Jamin Forbes was born in Wagga Wagga in
1970. Once old enough to hold a rod, he began fishing the
Murrumbidgee River and its tributaries with his family.
Jamin fishes whenever he gets spare time
and has spent the past twenty years perfecting lure fishing
techniques to suit the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers, fishing almost
exclusively for Murray cod and golden perch (and enjoying the
incidental captures of the totally protected trout cod).
His first book Reel Time (a
collection of fishing stories focussing on the humorous aspects of
fishing trips) was published in September 2004. Jamin's second book
Fishing and Camping Murrumbidgee River Gundagai to Narrandera
(co-written with Martin Asmus) was released in September 2006. This
book details sixty publicly accessible reserves, state forests, and
travelling stock reserves (TSR) along the Murrumbidgee River.
Following the success of Fishing and Camping Murrumbidgee River
Gundagai to Narrandera, in December 2007, Jamin and Marty
published the next book in this series Fishing and Camping Murrumbidgee
River Narrandera to Balranald, and are planning to do a third in
the series from Gundagai through Canberra.
Jamin is a regular contributor to
Freshwater Fishing Magazine, with articles published on Hay Weir,
Wagga Wagga Cod, Winter Fishing, Persistence in Freshwater Fishing,
Bundigerry Creek and Trout Cod and also contributes fishing articles
for 4x4 Trader Magazine, with articles published on Fishing the Fast
Water at Wantabadgery, Murray cod at the ‘Dairy’, Fishing from Hay
Weir to Wentworth, Bermagui and fishing ‘Way out West’.
In addition, Jamin
shares a fishing column for the Daily Advertiser newspaper in Wagga, and has appeared
on Channel Nines ‘Fishing Australia’ with Rob Paxevanos.
Aside from fishing, Jamin has a Masters
Degree in Biotechnology from Charles Sturt University, has worked as
a Policy Advisor for a Federal Member of Parliament and until
starting as a fishing guide was employed as a Revenue Analyst.
"I hope that through a fishing trip with
Riverina Sportfishing you enjoy yourself, catch some fish and
learn more about our fantastic native species," Jamin Forbes
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