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Fishing

FISHING: Weather cool, fishing hot

Posted: 24 May 12 | Weekend weather forecasts are looking slightly bleak, dare we say ‘‘winterish’’, but that doesn’t mean the fishing will cool off. |

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FISHING: Anglers set as epic seas ease

Posted: 17 May 12 | Mumma Nature has taken a valium this weekend, offering anglers a long-awaited chance to get outside and get among it. |

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FISHING: Mothers win with weather

Posted: 10 May 12 | Big swells have kept the surfers happy this week, and there may well be a silver lining for anglers today and tomorrow. |

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FISHING: Rug up, stick to shelter

Posted: 03 May 12 | With woollie weather predicted this weekend, anglers may best be advised to find cover out of the southerly and target the estuaries. |

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FISHING: Tailor return in triumph

Posted: 26 Apr 12 | After an absence of nearly four years, tailor are back in local waters, exciting anglers of all persuasions. |

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FISHING: Holiday hunters hook up

Posted: 19 Apr 12 | It might have been raining cats and dogs lately, but grey clouds haven’t cast a shadow over fishing. |

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FISHING: Time for sharing fish skill

Posted: 12 Apr 12 | The rain has cleared, the fish are biting and school holidays are in full swing. |

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FISHING: Critakill shows who's the boss

Posted: 05 Apr 12 | Maryland angler Steven Chrystie, fishing on Critakill, was crowned champion senior angler at last week’s Trailer Boat Fishing Tournament at Port Stephens. |

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FISHING: Hooked on fun tourney

Posted: 29 Mar 12 | Anglers have flocked to Port Stephens this weekend for the annual Club Marine Trailer Boat Tournament. |

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FISHING: Winner's smile lights grey day

Posted: 22 Mar 12 | Thornton angler Paul Yates was the happiest man on the planet, according to witnesses, after picking up the $8000 boat, motor and trailer package at the Twin Rivers Fishing Classic at Raymond Terrace last weekend. |

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FISHING: High-fives for game Jemma

Posted: 15 Mar 12 | Andrew ‘‘Thomo’’ Thompson was one proud dad last weekend when his 12-year-old daughter Jemma Bennett landed a 70kg marlin. |

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FISHING: Classic call right as rain

Posted: 08 Mar 12 | Recent biblical rain patterns haven’t affected planning for the H & D Timber & Hardware Twin Rivers Fishing Classic which will run as scheduled from March 16 to 18 at Raymond Terrace. |

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FISHING: Title number seven beckons

Posted: 01 Mar 12 | Newcastle-Port Stephens Game Fishing Club team 1 are well on track for a phenomenal seventh straight NSW Game Fishing Association Interclub team title after the first two days of fishing. |

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FISHING: Big guns really in the game

Posted: 23 Feb 12 | The regular trip from Queanbeyan paid off last weekend for gun game-fishing family the Lees when they claimed the $10,000 first prize for champion tag-and- release boat on Gunrunner in the Luhrs Billfish Shootout. |

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FISHING: Fired up for marlin fray

Posted: 16 Feb 12 | Expectations are high this weekend for the 2012 Luhrs Billfish Shootout based out of Nelson Bay. |

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FISHING: Fish leap, boats play tag

Posted: 09 Feb 12 | More than 220 marlin tagged. The greatest concentration of marlin seen in living memory in this area. Dozens at a time smashing bait balls. Leaping – hooked and free-jumping – everywhere. |

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FISHING: No place to hide, marlin

Posted: 02 Feb 12 | Steve Thomas, owner of game fishing boat Amokura is approaching Lake Macquarie’s Bigfish Bonanza game fishing tournament this weekend armed with a special weapon, 14-year-old daughter Jacinta. |

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FISHING: Tourney mired in Lake silt

Posted: 26 Jan 12 | The farcical dredging situation in Lake Macquarie has had a severe impact on the 2012 Bigfish Bonanza game fishing tournament which runs next weekend. |

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FISHING: Bountiful bait a big blessing

Posted: 19 Jan 12 | Local anglers could be forgiven for thinking they’ve died and gone to heaven, according to Jason ‘‘One For’’ Nunn from Fishermans Warehouse. |

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