Wayne Lack
Wayne has taken over the position of Manager of Tackleworld Hervey Bay. Wayne is a member of a well known 4th generation local fishing family, with his grandfather, Jacob Lack, being a pioneer of tourism in the early history of Hervey Bay. As a youngster Wayne was a keen angler and could always be found fishing the Urangan Pier on weekends and school holidays, if he wasn't out fishing the local reefs with his father. A career in the finance industry has taken Wayne to many locations throughout Queensland, however his love of the lifestyle and great fishing in Hervey Bay has always been a great reason to return to our beautiful city. Wayne admits the fishing is not what it used to be 40 years ago, as increased boating traffic and improvements in electronic technology have taken their toll. Wayne maintains these days it's a matter of fishing smarter, not harder to catch a feed. The opportunity to manage Hervey Bay's premier fishing tackle store has added a new chapter to Wayne's life and he is only too pleased to share his knowledge of the local area with our customers.
Chris Jabs
Spent most of my life in Hervey Bay living in Craignish, very close to the estuary waters of Oregans Creek. Most afternoons were spent chasing flathead, estuary cod and mangrove jacks in the upper reaches of the creek. During my late teenage years I volunteered as a boat crew member for VMR Hervey Bay. I gained my TL3 Basic Boat Handling Certificate as well as the TL4 Rescue Boat Handling certificate, First Aid and RROCP Radio Telephony Certificate. Unfortunately I had to give this up due to a stint at university studying 2 years of a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Marine Biology. I also have a very keen interest in the Marine Electronics side of fishing. I love delving deep into the manuals understanding exactly how fishfinders, gps and radar work, and I am more than willing to pass this information on to anyone who needs it! Being a father of 3 boys who are starting to learn the art of fishing, gives me plenty of opportunity to pass on my knowledge. I have worked for Tackleworld Hervey Bay now for 4 years, the friendly atmosphere makes it a perfect working environment.
Paul Sutherland
Paul has been fishing since he was 5 years old, fishing mostly the freshwater creeks and also surf casting the beaches of South Africa. He then progressed to offshore fishing for reef fish and pelagics. Over the years he has caught hundred of pelagics including spanish mackerel and billfish. Paul emigrated to New Zealand in 1997, where his passion for fly fishing grew. He has fished the mid north island rivers and lakes for rainbow and brown trout. He also enjoys his offshore fishing for snapper and yellowtail kingfish. Paul moved to Hervey Bay in 2004 and started work for Tackleworld Hervey Bay in 2006. Paul’s fly tying skills are on show in store with many of his works of art for sale.
Brock Ridgeway
Brock's early fishing experience was at Nelson’s Bay in NSW fishing for kingy’s off the rocks. His family moved to the Bay and now lives on the beach at Craignish. Brock also fishes Oregan’s Creek and Dundowran Beach quite regularly for bream, whiting, flathead, jumping cod and mangrove jacks. Brock is a self confessed mad soft plastics fisherman, you will see him on most days off up a creek somewhere or bobbing around the fairway buoy in his 10 foot tinnie catching anything that takes a soft plastic! Brock has featured in Fishing World Magazine with Rod Harrison catching golden trevally on plastics. Brock has been part of the Tackleworld crew since 2005.
Josh Power
Josh has lived in Hervey Bay all his life. He grew up on a red claw crayfish farm in Nikenbah in which he spent most of his childhood catching red claw and freshwater perch. Josh has spent a lot of time fishing the Gold Coast Seaway with his grandfather, beach and creek fishing for bream, whiting and dart in the surf. Josh caught his first flathead on plastics at River Heads and was hooked. He chases everything from bream and flathead to snapper and barra on plastics. Josh fishes often with Brock chasing grass sweetlip, cod and trout on the artificial reef , pelagics at the fairway buoy or walks the banks of Hervey Bay with a boxful of soft plastics. He has also camped at Wathumba Creek fishing both in the creek and out wider. He recently started fishing for whiting on poppers seeing first hand the trend growing in this area. Josh started full time at Tackleworld early 2007 and is studying certificate III in retail.