Dave Shepherd has been an avid fisherman all his life having been passed all the ‘family secrets’ from his late father Bill.  With over 20 years in the military as an Air Traffic Controller, he has had the op port unity to fish much of Australia and a bit overseas.  Dave has settled now in Port Stephens and having lived there for many years over the past decade, he can provide quality advice on where and how to target the local Port Stephens piscatorial species.

Chris Blanch has been a keen fisherman since about 4 years of age when his father Paul Blanch would take him down to Stockton beach chasing bread and butter fish. He has been fortunate enough to have travelled Australia extensively fishing both the eastern and western side of Cape York and the majority of the coastline in the northern territory and north western Australia .  Locally, Chris will chase anything from bream in the bay through LBG to freshwater fishing.  He has been working in the local fishing industry for the past 8 years and there is not too much he doesn’t know about the local area and all fishing equipment.  Drop in and test his knowledge….

Paul has lived in Port Stephens all his life and has been fishing since he was a mere 3 years old.  Having a tuna/lobster fisherman as a father has seen Paul on the water from a very young age.  He wets a line around the Port most days and is a well known local Angler.  Paul is o ur resident rod repairer and he build top quality custom rods.  He literally lives, eats and breathes fishing - from fly fishing to chasing marlin. Paul was champion junior angler in the local trailer boat tournament, the 2002 runner up senior champion angler in trailer boat tournament and has won Shoal Bay fishing club estuary champion the last four years running.  Paul has been working in tackle shops in Port Stephens since 1997 and we gladly welcome him to the Got One team.  If Paul can’t put you on to some fish in the Port – no one can.

James is a 15 year old student of Tomaree High school . James has lived in the Bay all his life and has heaps of local knowledge taught to him by his Dad.  James regularly fishes the local competitions and won the Salamander Shores fishing tournament in 1996 (when he was 5), and won the junior angler in the Annual Interclub and shootout tournament in 2006 for the most tag and release Marlin.  James is usually in the shop Wed afternoon after school and Saturday mornings.