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Spring Blog – by James Dainton
It is Spring 2022 this season there has been plenty of water around meaning the rivers are dirty, which so happens to be an ideal circumstance for the LED technology that is contained inside every Balista lure. For trout opening

Surface fishing for Murray Cod – Colby Lesko
The Balista hunchback has long been a favourite surface lure of mine and has account for many of my Big cod! The hunchback comes into its own in the smaller rivers I have found. Rivers like the Darling, Edwards and

Copeton Dam Surface fishing for big Murray cod.
By Colby Lesko Copeton dam or as its affectionally called by anglers ‘the big fish factory’ is an amazing place to visit as a Murray cod angler. The dam holds a massive number of large meter plus Murray cod and

Big River Cod Tactics with Lubin Pfeiffer
Targeting Murray cod in their home waters in the Murray river is without a doubt one of my favourites types of fishing. I think there are few fish that provide such a challenge with many angler devoting their whole lives

Get My Drift by Glen Stewart
It’s been interesting watching the take up in fishing for bigger Cod in southern Impoundments over winter. Slowly but surely the word has leaked out in regard to the opportunity’s that present in places other than Copeton Dam in northern

Full guide to fishing the Goulburn River
The Goulburn river starts south of Eildon around a little town called Woods point, from here it travels 654 kilometres through Lake Eildon, Alexandra, Seymour, Nagambie, Murchison, Shepparton to the Murray river around Echuca. The upper reaches of the Goulburn

Darwin run off Barra fishing
With my first bub due later in the year I thought it was about time I pulled my finger out and came up to Darwin for a few days to try out the Balista’s. I’ve been doing a sales run

River fishing for Bass
The attributes I love most about bass is their aggressive nature and brutal pulling power, especially for their size. On a recent trip to Port Macquarie I was fishing with a good mate James Newton, the plan was to walk

Barra fishing with Merv Hughes
Twice a year I make the drive from Shepparton Victoria up to Cairns to do a sales run to our Queensland barra store. I’ve always got plenty of fishing tied in with the trip, this time I had organized a

Finesse lipless crankbaiting Golden Perch at Windamere Dam
Upon arriving on a recent trip to Lake Windermere we were confronted with low water temperatures and a super tough bite. It’s well known that Golden Perch are easiest to locate and catch when the water temperature is in the

Fishing Lake Eildon for Golden Perch
Lake Eildon is one of the diverse waterways not just in Victoria but also in Australia. How many places can you think of where you can go fishing for a day and be in the mix to catch trophy Golden

What do Barramundi and Murray Cod have in common?
Barramundi and Murray Cod are legendary Australian Sportsfish, they both grow well over a metre, and both are implosion feeders. Rather than opening their mouths and biting into something like we would do with a big chocolate donut they open