by The Captain | Sep 25, 2019 | Articles, Captain's ships
Anyone can slide a pilchard onto a paternoster rig and pull hard on a snapper, but not many can lay claim to catching snapper on topwater stick baits. Mike Bonnici can. It’s time for The Captain’s crew to find out how this renowned surface slayer rolls. Yep, it’s time...
by The Captain | Sep 11, 2019 | Adventures, Articles
Discover the dirty little secrets of the South Coast bait ballers. When he heard that Grant Shorland had put up Glenn McGrath-like figures of 16 from 21 in a single session off Mallacoota, The Captain was impressed — and more than a little intrigued. Determined to...
by The Captain | Aug 28, 2019 | Articles, Captain's ships
If John Haines Sr is the father of Australian monohulls then Bruce Harris surely owns the title for Australian Cats. What’s more, Bruce doesn’t owe anything to the Yank designers for his achievements — he did it all with good ol’ Aussie ingenuity, designing and...
by The Captain | Aug 22, 2019 | Adventures, Articles
Raf Vargas paddles the drop-offs around his island home of Guam, fishing to depths of 1500M. The day he captured a donkey dogtooth he become an instant yak god. Guam, part of the Mariana Islands chain in the equatorial Pacific, is a top spot for kayak...
by The Captain | Aug 10, 2019 | Articles, Rations and rum
With lobbys fresh from King Island on the menu, we figured it was time for Miguel to pull one of our favourite salty recipes from his locker of watery wonder — his signature seafood paella. It’s a visual feast as well as a damn tasty one. And it’s perfect for cooking...
by The Captain | Aug 10, 2019 | Articles, Rations and rum
Kingfish are great to catch and awesome to eat. If you’re reading The Captain, you probably knew that. But did you know just how versatile kingfish flesh is? No, you didn’t. I reckon kingfish is the black angus of the ocean, full of Omega 3 fatty acids and ideal for...
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