Big Fish

Fishing State of Origin this week on The Big Fish. After our Queensland special which took in the Sunshine Coast, Whitsundays and FNQ. NSW fights back. We focus on South West Rocks, Iluka, Smiths Lake and Sydney's magnificent Northern Beaches. Where else can you have a pizza and a cappuccino delivered to you on the sand while you are pulling in a whiting! Pictured a nice feed of winter Drummer, another hard fighting NSW species.

Strange but true, Peter Morse has just travelled to the fly fishing mecca of Oregon on the American West Coast and New Zealand with his 2 handed Spey fly rod and didn't catch a single fish! Anyone who knows Peter, knows that he could catch them in a bath tub, the reason he didn't catch fish was that he was too busy competition casting! We also hear about the 13 year old girl who is the world fly casting accuracy champion. That's our first cast this morning on The Big Fish.

Rob Paxevanos has a Clyde River special, we look at the king of the estuary, the mighty Mulloway and some of the other winter options.

Stinker takes us on a minimalists fishing trip to the Dampier Archipelago. Armed with nothing more than a 50lb handline and a 6/0 hook he caught bags and bags of hard fighting great eating fish.

Alex Bellissimo continues our fishing journey along the Northern Beaches of Sydney. This week we share some hot spots on Freshwater and Curl Curl beach as we work our way from Manly to Palm Beach.

This episode of TBF we join the Northern fishing migration and sample the angling delights of the “Sunshine” State, Queensland.

We start on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast with Rob Paxevanos from Fishing Australia and then head up to the Whitsunday Coast with local guide Andy Thomsen and finish our Northern trek in the fish rich, tropical, waters around Hinchinbrook Island and focus on that stretch between Townsville and Cairns with Ian Moody.

Perfect weather to sit by the fire and read a good fishing story. This week on The Big Fish that fine fishing author Phil Wiegall shares some of his favourite Australian fishing writers.

We meet Errol Grey the musical king of the coastal caravan parks with a fishy ‘tuna’ or two, Stinker talks natural baits and natural presentations. Bushy pays homage to one of the South Coasts great fishing characters and a whole lot more on The Big Fish.

Fishing TV pioneer Bushy talks about the early days of the medium and the gigantic swordfish caught off the South Coast. Stinker is brimming with bream stories, Julie Ray has a great winter warmer fish recipe and Pete LaBlang talks about the 3 metre silver wolf headed monster that they encountered on the Hawkesbury, all on this episode of The Big Fish.

It's a standing joke amongst obsessed anglers that we would fish in a bathtub or a puddle, and, if you are really good at it, you could catch fish in a bucket! On this episode of The Big Fish we catch up with Rob Paxevanos, Bushy, Stinker and crew and hear about some of the wild, strange places they have fished.

Would you tie yourself to the bull bar of the 4wd and dangle over a 100m cliff on the edge of the Nullarbor to catch a fish? Just one of the many great stories from this weeks famous fisho Bill Chambers. We also head to the Central West with some great news from the NSW Fisheries wild recovery program for the endanger Macquarie Perch.

It’s the Aussie trout’s birthday. On the 4th of May in 1864 the first trout ova hatched in Australia. Our first cast comes to you from the Australian Fly Fishing Museum on the South Esk River.

Tasmanian fishing guru Mike Stevens takes us on a fascinating journey through the past and the future of the museum and fly fishing in Tasmania.

Our roving Big Fish reporter Luke Wong visits Sydney town’s first fish butcher, Stinker chasing Snapper and a sure fire hook up Mulloway rig from one of our Big Fish listeners Dilware on this action-packed episode of The Big Fish.

Our first cast this episode of The Big Fish is with Australian music star John Paul Young who loves the Recreational Fishing Haven Lake Macqaurie and shares some of his fishing adventures on the lake.

We meet legendary reel maker Bruce Alvey who has some very good news for Aussie fishers and the recreational fishing industry.

Julie Ray has a delicious and easy Prawn Toast recipe that will have them coming back for more and Stinker is back with a fascinating insight into the tough Greek fishermen of Broughton Island.

April Vokey the amazing fly fishing Mum has our first cast on this episode of The Big Fish. We open the tackle box and answer your questions with a Mulloway master class from Stinker and a whole lot more.