Local knowledge.
Better decisions.
Talk to a real local guide before you go — live video calls, ongoing advice threads and monthly regional reports from the people who fish your water every week.
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You've had this trip.
Every angler has. It's why Reachwater exists.
I fish a spot twice a year and relearn it every time.
The occasional tripThe forums say everything and nothing.
The research spiralThe bloke who knows is at a boat ramp 400km away.
The locked-up local knowledgeHow it works
From “no idea where to start” to a plan in under an hour.
Find a guide
Filter by water, region and species. Read real credentials and ratings — not pay-to-rank ads.
Pick how you want the advice
A live video call, an ongoing thread, or a monthly report on your region — whatever fits the way you fish.
Fish smarter
Show up knowing the spot, the tide window and the rig. Stop burning days guessing.
Three ways to get advice
Pick what fits the trip — or mix them.
Ongoing thread
A monthly thread with a guide you trust — season-long advice on their time, your questions.
- Each guide sets their reply window — most check in each evening
- Your questions, answered by someone who was on the water today
- Stuck mid-session? Send a photo of the water or your rig — get a fix while you're still standing in it
- A heads-up when conditions turn on your water
- From AUD $39/month
Live video call
A focused 1:1 session — plan a trip, fix your rig, read a map together.
- 30 or 60 minutes, you set the agenda
- Evening and off-day slots — guides fish for a living
- Tell the guide your water and target before the call
- Walk away with a concrete plan
- From AUD $59 (30 min)
Monthly regional report
A guide's monthly read on one region — no thread, no call, just the local picture.
- What's biting, where, and on what
- Tide windows and conditions outlook for the month
- Written by the guide who fishes it every week
- Buy it only for the months you fish
- From AUD $29 per month
Why Reachwater
Built for the way fishing advice actually works.
Vetted local guides
We launch one founding guide per region — chosen, not signed up. Real licensed guides with checkable credentials.
Local, current, specific
AU/NZ guides who know your water this week — flows, tides, temps, what's being caught and where.
Cheaper than a wasted trip
A call costs a fraction of a guided day — and far less than driving four hours to fish the wrong spot.
From first cast to trophy
Total beginner or chasing a fish of a lifetime — there's a guide pitched at exactly your level.
What we're really building
Calls and threads are the product. This is what it's for — if the ecosystem works, three things happen:
More anglers, better anglers
Knowledge that took locals decades opens up to anyone willing to ask. Fewer blank first seasons, more people who stick with the sport — and learn to fish it right from day one.
Guiding becomes a living
When advice pays, the off-season and the blown-out days stop costing guides. The best watermen and women can afford to stay on the water — and the next generation can see a career in it.
The regions win
Anglers travel to where the knowledge lives — and spend in the towns around it. Every thriving guide anchors a fishery, and guides who earn from their water look after it.
Build the sport, region by region — starting with the people who know the water best.
Your next trip starts with a conversation.
Founding anglers get their first month's platform fee waived — grab your code before your region fills.
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