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“Don’t ever accept that all your best moments are in the past”
Rick Clunn said that after winning the St Johns River Bassmaster Elite event in 2016. He’s had a lifetime of achievement in bass fishing and still maintains that attitude.
I often think of that moment, as it reminds me that at no point should we ever think that we have already achieved our moment, or our greatness in life. We should always strive for our next great moment. And everyones great moments are different. Some of us might want to take over the world… I’m up for that, but for now, I just want to catch that next epic fish…
Featured Posts
Kenn Reef – An exploratory trip to the edge
I love to look through old photos and reminisce about epic trips, adventures and captures. A conversation recently turned to…
Fitting the L&R Boat Latch
Whether I’m fishing solo, or taking someone for a run, the reality of my boating is that 80% of the…
The Transition From Guiding Back To Fishing
Several years ago, Freshest Fishing Tours was born out of my love of fishing the Fresh Water and Estuary areas…
Bass on in the Bello
The Bass are on fire in the Bello at the moment, and today was kind of a Bass redemption day…
Kenn Reef – An exploratory trip to the edge
I love to look through old photos and reminisce about epic trips, adventures and captures. A conversation recently turned to monster Dogtooth Tuna and…
Fitting the L&R Boat Latch
Whether I’m fishing solo, or taking someone for a run, the reality of my boating is that 80% of the time or more, I…
The Transition From Guiding Back To Fishing
Several years ago, Freshest Fishing Tours was born out of my love of fishing the Fresh Water and Estuary areas along the east coast…
Flatties, Full Moons, New Stuff & Broken Stuff
The past few weeks have been interesting on the rivers, with virtually no rain the water is clean and clear and the fishing is…
Flathead and a slacker
Well I’ll start with the slacker… Thats me. Because yes I’ve been fishing heaps, catching plenty, travelling a little bit, and telling no-one about…
Bass Australia Nation Grand Final Recap – Glenbawn 30/8 to 2/9/2018
Well I totally missed the opening of bass season locally, but I had a half decent reason, being at the 2018 Bass Australia Nation…
Fresh Gear
So yeah it’s been a while… again. But Im seriously going to try and do this more often and tell you guys about new…
Freshest New Gear
As most of my clients who fish with me know, I spend a lot of time working at the local tackle store. In fact…
B.A.S.S Australia Nation Glenbawn Feb 2018
Well Glenbawn Dam turned it on in a number of ways for the BASS Australia Nation Event at the beginning of the month, but…
This Week at Freshest Fishing
Its been another busy week with a heap of awesome people jumping on board and coming for a fish with Freshest Fishing Tours! The…
Hot Freshest Summer Fishing!
Its busy a super hot and extremely busy Summer for me here at Freshest Fishing! Ive had a heap of great people hit the…
Bass on in the Bello
The Bass are on fire in the Bello at the moment, and today was kind of a Bass redemption day for me today after…
BASS Australia Nation 2018 Season Opener Re-Cap
Last weekend was the 2018 season opener for BASS Australia Nation and it was ran out of Lismore on the NSW North Coast. Im…
2017 Berkley Urunga Estuary Sportfishing Flathead Tournament Re-cap
Well its done again for another year and I already cant wait for it to roll around again! Leading up to this years Flathead…
Did someone lose a kayak?
Fun times with one of my regular fishing buddies Craig and his mate Tony from Melbourne. We hit the Nambucca River from Macksville and…
Simrad NSS16 Evo3 in a what?!
I recently had the pleasure of dealing with a new client, Paul, and set him up with a new 16″ NSS Evo3 from Simrad,…
New HDS Carbon on board Freshest Fishing Tours!
Freshest Fishing is lucky enough to have access to a huge range of tackle and electronics (its handy when your other job is for…
Sounder Training Sessions Available Now
Quality electronics and understanding how to use them will make a massive difference to your fishing, and Freshest Fishing Tours can help. We run…
Post Flood Report
We had a fairly good drop a few weeks ago and one of the Freshest stomping grounds I like to keep a close eye…
Copeton Dam Overnighter Video
Freshest Fishing Tours went on a quick overnighter to Copeton Dam early Feb and at a time that everyone was talking about how bad…
Lots of Jew, then LOTS of rain!
The weekend just gone was 2 days of very contrasting weather situations! We hit the water both mornings to see what we could find.…
Rivers Alive Over Xmas!
The Christmas and New Year breaks are always a busy time of year on the water, but even with much higher than normal boat traffic,…
Bello Jew
I had another day to myself chasing one of my favourites in the Bello River today – The good old Jewfish, and they were…
Urunga Flathead Tournament Video
Craig fished with me during the 2016 Urunga Flathead Tournament, and not only being a great fisho he is awesome both behind the camera…
2016 Urunga Flathead Tournament
Well a little bit of a delayed post after the 3rd Urunga Flathead Tournament, but it did go down as I expected! The fishing…
Urunga Flathead Comp
This weekend is the 3rd Urunga Estuary Sport Fishing Flathead Tournament, hosted by the Urunga Anglers Club! Im looking forward to fishing it again…
Trips Aren’t Normally This Crowded!
Don’t worry – a trip aboard Mirag’in isn’t normally this crowded! Mirag’in has been getting put through the works of late with modifications, tests &…
Kalang Boat Check & Quick Flick!
I had some maintenance due on the boat this week, so after getting that done I kept a day open to give it a…