The Boat Shack

06/01/2015

After 21 years of serving the local fishing community and having been personally involved in 13 of those years, it's time for a change. The Boat Shack has joined with Plastic Fabrications / The PFG Group to bring Seamaster Fishing Supplies to the NW Coast. We have moved to 129 Wright St in East Devonport, in the same complex as Prairie Signs, next to Chas Kelly Transport. We are currently hard at work setting up a huge amount of stock in a large warehouse and signs will be up over the next few days. All the usual boating and fishing equipment will be available as well as a lot of totally unique products. Thank you to all my loyal customers over the years and I look forward to exciting times ahead.
Harry.

06/12/2014

Salty is on the board!

06/12/2014

This is what we've been waiting for! Jason Sims and Badger Jago cracked the snapper today off Devonport, the best went 6.5kg!!

07/10/2014

April 2010 and we've got Steve Hambleton again, this time with a King George whiting.

Being caught more regularly in recent years, particularly at Georges bay, St Helens and the far north west around Smithton. Locally, I have seen them at Pardoe and Moorlands Beaches, in sandy "holes" adjacent to reef and w**d.

And here he is again with a big King George Whiting. If anyone else has some good catches please do a report or post the pics. Love to see a photo of a Kingfish.

05/10/2014

Who remembers when they tried to ban fishing for Mako?? Well here's Big Steve Hambleton again with a Thresher he caught off Devonport the day before the ban was supposed to come in.

Steve decided if he wasn't allowed to fish for his beloved mako's then he'd find another species to target . . . . and caught one.

Threshers are surprisingly common in our local waters and represent another untapped fishery, I wonder how long it will take.

"Big" Steve Hambleton has been at it again. The day before the Mako ban came in he found another shark to catch - a thresher shark taken off Devonport on heavy spin gear.

03/10/2014

Thought it might be a good idea to have a look at a few photo's from way back when Facebook wasn't anything like it was now.

Here's one from 2009 of Steve Hambleton and a fly caught mako he and Craig Rist caught off Devonport. When Steve was at the pulp he was the maddest, keenest angler I knew, but his boat hasn't been on the water in 3 years!!

2009 and this photo hasn't got one single "Like", bet it would get a few these days!

Big Steve and a local fly caught mako with Craig Rist

15/09/2014

Tide tables out this week

Tide Books for Tasmania ($5) on sale Tuesday 16 September.
Find them at Tamar Marine, Franklin Marine, Marine and Safety Tasmania, Boat Shack, Devonport Boat and Tackle, Tasmanian Map Centre, Oyster Cove Chandlery, Gravelly Beach Marine, CH Smith Launceston, Port Sorell Marine. I will add more as they order books.
Contact mike@tasfish for wholesale supplies.
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12/08/2014

I've spent the winter renovating the shop, creating more space and a new lay out. Stock levels have doubled and there are some great new products and special deals on older stock. Concentrating on more "unique" products, you will still find the basic fishing tackle and boat gear that you need day to day. For expert advice and friendly service, call in and check out the new look store!!

12/08/2014

Check out Kapten Boats & Collars , a great idea to improve saftey and performance. I have personally fitted five of these to commercial vessels and can highly recommend them.

Testing the Boat Collar.
Safety is paramount.

24/07/2014

Never put in at the Don before

03/04/2014

What do ya reckon Josh Steven, up for some couta'n? You can bring your mate Salty too

17/03/2014

The fishing has been fantastic this summer and at the front of the pack have been these blokes, Glen Saltmarsh and John DeBruyn. They have been spending more time on the water then anyone else I know and producing the goods.
First it was good mako on threadline tackle New Years Day, then kingfish off the northern tip of the island and now after a lot of effort they are harrassing the local snapper population!!
Friday night with Josh Steven and Chris Poole on board aswell they landed 12 snapper all around the 3 -4kg mark.
Skipper Glen gave a few tips away -
They have been driving around over good patches of reef and looking for fish marking on the sounder, then anchoring over them.
Using fresh bait caught that day on "snapper style" rigs.
Fishing just before dark through to midnight, tide doesn't seem to matter much.
Putting up with cod and parrot fish is part of the game until a snapper grabs the bait.