Fish Species Guide

Baked sweetlip with shallots and pistachio nut seasoning

Baked sweetlip provides an alternative to the usual crumbed or battered fish. Cooked fresh it is a terrific treat for your taste buds. Ingredients 1 whole medium grass sweetlip 30g butter 6 green shallots, chopped 3 cloves garlic, crushed 3 slices stale bread 2 eggs 4 fresh basil leaves, finely chopped Rind of half a lime, grated 100g pistachio nuts, …

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Camp oven goat stew

Ever wondered how to make the perfect goat stew? This recipe by Melissa Frohloff will have you enjoying the hearty winter warmer in no time. Ingredients 100g butter 2 carrots, finely chopped 2 large brown onions, chopped 3 stalks celery, chopped  1.5kg goat meat, cubed 1 cup plain flour 2 x 400g cans whole tomatoes 1 bulb Australian garlic, crushed …

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Red emperor seafood chowder

Melissa Frohloff’s seafood chowder recipe comprises red emperor for a spectacular-tasting meal. Red emperor and prawn stock 1 red emperor head 250g prawn heads Water 1 bulb garlic Method Remove heads from green prawns. Place prawn heads and red emperor head into boiler and cover with water. Cut top and bottom off garlic bulb and place in boiler. Bring to …

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Iconic Keitech Mary River report

Luke and Callum also used O.S.P High Pitchers to attract the attention of the bass lurking in the undercut banks. Fishing 10lb straight-through fluorocarbon, the anglers pitched as close as possible to the edges and noticed the bass took the lure within the first two cranks. Hobie Kayak Series Peter Bostock, a BCF manager from Brisbane, had a plan to …

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Kawana beaches and offshore awesome

Hi there anglers, We have just come to the end of four amazing days of great weather with people from all walks of life coming from far and wide to experience and enjoy the idealic lifestyle the sunshine coast has to offer, reports of great fishing have been pouring in from all over the region. Stories have been emerging of …

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Busy fishing during Rainbow Beach comp

Lures such as Atomic Shiner 60, Lively Micro Mullet & Sebile Koolie Minnows worked at a speeds around 2.5-3knots work a treat. The beach has been fishing well although there is still no sign of the big greenback tailor with the current leader only weighing 1.5kg. There has been good dart, whiting & bream all coming off the beach with …

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Kids enjoy school holiday fishing fun at Noosa

The Noosa River has again come up with the good over the school holidays, good numbers of tailor have been taken at the top of the tide around the river mouth. The tailor will be chasing bait as it makes its way into the river, small shad style soft plastic cast out with a fast retrieve has been working when …

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Offshore fishing exciting off Bundaberg

Earlier this week saw a small break in the weather offshore from the Bundaberg area, and a few boats managed to get out. Most caught a good feed with most of the offshore areas producing some quality reds, trout and parrot. The areas out to the Fifteen Mile produced some quality grass sweetlip, squire/snapper and a few tusk fish. There …

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Stakeholder advice remains important for Small Pelagic Fishery science

STAKEHOLDERS will continue to have opportunities to contribute to advice on the science of the Commonwealth-managed Small Pelagic Fishery following members of the resource advisory group completing their term. Parliamentary Secretary to the Agriculture Minister Richard Colbeck said members of the Small Pelagic Fishery Resource Assessment Group were appointed for a set period, which ended on June 30, 2015. “The terms of …

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