Our first cast is with Oyster grower Peter O'Sullivan on the plight of the Oyster industry in NSW.

NSW fishers on the Victorian border are being invited to visit and share the great fishing. Our first cast is with Victorian Fisheries Authority CEO Travis Dowling who wants to streamline the licensing system to make it easier for Southern NSW fishers who cross the border to catch a fish.

Gippsland Lakes and Mallacoota are going off thanks to the recreational fishing havens and sustainable management and the VFA is working closely with NSW Fisheries to bring back the mighty Macquarie Perch.

Nadia Taylor and her all female fishing crew hit a very full Glenbawn Dam for the Family Bassin event in the Hunter.

Like all of the competitors, in this catch and release tournament, they found there was a lot of water between the fish but the ones they did catch were trophy Australian Bass.

Treno's been catching some chunky Copeton Cod and you will meet some Aussie Women who are crazy about fly fishing.

We hit Botany Bay with Dogfish Dave and Botany Bay Bernie.

They caught some great fish and Dave shares a Japanese inspired breakfast fish feast in this 'catch and cook" episode of The Big Fish.

Nick from Avalon has one of the best true fishy tales. Catching waves on the Gold Coast at the famous Snapper Rocks point break he also caught this giant mud crab on his board.

The ABC can reveal that 7 critically endangered leatherback turtles have washed up on the NSW Central Coast this year, most of them during the last storm and big seas.

First cast this morning is with marine scientist Dr Vincent Raoult with his theories on the turtle deaths and the impact of discoloured water on our fish species.

Fish tagging pioneer Dr Julian Pepperell has the first cast in this episode on the fascinating history and science that has flowed from fish tagging in Australia.

Young Harvey is taken for a ride by a feisty Mac Tuna at Luna Park in this episode of The Big Fish.

Our first cast this episode is with the Victorian Fisheries Authority CEO Travis Dowling about their model of fisheries management that is underpinned by sustainability.

Being a stand alone fisheries organisation the VFA has been very proactive and nimble in implementing evidence based management of the resources and measures to protect habitat and fish stocks.

According to fishing guru Kaj Busch who lives on the NSW/Victorian border and finds himself fishing more and more on the Southern side, NSW could learn a lot from the Victorian's proactive evidence based approach to fisheries management.