EP 173: Hobie Kayak Fishing, Round 7, Wallaga Lake September 13-14, 2025

We’re off to a brand-new Hobie Fishing Series location for Round 7 at Wallaga Lake, on the NSW South Coast, held 13–14 September — and like most new venues, the hype was real.

The setting? Almost perfect. Warm September weather, light winds, and what might be the best Hobie event launch I’ve ever seen: a sandy beach with a clean drop-off, a brilliant Big4 setup, and even a food truck doing coffees and bacon & egg rolls from early. The fishing though… totally different story.

This round was tough — 55 donuts on Saturday — yet we still saw cracking fish come across the scales, including a phenomenal 6-fish bag over 6kg, which is massive for a NSW Hobie event.

In this episode you’ll hear three different approaches that produced Top 3 results, with interviews from:

• Chris Byrne (3rd) — creek mission, slow snag fishing, weedless plastics and a Nomad shrimp bite

• Jamie Cole (2nd) — Cookie stealth blades early, then a late adjustment that delivered big upgrades

• Jason Marshall (1st) — no prefish, a dominant win, and the key adjustments that separated him from the field

Key event notes & stats

• Fish Activity Wheel: 28 (Sat) → 13 (Sun)

• Tides: Low 5:54am (0.4m) / High 12:27pm (1.47m) Saturday; Low 6:49am / High 1:30pm (1.43m) Sunday

• Saturday donuts: 55

• Big Bream: Jason Marshall — 1.33kg

• Monster Mover: Carl Dubois — 1.57kg

• Young Angler: Ethan Howard — 0.87kg

• Masters: Peter Nord — 4 fish for 2.16kg

Plus, I share how my weekend played out — including finally jagging two fish late on Sunday after being part of the Saturday donut club — and what’s coming next in the Hobie season.

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