Lucas Weaver
Director - Riverland & Reservoirs
Lucas has been fishing since the age of 12 when he was first introduced to fishing the Murray River while holidaying at his Dad’s house In Murray bridge. His first ever fish caught was a Callop caught on shrimp he collected and the addiction snowballed from there. Lure fishing for natives was in its infancy at the time and was something that caught his attention. As luck would have it, a solid callop was his first lure caught fish.
Fast forward a few years and Lucas found himself living in Murray Bridge with the river becoming a way of life with no intentions of moving back to the city.
A freshwater and big cod specialist, Lucas has had numerous articles printed in various magazines over the years on different aspects of freshwater craft. He currently writes the Murray River column for Fishing SA magazine.
As a founding member of the ‘Lower Murray Lure Fishing Club’, Lucas has contributed in various roles from secretary, Vice president and then President- Guiding the club and building it to where it is today.
In 2018 Lucas was lucky enough to become its first life member after serving 7 years on the executive committee.
Catch and release of our native species is a top priority and has become known as an important pillar for sustainability of the river fishing community. With his easy to talk to personality, Lucas is always happy to help and advise anyone that is keen to listen, learn and respect the waterways.
Lucas is a keen participant in citizen science, tagging fish for SAFTAG for close to 20 years.
Lucas has joined the Recfish board to be a steward for all things freshwater and reservoir in the state, creating a solid foundation other fisher people can rely on. Lucas looks forward to continuing towards making freshwater fishing a key priority for South Australia.
