Tall Tails Fishing Podcast
Honouring the past & Acknowledging the future of Australian fishing culture Join Mark LeCras & Jake Rotham as they dive into raw, unfiltered conversations with WA’s most seasoned fishos, uncovering legendary Tall Tails & tricks of the trade from the Wild West and beyond. No filters. Just fishing, good banter, and real stories from the people who’ve lived them. Cheers for tuning in to the Rodcast!
Episodes
Jimmy Toneycliffe (@cptnhook__) is a Kiwi who landed in WA in 2010 knowing nothing about catching fish on the west coast.
After deciding that Spanish Mackerel was the fish he wanted to target, Jimmy bought a 6m Aluminium Genesis Craft and started searching. It took him 4 years to get his first Mackie. Now, he's getting them consistently every time he heads out fishing. This ones full of info that will get you closer to landi...
Gideon "Gido" Mettam is the most requested guest we've ever had. Every week the DMs roll in asking us to get him on, and we've finally intercepted him on his way up north!
Gido is a chippy turned rock climbing fisherman, who fishes the rock ledges of Western Australia's rugged south coast. Using his rock climbing skills, Gido abseils into spots most blokes wouldn't look at twice. He's bolted a platform onto a cliff face to fish...
Tony Thwin is a well known face around the Perth fishing community. He has caught Marlin, Mulloway and everything between, but even after catching plenty of trophy fish, squid is still his true obsession.
In this episode the former WA tackle rep gives us a squid masterclass and breaks down jig sizing, sink rates, casting distance and a full colour system for every time of day. He shares his eight jig starter kit, the spots ...
Rothy and Lecca sit down with Paul Willis and Tim Farnell from Red Mullet Distributors, the WA team behind some of the biggest brands in Australian fishing including Daiwa, Vexed and Assassin to name a few.
Between them, Paul and Tim have forgot more about landbased fishing than most of us will ever know. They've written articles for western angler, run tackle talks & fished the WA coast from top to bottom.
This episode covers:
Scott Jessamine, better known as Saltfix on YouTube, joins Rothy & Lecca for a chat about all things fishing inshore and more...
In this episode:
- Scott's Early days of Fishing in Perth
- How tackle shops lost their soul over the decades
- Reading unfamiliar water and putting in the work
- Why Scott prefers inshore over offshore fishing
- Cracking Pink Snapper in the shallows and Kingfish on 3 Mile Reef
- Barra at Lake Kununurra
- A Great...
In this episode we're joined by Ben Patrick — owner of Halco Tackle.
Halco is the most iconic fishing lure brand to ever come out of Western Australia. If you've ever tied on a Laser Pro, a Twisty, or a Rooster Popper, you've got Ben, his family & Hal cooper to thank for it.
Ben is the second generation owner of Halco Tackle, a brand founded in 1950 by Hal Cooper in his garage in Mosman Park. Today, Halco sell...
Whitey is back!
In this episode, we’re joined by the legends from Evolution Charters in Exmouth, Craig & Jack White, fresh off the Fremantle Sailing Club’s Premier Marlin Fishing Competition, The 2026 Sovereign Blue Marlin Classic
In this episode we recap the an epic weeknd over at Rottnest Island off Perth and break down the good times and the mayhem that occurred in between
We ...
You asked for a Spearo. We delivered.
This week we sit down with Perth spearfishing weapon and Australian Underwater Federation record keeper, Vin Rushworth.
Vin is a marine biologist by trade who has tagged Great White Sharks in Western Australia and whales in Antarctica. That mindset shows in the way he hunts.
Originally from Brisbane, Vin cut his teeth on the east coast before moving west 15 years ago. Since then he has spear...
In this episode we’re joined by one of the best Barramundi fisho’s that you’ve probably never heard of - Jono Ellis.
Jono is an absolute sniper when I comes to catching BIG Barra using live-scope and has pulled some massive Barramundi upwards of 120cm from his home waters around Derby & Broome in WA’s North.
Regular listeners of the Rodcast will know that Lecca loves his Bar...
In this episode we are joined by the man behind Tackle World Exmouth, Matt Gates, along with his two sons, Kalvin and Dean.
When we asked past guests who we had to get on the show, one name kept coming up. Gatesy.
