Couta Rocks shack owners and Tasmania Fire Service volunteers gathered on Sunday for a barbecue, all connected from the January bushfires that threatened properties and lives. (Below) The view from Couta Rocks following the January 27 bushfire.
St Lucia, Cape Vidal and Maphelane have been on fire over the last week with massive shoals of Natal snoek and dozens of couta. Reports from Maphelane indicate that the catches of Couta over 15kg have sky-rocketed. Most fish are being landed on ...
Up north there have been good catches of big couta - most of these fish have been caught on big dead baits such as walla-walla. Richards Bay has seen half a dozen or more couta over 20kg landed in the last week alone. These fish have been caught ...
Other than wahoo, Vidal has been on fire with all species including couta, dorado, tuna and sailfish. Once again, the live baits have been producing the bigger fish, but anglers using lures such as Rattlers and small Konas have been hooking into a lot ...
Real estate agent David Booth died after it is believed he was hit by the bowsprit of a 26 foot Couta yacht on Pittwater on the northern beaches yesterday afternoon. A fellow crew member on the 11-metre class yacht, William Stevens, suffered serious ...
Witnesses said Pacesetter collided with a much heavier Couta, a replica timber fishing boat, made famous in the 19th century on Port Phillip Bay. The boat, named Emily, was sailing upwind towards the mark. The crew of the Pacesetter appeared not to see ...