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

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    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 578 EPISODES


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    The Big Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 50:05


    Bag the podcast of The Big Fish with Scott "Mullet Guts" Levi as we take you on a virtual cruise.

    The Big Fish: Untangling the Whales

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 50:03


    Commercial Trap and Line Fishers and Ocean Watch Australia are working on innovative solutions to avoid entanglement in commercial fishing gear. 

    The Big Fish: Big Wet Mulloway

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 50:05


    First cast, tips on fishing the "fresh" with Alex Bellissimo, Sydney land based guru. Stinker is back with the tale of the escapee mud crab and a whole lot more. 

    The Big Fish: Kendl Cramer's Barra Nats Adventure and NSW Mulloway Strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 50:07


    Kendl Cramer and her all-female crew are back from the Barra Nationals in the NT with everyone on board catching fish.Along with dodging Crocs, logs and Sharks Kendl also achieved the lifelong goal of a legal Jewfish, even though it was a Black Jewfish from up North, it still counts.

    The Big Fish: Meet the New Zealand Stinker!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 50:04


    Our first cast on The Big Fish is with Ben Galbraith who launches his 12ft tinnie off the beach at Gisborne NZ (sound familiar?) catches tons of huge Snapper and Kingfish and recently scored this massive Yellowfin Tuna out of his tiny boat.

    The Big Fish: "The Beard" joins the Big Fish Crew

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 50:06


    "The Beard" after serving onboard the ABC's long running podcast "Tales from the Tinny" has put the kayak on the roof racks and moved back to his old stomping ground the South Coast of NSW and shares his adventures on The Big Fish.

    The Big Fish: Carp We don't Keepit!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 50:07


    Anne Michie from the New England North West chapter of OzFish joins us from the banks of Lake Keepit for a great, regular, Easter family fishing event, the "Carp we don't Keepit" Carp muster.

    The Big Fish: Stinker's Succulent Salmon Cake Supper!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 50:05


    This week on The Big Fish, Stinker shares a great fish cakes recipe, using one of the most sustainable and under rated fish, the Australian Salmon. 

    The Big Fish: Blackwater Rehab for the Richmond

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 50:06


    This episode of The Big Fish we talk to OzFish on plans to rehabilitate the Richmond River to prevent future blackwater events that lead to massive fish kills.

    The Big Fish: Whiting on Fly

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 50:07


    This week chasing whiting on surface flies with Brett Clarke from BWC flies.

    The Big Fish: Land Based Snapper Master Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 50:05


    The mal de mer led Alex Bellissimo to become one of Sydney's best land based fishermen and he shares his Snapper secrets on this episode of The Big Fish.

    The Big Fish: Carp Eradication, It can Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 50:04


    Jonah Yick, Fisheries Manager with Inland Fisheries Service Tasmania and leader of  the Carp Management Program has the first cast this morning on The Big Fish and what a good news story it is! 

    The Big Fish: The Big Wet on the Sunshine Coast with Rob Paxevanos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 50:07


    Stinker has been mugged by a pack of marauding pelagics whilst fishing for Snapper and he is not happy!

    The Big Fish: New England North West Sustainable Fishing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 50:07


    This episode meet "Tandy" from Tamworth the native freshwater Catfish who is a chance to win the office footy tipping comp this year.

    The Big Fish: I left my Rod in San Francisco

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 50:05


    Another ripping episode of The Big Fish with our first cast this morning from San Fransico. TBF regular Nadia Taylor heads out under that Golden Gate Bridge to go fishing U.S. West Coast style and tangles with some fabulous eating fish and crabs!

    The Big Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 50:07


    Bag the podcast of The Big Fish with Scott "Mullet Guts" Levi as we take you on a virtual cruise.

    The Big Fish: Mushy fish citizen science and fishing the Edward at Deniliquin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 50:06


    Bag the podcast of The Big Fish with Scott "Mullet Guts" Levi as we take you on a virtual cruise.

    The Big Fish: A Eurobodalla Fishing Masterclass

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 50:05


    Bag the podcast of The Big Fish with Scott "Mullet Guts" Levi as we take you on a virtual cruise.

    The Big Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 50:06


    Bag the podcast of The Big Fish with Scott "Mullet Guts" Levi as we take you on a virtual cruise.

    The Big Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 50:03


    Bag the podcast of The Big Fish with Scott "Mullet Guts" Levi as we take you on a virtual cruise.