If a species can be targeted in the Exmouth region, he has spent time figuring it out.
Matt moved from Perth to Exmouth to run the store under mentor Hal Harvey before eventually buying the business and carrying it forward.
W...
In this episode we’re joined by Karratha local, Ryan Turner, or RT.
Ryan has a massively diverse fishing skillset and is one of the most technically skilled anglers we’ve had on the Rodcast so far.
Growing up in Dampier, Ryan has spent his whole life targeting trophy fish in his backyard that most fisherman can only dream of.
In this episode, we cover a huge array of topics, focusing heavi...
In this episode we’re joined by Bunbury local Tommy Miller.
Tommy has built a serious reputation in the WA fishing scene as a versatile angler, comfortable everywhere from jigging deep to chasing pelagics offshore.
Fresh off winning the 2025 Sovereign Blue Marlin Classic with his dad Dusty and mate Sam Colvin, we break down how they did it and what anglers should be thinking about heading into the 2026 comp.
We cover the wins, t...
We break down our wild fishing trip to Kununurra in the east Kimberly with Birchy from Birchy's Fishing Tours and nothing is left out. The whole thing felt like a test of grit, patience and angling ability (or lack there of…)
Previous guest Goatman is joining us for a bit of company on this one!
This episode covers the full ride, start to finish.
• Brutal river crossings that pushed the limits.
• Snakes and baby crocs turning up...
In this episode we’re joined by our mate Sam (Birchy) Birch aka The Barra King who is the man behind Birchy’s Fishing Tours.
Birchy might be known for catching monster barra, but the story behind the man goes much deeper. Sam (Birchy) Birch is a Balanggarra, Kija & Jaru man born & bred in Wyndham.
In this episode Birchy opens about his upbringing, his culture and the challenges he faced as a young bl...
This week we’re joined by Drew Clowes – Captain of Jazz Charters in Perth, WA.
In this Episode Lecca & Rothy talk to Drew about…
- Drew’s fishing origin story
- Working on commercial fishing boats
- Starting Jazz Charters
- Perth inshore snapper
- Slow trolling soft plastics for Southern Bluefin Tuna
- WA’s increasingly problematic Shark population
- Hooking a Black Marlin near Rottnest on...
In this episode we’re joined by WA land based fishing Stalwart, Chris Dixon
Chris is one of Western Australia’s highest profile anglers thanks to his insane rock fishing missions that he shares on his YouTube channel – Dixon’s Fishing.
In this Episode Lecca & Rothy dig deep into Dixon’s fishing knowledge and he doesn’t hold back!
In this episode the boys t...
THE RODCAST IS BACK!
And now available for your viewing pleasure on YOUTUBE!
After a short hiatus we’re back and looking better than ever in our BRAND NEW STUDIO!
In this episode Lecca & Rothy talk about…
- The new studio
- Recent Dhuey & Snapper sessions for Rothy in the Perth Metro area
- Lecca’s recent family trip to Shark Bay and a painful encounter with a squid beak
- Perth Boat Sh...
In this episode we’re joined by creator of Vexed & The Bottom Meat, W.A Daiwa Rep, director at Red Mullet Distributors and one of the best all-round anglers we know of – Paul “P.Willy” Willis!
This is up there with one of, if not the funniest, most entertaining discussions we’ve had on The Rodcast so far.
P.Willy, a self-diagnosed Tourette’s Syndrome sufferer, has a HUGE am...
In this episode we’re joined by our great mate, Nath Robb!
As well as being the founder of Bully Butcher - Perth’s most Premium Butcher Shop - Nath is one of the keenest blokes we know when it comes fishing.
In this Episode Lecca & Rothy talk to Nath about…
- Nath’s introduction to fishing with his Grandad
- Encroaching on Lecca’s home turf of Cervantes as a kid
- Fishing for Mulloway...
In this episode the boys are flying solo to recap their recent fishing sessions & give you legends an update on where The Rodcast is heading over the next couple of months...
In this Episode we talk about…
- Rothy catching sweet F all while his partner, Bri, wound in her first Rainbow trout from a freshwater stream
- Lecca's trip to the Dampier Peninsula filming for the 4WD TV show
- Metro Inshore Snapper & poor fishing et...
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