Alistair McGlashan

Journalist, presenter and mad keen fisho!

‘My gut feeling is in the future when the history of Australian angling is written this young man, Alistair McGlashan, will stand amongst the elite’. Rex Hunt forward to The Complete Fishing Bible

Al McGlashan is passionate about fishing and all things outdoors. A mad keen adventurer his love of fishing ultimately steered him away from the corporate world and into a career as a fishing journalist and presenter. A decade later he is now Australia's biggest fishing profile and according to Al never has to work a day in his life because he loves what he is doing!

A 37 year old father of two Al spends more than 200 days a year on the water successfully combining his passion for fishing and photography into a viable business. Despite no formal training in journalism (in fact his English teacher still doesn't believe he writes for a living!) Al regularly contributes to dozens of magazines both local and national magazines including Modern Fishing, Outback Mag and even FHM. Al is also Australia's biggest exporter of fishing images and his work has graced many international magazines including Marlin Magazine (USA) Saltwater Sportsman (USA), New Zealand Fishing World, Voyager De Peche (France), Ski Boat (South Africa). Al is also the only Aussie to have his images exhibited at the IGFA Headquarters in the US. On top of this Al's weekly column in the Daily Telegraph is the largest fishing column in a major paper and reaches close to a million readers across the state.

He has authored six books including the The Complete Fishing Bible, which is a 450 pages best seller. Even his better half Rach has written her first cookbook - Dinner with the fishwife selling out its first print run!

‘The step into television was a natural one and Al has appeared on all major fishing shows as well as co hosting a number series'. He produced the infamous Strikezone DVD range, which in turn lead to the ground breaking StrikezoneTV which topped the ratings for channel 31 around the country. On top of all this Al is also a regular on radio and even hosted his own show.

Al's fishing exploits are famous and he has received worldwide coverage from the discovery of the White Sharks at Stockton as well as catching a monster bull shark in Sydney Harbour. More recently landed one of the biggest tuna ever seen after an epic 7hour battle that was a leading story for the nightly news. However his crowning achievement was to be the first to ever film a mako attacking a marlin underwater right in the danger zone.

Based in Sydney Al is heavily involved in the community dividing his time between fisheries research, visiting schools and as a government advisor promoting sustainable fishing. Fearless Al has caught crocodiles, hand fed sharks and swam with marlin all in the name of science and to get the best footage!

Young and passionate (well youngish!) Al works tirelessly promoting fishing and outdoors education with regular fishing seminars. He has even entered the political arena as a federal candidate for the NSW Senate scoring more than 90,000 votes - not bad for some who went fishing!

With more than 3.5million anglers in Australia fishing is becoming big business in this country. Al has developed an international reputation and has strong relationships with major companies like Honda, Caltex, Daiwa, Maui Jims, and Jeppesen (Boeing) just to mention a few. He has also developed Strikezone branded lures, tackle and even boats!

Al's website www.almcglashan.com enjoys as much as 4,372,881 hits a month and is fast becoming a vital resource for anglers around the country with a fishing blog, videos, up to date news and an awesome photo gallery. Most importantly Al engages anglers with competitions and the hugely popular Ask Al section.

It has been a long hard slog to build up a reputation in the fishing and boating industry, but Al would have it no other way, especially when he gets to do what he loves most - fish and then tell everyone about it!

www.almcglashan.com