Big Fish

Add sea lice to the long list of things in the sea that can eat you.

Can we kill the feral carp and not harm the environment doing it? We look at that question on this episode of The Big Fish.

Fishing doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg, although shark fishing is another story. This week we get right to the essence of DIY fishing. From collecting your own bait to making your own lures and flies.

Tea smoked tailor with a salsa is our feature recipe this morning with Julie Ray. The tailor are really on at the moment and when smoked fresh they are to die for. We tell you how to construct a simple smoker out of everyday items that most would already have in their kitchen cupboards. Odd baits this morning with Snapper and Stinker and we will hear about the 15 kilo snapper that took a cooked chop!

On this episode of The Big Fish Roden Woodhams shares an Attenborough moment off the continental shelve describing a school of giant tiger sharks devouring a dead whale. Snapper tells us about the "Queen of Kings", Australian angler Sharon Oates who has won the Australia v New Zealand Kingfish Cup in the Bay of Islands. Stinker can't work out why someone would spend $150,000 to catch a humble bream. Bushy is carving giant cod swim baits and shares his design ideas and fishing techniques. Craig McGill talks about the kingfish invasion of Sydney Harbour and more on The Big Fish.

On this episode of The Big Fish we go to out of the way extreme fishing spots. First cast is from Luke Pearce chasing clear water Murray Cod in the remote granite gorges of the wild New England. Jo Starling takes us to the desert lakes near Mount Isa to catch bulldozing Sooty Grunter. Stinker goes bommie hopping. Bushy is in the wild west and Peter LaBlang has the Hawkesbury and Northern Beaches covered.

This episode of The Big Fish we sample the sea's bounty with some favourite fish dishes.

Recreational fishing sonar technology and Rob Paxevanos on the quest for trophy Tassie Trout.

The Big Fish "Shark lands on fisherman" and other fishy tales

This episode we talk about fishing dogs