Tall Tails Fishing Podcast

Jimmy Toneycliffe (@cptnhook__) is a Kiwi who landed in WA in 2010 knowing nothing about catching fish on the west coast. After deciding that Spanish Mackerel was the fish he wanted to target, Jimmy bought a 6m Aluminium Genesis Craft and started searching. It took him 4 years to get his first Mackie. Now, he's getting them consistently every time he heads out fishing. This ones full of info that will get you closer to landing the elusive Metro Spanish Mackerel! In this episode we talk to J...

Gideon "Gido" Mettam is the most requested guest we've ever had. Every week the DMs roll in asking us to get him on, and we've finally intercepted him on his way up north! Gido is a chippy turned rock climbing fisherman, who fishes the rock ledges of Western Australia's rugged south coast. Using his rock climbing skills, Gido abseils into spots most blokes wouldn't look at twice. He's bolted a platform onto a cliff face to fish it properly, and he pulls Dhufish, Blue Groper and Kingfish ...

Tony Thwin is a well known face around the Perth fishing community. He has caught Marlin, Mulloway and everything between, but even after catching plenty of trophy fish, squid is still his true obsession. In this episode the former WA tackle rep gives us a squid masterclass and breaks down jig sizing, sink rates, casting distance and a full colour system for every time of day. He shares his eight jig starter kit, the spots most people drive straight past, and a kids squidding hack that just...

Rothy and Lecca sit down with Paul Willis and Tim Farnell from Red Mullet Distributors, the WA team behind some of the biggest brands in Australian fishing including Daiwa, Vexed and Assassin to name a few. Between them, Paul and Tim have forgot more about landbased fishing than most of us will ever know. They've written articles for western angler, run tackle talks & fished the WA coast from top to bottom. This episode covers: Mulloway & Pink Snapper from the beach & rockwalls&nb...

Scott Jessamine, better known as Saltfix on YouTube, joins Rothy & Lecca for a chat about all things fishing inshore and more... In this episode: Scott's Early days of Fishing in PerthHow tackle shops lost their soul over the decadesReading unfamiliar water and putting in the workWhy Scott prefers inshore over offshore fishingCracking Pink Snapper in the shallows and Kingfish on 3 Mile ReefBarra at Lake KununurraA Great White encounter at Little Island with Matt GatesBlowfish as bai...