Big Fish

Greg French was stuck high up in the Andes of Peru, with a strict curfew, thanks to the covid flu! Greg and his life and fly fishing partner Frances were locked down in an Inca built village for over a month. On the upside, the local streams were full of hard fighting 3 to 7lb rainbow trout!

Weekly fishing news, events and tips etc from a NSW perspective.

First cast this episode of The Big Fish is with Craig Copeland an expert in aquatic habitat rehabilitation at NSW Fisheries and now CEO of OzFish Unlimited. We discuss the shows mantra "habitat makes fish happen." We hear from an expert on the science behind the creation of artificial reef habitat and Stinker has been swamped with emails on dwindling tailor stocks.

What could be more relaxing than drifting down stream casting flies to rising trout? We look at drift boat fly fishing first cast on The Big Fish. Tumut based guide Mickey Finn cut his teeth on this form of fishing on the big rivers running out of the Rockies in the West of the USA and Josh Hutchins talks about the fishing options these new shallow draft fly fishing inflatables open up.

Stinker has opened a can of worms asking our Big Fish listeners "where have all of the Tailor gone?" We speculate on some possible reasons why stocks have declined so dramatically around Port Stephens where Stinker wets a line.

Our first cast is with OzFish Unlimited Northwest Chapter spokesperson Anne Michie on planting trees for fish and Stinker joins us to talk about using porridge to catch Snapper, strange but true! All will be revealed in this episode of The Big Fish.

Our first cast this episode of The Big Fish is with Michael Guest of Reel Action TV who shares his hard won Lake Macquarie Jewfish secrets. We have an all star line up of famous TV fishos on the show with Rob Paxevanos from Fishing Australia talking about the elusive Barramundi of the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast, Stinker is back on deck along with Treno on his big dam tour live from Copeton in the states North West.

This episode of The Big Fish a trout fly fishing method that is so effective some have called for it to be banned, that is our first cast with Australian representative fly fisher Danny Spelic from the Snowy Mountains region.

First cast is with Mark Williams from Lake Macquarie and the tale of the Lake Mac flatty that holds the long distance travel record and Jo Starling shares the story of her best fly caught (and released) South Coast black bream.

Check out this Lake Burley Griffin Monster, estimated through measurements, at over 75 kilograms or over 150 lbs on the old scale.

What does a fish that big eat? Answer: Anything that will fit in its mouth!

The Murray Cod is one of the world’s biggest freshwater fish. Who would’ve thought one of the biggest caught in recent times would come out of Lake Burley Griffin right in the heart of the nation’s capital.

Hear the amazing story of the catch and successful release with Marie an ACT fisherwoman on the rod. That is our first cast on The Big Fish.

This week on The Big Fish an historic putt putt fishing boat that towed giant airliners in it's day. The boat has been lovingly restored by jazz musician Dorian Mode who also shares a song about a fisherman who found a mermaid.