Meet the young South Australian fishers reeling in views with social media fame
Forget Rex Hunt, these South Aussie adrenaline junkies will draw you in – hook, line and sinker – with their thrilling fishing adventures. See their catch.
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They’re the next generation of fishers taking social media by storm, reeling in millions of views off the coast of South Australia.
Forget Rex Hunt – these adrenaline junkies are much more than your average Saturday arvo fishing show.
From Port Lincoln to the Limestone Coast, these fishing fiends will draw you in – hook, line and sinker – with their thrilling adventures.
Kristin Goodchild
Handle: @kgoody_
Followers: 14.7k
With her grandpa a professional fisherman, it was only a matter of time for Kristin Goodchild to catch the fishing bug.
The 36-year-old has vivid memories of helping her Poppa – Ray – cleaning up the day’s catch on the banks of the River Murray.
“As a quite young child, I remember he would be filleting at the scaling table and he would take out the still-beating heart of a fish and put it in my hand,” she said.
“Most little girls would have thrown that and gone ‘That’s gross Poppa’, but that caught my curiosity.
“It just blew my mind, it was so wild.”
This early love quickly intensified when her family purchased a shack near Marion Bay, spending countless hours casting a line alongside her dad.
But, as she began posting her impressive catches online, Kristin became a target for trolls.
“There weren’t too many women out there sharing it online as it was a male dominated space,” she said.
“The amount of people who used to comment saying fishing was only a boys’ activity was ridiculous.”
Despite battling with these negative comments, she was surprised at the amount of female fishers who reached out.
“I get a lot of really sweet messages from teenage girls saying ‘I’m getting bullied at school because I like fishing, but thank you so much for what you do’,” she said.
“The conversation is definitely changing, the last couple of years we’ve seen a lot more women being platformed which is really nice.
“Hobbies don’t have genders, and fish don’t know if it’s a woman or a bloke at the end of the fishing line.”
Since launching her Instagram page, Kristin – known more commonly as Goody – has attracted almost 15,000 followers.
It’s also helped her connect with female fishos, who have taken her on epic fishing expeditions in the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland.
Josh, Matt, Jason and Rebecca Carey
Handle: @jackknife_adventures
Followers: 2.3k
Growing up just a small cast away from Port Victoria’s coastline, the Carey kids are the first to admit they grew up in God’s country.
But after being taken to different corners of the world for work, the foursome – Matt, Jason, Josh and Rebecca – were itching to get back on the water and relive their childhood memories.
After dragging mates from Adelaide out onto their boat, they realised their upbringing on the water was unique and should be shared.
Since launching their page, Jackknife Adventures, the Careys alongside some of their friends have made a splash on social media, gaining a dedicated following and attracting millions of views.
The group can often be found off the coast of Yorke Peninsula or cooking up their day’s catch on Wedge Island with friends and family.
Ned McHenry
Handle: @sharksstales
Followers: 6.4k
He’s the former Crow lighting up local footy ovals, but Ned McHenry is more at home with a rod in his hand than a football.
The 70-game forward has built a name for himself as one of the state’s top fishermen since being delisted by the club at the end of last year.
The 24-year-old presents his own fishing show – Reel Talk – on Channel 7, shining a light on the state’s stunning coastline and wildlife.
But it’s his social media pages – Sharks Tales – which has become a staple within the SA fishing community.
The YouTube and Instagram pages have a combined following of more than 10,000 people thanks to his good sense of humour and monster catches.
He even came to the rescue of the teenage boys caught up in a viral Delfin Island video, inviting them to join his show.
Ethan Yeo
Handle: @ethanyeo1
Followers: 62.9k
Sharks, stingrays, sea snakes, it’s easy to see why the ocean can be a scary place for most South Aussies.
But for Ethan Yeo, what lies beneath provides him with a sense of adventure.
The periwinkle and lobster diver launched his social media pages, EJC Adventures, six years ago to back up the incredible stories he was telling his friends and family.
“It’s a whole new world down there, and some of the stuff is so wild that people wouldn’t believe it unless I had the footage to prove it,” he said.
The competitive spearfisherman has built a cult following since then, with more than 220,000 subscribers on YouTube and almost 63,000 followers on Instagram.
And it’s easy to see why, with his videos taking viewers on a thrilling journey, whether it’s hunting giant tuna or exploring the ocean floor for monster crayfish.
Charity Selleck and Jack Jacobs
Handles: @charity_selleck and @auzziefisha
Followers: 7.5k and 4k
They’re the South Australian fishing power couple battling it out for the title of best fisher in the relationship.
Originally from SA, Charity Selleck and Jack Jacobs both have a strong following on their respective accounts thanks to their impressive catches and how-to videos.
The couple have now relocated to Nhulunbuy in the NT, where they continue to chase mackerel, queenfish and cod.
Matt Rohde and Matt Gillespie
Handle: @all_the_gear_but_no_idea_sa
Followers: 1.5k
Matt Gillespie and Matt Rohde decided to launch their own podcast – All the Gear But No Idea – after years of sharing a laugh while fishing.
Five years and 133 episodes, the pair are still going strong, interviewing some of the state’s best fishers and sharing tips and tricks with their avid listeners.
The duo have chatted to some of the biggest names in South Australian fishing, including seafood giant Michael Angelakis, Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello from South Aussie with Cosi, Australian cricketer Alex Carey and footy stars Ned McHenry and Tom Jonas.
Jazz Miller
Handle: @jazz_miller_
Followers: 2k
Jazz Miller can’t remember a time when she didn’t have a fishing rod in her hand.
But it wasn’t until five years ago that she began to turn heads, after reeling in some massive fish near Port MacDonnell on the state’s Limestone Coast.
The huge haul – a 146kg bluefin tuna – set a new women’s world record on a 37kg line.
Despite the incredible catch, she gets more excitement out of encouraging young women to get involved in fishing.
“I love to see women in the fishing industry giving it a go and having fun, so I will encourage it wherever I can,” she said.
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