    The Big Fish: Eucumbene Sight Fishing and Jack Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 50:05


    This edition of TBF we take you to the crystal clear margins of Lake Eucumbene for some spectacular sight fishing for big Brown Trout with Steve Dunn and Stinker has fallen victim to a "Jack attack" on the Tweed.

    The Big Fish: Kendl waves the Long Wand

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 50:05


    The Big Fish regular Kendl Cramer has been bitten by the fly fishing bug.

    The Big Fish: Mushy peas? Mushy Kingy yucky!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 50:08


    Dr Jessica Toute-Lyon has the first cast this morning with the launch of a new citizen science project to track the spread of the parasites that make the flesh of King Fish and Mahi Mahi mushy. 

    The Big Fish: With The Cod Father Stuart Rowland

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 49:57


    This week on The Big Fish Stuart Rowland talks about his new book on the mighty Murray Cod, Indigenous knowledge and history, commercial exploitation, decline and regeneration of this amazing species.

    The Big Fish: Urunga Flathead Fiesta!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 50:05


    Kendl Cramer and Laurie Anderson from the WRFL took on the best in the Urunga Estuary Sports Fishing Flathead tournament.

    The Big Fish: Feature Fisho Brice Hayward

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 50:05


    First cast comes from the Camden Haven this morning with proud indigenous man Bryce Haywood, educator and gun fisherman.

    The Big Fish: Sea Urchins, top tucker? Or over rated?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 50:04


    First cast is Travis Dowling, CEO of the Victorian Fisheries Authority, on the proactive management of Black Sea Urchins in Victoria.

    The Big Fish: Exploring Shellharbour with Rob Paxevanos

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 50:02


    Rob Paxevanos explores Shellharbour on this week's episode of The Big Fish. 

    The Big Fish: Loch Style Lessons on Lake Eucumbene

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 55:00


    Our first cast is on Lake Eucumbene with Jo Starling.

    The Big Fish: Fisheries Officers in NSW take Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 50:04


    NSW Fisheries Officer Joe Wright with his concerns for the safety of his colleagues on the job.

    The Big Fish: Fisherwomen Big Barra Bonanza

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 50:05


    Kendl Cramer takes us to Lake Monduran with a group of six super keen fisherwomen chasing metre plus monster Barramundi!

    The Big Fish: Jelly Fish have Fishers "Blubbering"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 50:05


    First cast on The Big Fish looks at the native Jelly Fish of the Hawkesbury system that are in huge numbers at the moment and causing havoc with the commercial fishing industry.

    The Big Fish: Cherie Forbes Black Bream on Fly

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 50:06


    A frigid fly fishing foray to the Derwent River in Winter to chase Black Bream first up on The Big Fish. 

    The Big Fish: Mega Cod!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 49:58


    The Cod Mega Bucks catch and release event has been run and won with the $10,000 first prize going to the angler with the longest fish. Listen to The Big Fish and you too might catch a monster!

    The Big Fish: Electric Motors and Island Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 40:08


    This week on the Big Fish Col Trenaman looks at electric motors in the salt and the fresh and the anglers grapevine.AND Stinker has another great island story.

    The Big Fish: South Coast Vibe with Roger Osborne

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 50:08


    Roger Osborne takes you shore based fishing around his local estuary and shares his deadly soft vibe technique to wake up those sleepy cold water fish.

    The Big Fish: Top Tackle Tour at AFTA Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 50:05


    First cast on The Big Fish Rob Paxevanos takes us to Australia's biggest tackle show on the Gold Coast.

    The Big Fish: Victorian King George Whiting Comeback

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 50:06


    The Gippsland Lakes KG are BACK!!!

    The Big Fish: Mighty Marlin, Island Stories and South Coast Jetty Hopping

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 50:07


    Dr Julian Pepperell has the first cast with 50 years of Marlin research out of Cairns.

    The Big Fish: Fast Furious Fishing Fun with Guesty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 50:04


    The Tailor are biting and Michael Guest shares some of his simple secrets to this fast and furious form of fishing.

    The Big Fish: Jo Starling's Fly Fishing Odyssey leads to the Green and Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 50:07


    Joe Startling's fly fishing dream has come true in this episode of The Big Fish.

    The Big Fish: The Morse Casting Code

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 50:05


    This episode of The Big Fish Peter Morse on the many comic comments he receives whilst practising, or teaching, fly casting in the park or his cul-de-sac up in the Blue Mountains!   

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