RESOURCES
The following contains Australian and overseas retail and online providers of tackle and bait and online resources to help you research different waters.
Tackle & Bait
Compleat Angler stock a wide range of brands and products in general and a small range of tackle that cater to the coarse angler including some rods, reels and fresh live bait including maggots, worms, scrub worms and groundbait.
An excellent source of coarse and carp fishing tackle and some bait products.
A good source of coarse and carp fishing tackle and some bait products and one of the only supplier of 5kg bags of boilies.
A tackle shop based in Bentleigh run by a friendly and helpful Chinese lady that mainly caters to sea fishing with a limited selection of coarse fishing tackle such as hooks, shots and weights plus some interesting hook baits including huge golden nuggets of corn and flavoured wheat dyed yellow.
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WA Angling Store
An line coarse tackle merchant with some stock of GURU, PRESTON and NGT products.
An online store in Aus that sells everything including fishing tackle and includes some stuff that is very hard to get here such as fishing chairs and bedchairs with adjustable legs.
All kinds of coarse and carp fishing tackle and bait available from different brands and countries. Some products qualify for free shipping and others do not. No shortage of brands but product ranges are limited.
Very similar to Amazon with all kinds of coarse and carp fishing tackle and bait available from different brands and countries. Again, some products qualify for free shipping and others do not and while there's no shortage of brands, product ranges are limited.
A European website dedicated to fishing tackle and bait with numerous brands and a wide range of products. Some great prices but heavy products are expensive to ship plus their delivery charges are often subject to large fluctuations in shipping costs.
A UK-based tackle shop who deliver to Aus and are mostly known as a provider of terminal tackle. Club together with other members to enjoy shared and reduced shipping costs.
The famous UK-based tackle shop who will deliver a range of brands and products to Aus at flat or reduced delivery charges.
Previously known as Harris Sportsmail, they deliver to Aus, but delivery charges are subject to quotation.
All providers of basic fishing tackle and some bait plus useful accessories such as camping chairs etc.
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Wild Hemp – Hemp, hemp oil, hemp products
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Pet, Horse & Farm – Maize, pellets and feed products
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Oveds Horse & Pet Stores – Pellets and feed products
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Enfield Produce – Online store and provider of hemp, pellets and feed products
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Grocery Stores – Great source of all kinds of bait including corn, bread, luncheon meat, breadcrumb, dried pulses and nuts, etc
Online Resources
The following online resources are supplementary to MCA's venues database and are helpful for researching new waters and places to fish. They contain a wealth of information on fishing spots, species & size, successful bait, methods & tactics, plus forums, discussion and buy, swap & sell groups as well as local knowledge, advice and specific information.
Facebook fishing groups are searchable and using terms like a waters' name, location or species can unearth a wealth of valuable information.