It is freezing cold in Sydney, but the fishing and boating chat is heating up! In this week's episode, Grant and Alan cover everything from massive northern catches and high-speed yacht deliveries to essential winter safety tips and the latest political battles over our marine parks.

Here is what you will find in this episode:

• 🏝️ Swizz Island Adventures: Alan Blake returns from his northern product development trip to share how he landed (and released) a massive 1.3-metre dewfish, Spanish mackerel, and giant GTs on a private island getaway.
• ⛵ Grant's High-Speed Delivery: Grant recounts an adrenaline-pumping, twitchy weekend delivering a Far East 28 racing yacht from Abbotsford to Pittwater.
• 🚨 Crucial Safety & Tech Tips: Why you absolutely must start using your outboard kill-switch lanyards, and a critical breakdown of why keeping too much weight in the bow of a boat when crossing a lumpy ocean bar is a recipe for disaster.
• 🎣 Kieran's Comprehensive Fish Report: Your ultimate guide to what is biting across the state, from hairtail in the Hawkesbury and big dewfish at Tuross to inland yellowbelly and cod waking up after the rains.
• 💻 Steve Bowler Updates: Steve drops in from Tenterfield to explain why YouTube is an underutilized, fluff-free research tool for fishos, plus details on upcoming thermal night vision events in Deepwater and Armidale.
• ⛔ Coral Sea Lockouts: Captain Peter Sayer sounds off on proposed permanent "pink zone" closures to islands in the Coral Sea Territory, arguing against the logic of banning recreational boaties.