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I’m sure we have no disagreement that fresh, natural baits provide any angler with a positive head start in the pursuit for a desired species of fish. Essentially all shellfish make excellent offerings for estuary and inshore varieties, in southern states. Shallow, featureless and frequently turbulent stretch of sand running from Victoria, South Australian and Western Australia is home to one of the most popular baits in those state. These meaty little bivalves are plentiful between the high and low tide marks on some beaches, where they hideaway beneath the surface whilst nourishing on microscopic organisms. An average pipis measures...

  For the surf anglers, there’s nothing rather like that first sight of silver as a defeated mulloway appears from the crashing waves. It’s a spectacle that makes all the lengthy, isolated nights on the sand seem meaningful. The mulloway is a adaptable fish in many ways. It is similarly at home in the shore, around offshore reefs and ruins, and in the estuary. Nevertheless, catching it in these three locations often demands an assortment of methods and tactics.  The capture of a big specimen from the coastline at night is the definitive desire of most surf anglers, but it...

The fish know technically as Lutjanid argentimaculatus also has several local names, which comprises of mangrove snapper, red perch and dog bream. A closer relation is the red bass. Which is a known ciguatera toxin carrier and can be distinguished from the mangrove jack by a noticeable pit head of each eye? Red bass should never be eaten. An alternative method of distinguishing among these two fish is their scales. The mangrove jack’s scales are fairly easily displaced and occasionally come away throughout rough treatment, however the scales of the red bass are very firmly set and are tough to...

  Snapper are an extremely significant fish, wherever they are found, but in Victoria, South Australia and the southern parts of Western Australia they represent the number one marine resource to target for most amateur anglers. The snapper is a saltwater beast, found right around the southern half of Australia. It is, however, uncommon in Tasmania. The species is also significant around the north Island of New Zealand, while in the south Island it spreads down the east coast as far as Christchurch. Related fish occur all over the world particularly in Japan. Australian snapper may all be members of...

One of the local angling club members, whom worked at the aquarium, explained that Snapper are easily the most  aggressive species that are in the fish tank. Other species such as big rays and sharks get out of their way due to their aggressive nature.  The anatomy of the snapper’s feeding mechanism operates in two separate ways. Firstly, the jaws bite and crunch down, additionally, the gill plate extension creates an astonishingly solid suction, which is boosted even more by the membranes which bend inside the curvatures of the mouth. As the mouth opens these membranes form a tubular jet or...