team targets huge and fussy impoundment barramundi. Down south, Bill Classon shows us how to catch Murray cod in the middle of Melbourne.
There’s nothing quite like a fantastic day in the Queensland sun. The AFN Fishing Show teaches you how to catch flathead at the Gold Coast – with a surprise catch along the way. Back down south, we’ll look at how to pump for bait and hopefully catch a whiting or two!
The AFN Fishing Show catches up with Troy Dixon, and fishes soft plastic prawn imitations for wild barra in the Fitzroy river, before heading offshore to jig hard fighting tuna out on the coral sea.
The AFN Fishing Show heads offshore this week, as Nige Webster uses his sounder and tries chasing mackerel with deep water soft plastics. Then, we join Andrew McGovern at St. George’s Basin as he goes trolling with a downrigger for big tailor.
With a party of 9 men and 17 camels, Madigan crossed the unchartered Simpson Desert. Seventy-five years later Vic Widman followed in his footsteps with a 4WD convoy along Madigan’s Line. This route crosses the desert north of the more popular tracks making sure it is a very different adventure.
