Big Fish

Our first cast is with Botany Bay Bernie, famous fishing musician Stewart D'Arrietta and Dog Fish Dave. We cross to our adventurers on Botany Bay, anchored up under the flight path and spreading the burley when Dave hooks something huge, keep listening to find out what is on the other end of the line!

Matt Hansen from Dubbo has been awarded an OAM for his work, along with an army of helpers at OzFish Unlimited, for saving native fish and their habitat in the Central West. The scheme to put fish filters on all irrigation pumps and off takes on the Macquarie River stops the fish from being sucked out of the main flow to their death. A simple but effective initiative that has saved millions of fish and our farmers millions of dollars.Matt is our first cast on this episode of The Big Fish.

How hard is it to catch a Sydney Harbour Kingfish on fly? It has been on Scott's bucket list for years and he has finally ticked it off!

A great fish dish with Julie Ray, Stinker and all the crew onboard too, for this edition of The Big Fish. (Pictured) Scott with a lovely haul of line caught Christmas table crabs. The best tasting crustaceans of them all.

Renee Ferenc from OZfish Unlimited has the first cast this morning with an update on the great habitat restoration work being undertaken by anglers from the rivers to the sea in NSW. Stinker has a few tips on Christmas presents for first time fishing kids and the fly guy on Sydney Harbour is back, Stephen Gaynor takes us fishing for Australian Salmon in the Flyboat.

"Fishing with mates" is a new men's mental health initiative and Treno has the first cast on this great idea for country men from the North West of the state, Stinker shares some great fishing secrets with "6 of the best", including the story of the beach worm that turned out to be a sea snake and Dorian Mode has another fishy tune on this episode of TBF.

When Lynne's husband, Garry, checked her phone one day he made the shocking discovery that his wife of 30 years was one of the Central Coasts biggest "weed" dealers.

This episode of The Big Fish we take Moonglow on her shakedown cruise in a 50 knot gale on Lake Macquarie and new owner Matt will tell you the tale. Heading out in the "Fly Boat" with Stephen Gaynor on Sydney Harbour with a 'how to' on catching the easiest fly fishing target on the harbour, the plentiful Luderick.Stinker is back with a look at the offshore scene and islands of the Port Stephens area and Captain Craig McGill talks about catching the bait that the fish and humans like to eat.

This week some more great news from Senior Fisheries manager Luke Pearce on the Macqaurie Perch captive breeding program, Stinker cooks up a storm and we head out on Sydney Harbour in the Flyboat with Stephen Gaynor.

Lake Macquarie has reopened to Sydney, the Illawarra, Blue Mountains and Central Coast after over 3 months of travel restrictions. Lake Macquarie City Council and fishing ambassador Michael Guest are welcoming back the fisher folk with open arms and $30,000 worth of prizes in a catch and release fishing event.

Rob Paxevanos and Stinker take us to the Far North Coast with some great fishing tips and stories.

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

Adam Harvey unveils a beautiful new song inspired by his Dads time on a reef fishing charter boat in the Whitsundays. Sadly, Adam's Father Les passed away a few years back and Adam's song "Lindeman Again" paints an idyllic picture of his time at sea and the day he met the love of his life.

Our first cast this morning takes you to the Snowy Mountains for the opening of the trout season and we also hear the story of The Incredible Claw, a mud crab with one arm, who is the hero of a new children's book series.

Michael Guest has just developed a new soft vibe style prawn lure, because, as he says, "everything eats prawns." We will put it to the test on Lake Macquarie in our first cast on The Big Fish.

First cast this episode of The Big Fish is with avid angler Jo Starling who shares exciting news about the formation of the Women's Recreational Fishing League.

Our first cast is with NSW Fisheries Management Officers Trent Alexander and Clay Hilbert on the Research Angler Program and fish tagging and using citizen science to understand and preserve our fish stocks.

Chris Franklin is a Central Coast school teacher who loves using fishing to engage his students. Chris has also embraced the NSW Fisheries Research Angler Program and has been able to further our knowledge of the fish he loves by tagging and sampling his catch.

Roden Woodhams had an amazing "Attenborough moment", before the lockdown, chasing giant Yellow Fin Tuna and shares his adventures on The Big Fish.

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

3 mackerel or tailor fillets smoked100g cream cheese150g crème fraiche¼ cup horseradishFinely chopped dillLemon juice.Keep half of one fillet aside – place all other ingredients in food processor and blend til smooth.Stir thru crumbled remaining filletServe on dark rye or crackers w sliced gherkin

If you are one of the millions of fishers locked down in NSW you will hear about some great fishing craft ideas from our Sydney gurus Peter Le Blang and Craig McGill. Peter shares his amazing metal working skills in crafting a high quality fishing knife from scratch and Craig takes us through the D.I.Y. fun of Luderick angling.

First cast this episode of The Big Fish Treno shares the secret ingredients in his sure fire Drummer burley.

Those sport Gurus Roy and HG have launched a campaign to have fishing, fly and conventional tackle casting, for distance and accuracy, included for the Brisbane Olympics in 2032. (Pictured Roy bragging to HG about the size of the prized 2 headed carp he caught near Fukushima.)

On the Big Fish this week we take you to Lake Macquarie to look at some great angler initiated conservation work enhancing habitat and fish stocks.

This week we hit the Camden Haven River with Col Treneman for a bream session on the Cranka Crabs. Treno also shares his estuary luderick secrets, live on the water, with four different types of weed on board, including his homegrown stuff! Stinker talks about snapper season and Tally joins us with his sure fire Australian Salmon 8 hour smoking recipe.

First cast on The Big Fish Steve Samuels from the Monaro Acclimatisation Society has found an ally in the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley.

King George Whiting up to 80cm in length have invaded the waters of Northern Tasmania and we take you out on the Tamar River to hunt for theses tasty giants.

How do you relocate a wild trout population from waters where they are not allowed to be caught to waters accessible to anglers? That was the conundrum faced by NSW Fisheries and local anglers in the Central West...the answer? Taser the fish!

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

Our first cast takes us to Tenterfield with Harry Davey and Renee Ferenc from OzFish Unlimited. where they are doing a great job helping to save a beautifully coloured little endangered fish.

Our first cast is with NSW fly fisher Rob Lennon who had a cracking time chasing the big lake trout of the Central Highlands of Victoria at Millbrook lakes.

Our Sydney Harbour correspondent Craig McGill has been on a fishing adventure up North and shares his story of triumph over adversity at Agnes Water and the Town of 1770.

Fly fishing Guru Peter Morse introduces us to the Bone Heads, a group of dedicated Aussie fly fishers who meet up in Exmouth at this time, every year, for a fly fishing adventure.

We catch up with Cherie Forbes and Brett Clarke at the vice this morning churning out some more of their amazing fur, foam and feather concoctions at their little fly tying factory on the Central Coast of NSW. Renee Ferenc, Director of Engagement and Culture at OzFish Unlimited joins us to talk about a new chapter and Stinker is out crabbing on The Big Fish.