Fishing Advice: Follow the fish with a trailerboat

When I got my first bike at a very young age I honestly thought life couldn’t get any better, riding hours to secret fishing spots with my friends, the world was my oyster. Then, when I passed my driving test and saved up enough for my first car, well that changed my whole plan of attack on fishing.

Suddenly, I was able to drive hours to places totally unreachable by bike, totally new areas, new states even. Could life get any better? The answer is a big YES! At the age of 27, I saved enough pennies for my very first trailerboat and the sky was now the limit.

Having a trailerboat has been the biggest benefit to my whole fishing life so far and, trust me, I’ve had a few of them. The freedom is just mind-blowing. I can chase weather patterns over the whole of Australia, inshore and offshore, always finding an excuse to hook her up to the 'Cruiser and set off on yet another adventure.

TRUE BLUE'S TRAVELS
My current trailer boat is True Blue, the mighty Stabicraft 2400 (boy, oh boy, she’s a beauty) and, after only having her for 12 months, she has already covered more kilometres than many of my previous vessels.

The boat is powered by twin F130A Yamaha outboards that haven't missed a beat.

TASSIE SWORDFISH BY TRAILERBOAT
In April this year, we loaded her onto the Searoad Ferry for a 2000km-plus round journey to Tasmania in search for the mighty Xiphias Gladius aka the broadbill swordfish!

True Blue did not disappoint, as we towed her along the long and winding roads from Devenport to St Helens, ready for an epic adventure on arrival.

The fishing was insane, monster swords day after day, and another quick road trip down to Eaglehawk Neck chasing tuna. Then on return to St Helens, we accomplished a feat that has never before been done in Australian waters.

We landed three swordfish from three drops in a single morning's fishing. Time to take the ferry home. SA was waiting...

KANGAROO ISLAND ADVENTURE IN SA
Less than a week later, we were off again, this time towing her over 800km to South Australia’s Kangaroo Island. After a short ferry trip we had the entire island at our disposal; from King George in the shallows on the north west to massive nannygai and bluefin tuna off the south east side in the Great Southern Ocean (only accessible by beach launch). Having a trailerboat allowed us to do it all!

DARTMOUTH TROUT IN VICTORIA
A day after returning to Melbourne, we were off yet again, this time to the fresh water of Lake Dartmouth, NSW – a round trip of around 800km due to a few diversions I made along the way in search of new fishing holes.

Having myself and my camera crew in the car meant limited space, luckily a trailerboat doubles as a large storage space, so we filled her with all our camera gear, camping gear, tied the swags down and set off.

After assisting the Arthur Riley Institute in conducting some very successful research on the come back of our native fish, the Macqaurie Perch, it was time to head home again.

SYDNEY'S NORTHERN BEACHES
A few weeks' later we had a break in the weather, so we set off to northern beaches of Sydney. The Stabi towed like a dream on this 2000km-plus round trip. Kingies, pinkies [snapper], squid, tuna – you name it — the Stabicraft helped us nail it.

I could go on and on about all the smaller trips we have accomplished with my trailerboat, but I don’t want to make you more jealous.

So what are you waiting for, save the dollars and invest in your very own trailerboat today. From a fishing perspective you’ll never look back. And remember, the sky is no longer the limit, the horizon is.

We have a few Stabicraft 2400s for sale here.
You can read more about the Yamaha F130A outboard here.
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Yours in fishing and trailerboating,
Paul Worsteling