A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
The common coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus), is more correctly known as the leopard coral grouper, also leopard coral trout, blue-dotted coral grouper or spotted coral grouper. In Australia it is found at Beacon Island in Western Australia, the Ashmore and…
The titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large distinctive triggerfish with a dark heavily scaled body, a deep groove in front of each eye, a naked area around the lips, and about five rows of small forward-curving spines on either…
The existence of bonefish in Australia was probably first recognised when surf anglers fishing along the Queensland coast caught “oversized sand whiting” exceeding 2kg in weight. While superficially similar to sand whiting, bonefish are easy to tell apart in a…
Game fishermen are unanimous that both the GT and Turrum are superb fighting fish. The Giant Trevally, or GT, is the largest trevally of the Indo-Pacific Region growing to a verified size of 170 cm (67 in.) and a weight…
Trachinotus Blochii There are two different sub-species of Australian permit, Trachinotus Blochii and Trachinotus Anak. Considered one of the worlds premier light tackle game fish and fly fishing targets, it was many years before these fish came to prominence in…
Rodney’s “catch of the day” at Hat Head The common toadfish (Tetractenos hamiltoni), also known as the toadie, toadfish or toado is found in shallow coastal waters and estuaries along Australia’s eastern coast, from northern Queensland to Flinders Island.[...]
Blue threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum Australia has two species of threadfin salmon, the blue threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) and king threadfin (Polydactylus macrochir), also known as blue salmon and king salmon, respectively. They are fast-growing predatory fishes that feed on small fishes,…
Pomatomus saltatrix Tailor are pelagic fish found around the world in temperate and subtropical waters, except for the northern Pacific Ocean. Tailor are known as bluefish in the USA, and shad in South Africa. Seasonally abundant, often found in large…
Macquaria ambigua Golden Perch, also known as yellowbelly, callop, perch, Murray Perch or white perch, naturally inhabit the Murray-Darling river system (except at high elevations) and exist in the internal drainage systems of Lake Eyre and the Bulloo River. Adult…