fishy business

**Bigbjorn** · 24th February 2008, 08:34 AM

A friend used to manage the Cairns branch of a Brisbane major catering and hospitality supplier. They were taken over by a Sydney group. The new owners used to send him pallets of frozen Orange Roughy and other southern waters rubbish fish to sell. North Queenslanders are used to fresh reef fish, barramundi, mud crabs, Torres Strait crayfish etc. This crap is almost unsaleable up there. He used to first offer it to institutions, hospitals, nursing homes, & the like at barely over cost price, then to local retailers who were known Cheap Charlies, price before quality. Anything left (most of it) would be written off and taken to the tip. Sometimes he just took it to the tip. Sydney boy wonders could never be convinced that stuff they sold down there was unsaleable elsewhere.

**Andy-M** · 24th February 2008, 10:13 AM

Mmmm! Fresh, Bass Strait seafood

.

Out of the water, straight into the icebox and then home to clean and cook yum yum! (on the days that I actualy catch something)

Andy

**Stepho_62** · 24th February 2008, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Andy-M

Mmmm! Fresh, Bass Strait seafood

.

Andy

So Andy

It is true that now that the Tioxide plant is gone and that most of the MI's have been made to clean up their act the fish are returning to the coast?

What r u catching?

Cheers,

**harry** · 24th February 2008, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by wannalandy

Just had some tassie salmon for tea and oh man was it some good stuff .I don't mind any sort of fish . But what sort of fish do you guys like to eat ?

dead fish.

whiting
flathead
flake

and lots of others.

**Andy-M** · 24th February 2008, 04:20 PM

G'day Stevo,

The water is now briliant, the fish are returning and the rivers are healthy.

Since the big company's have either closed or cleaned up the result is great. I can remember Penguin Surf club guys wading through foam to get to the water. The red colour on rocks all along the coast from the old Tioxide has disappeared.

People are catching Mako off Devonport

and surrounding areas, big Flatties and lots of Squid and Whiting off Port Sorell, King fish and Snapper from the mouth of the Tamar.

I am only a mug fisher but still getting some good catches. With the bad weather up north at the moment we may become the next great tourist destination

. (if only it would get a bit warmer)

Cheers Andy

**Xavie** · 24th February 2008, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ricey

Got shouted a $140 platter last night - Loved the Barra, Lobster, prawns & oysters. I could chow down for days but the smelly fingers afterwards were a bit foreign

HAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. Yes, v funny. a bit foreign hey I hear ya

Xavier

**Stepho_62** · 24th February 2008, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Andy-M

if only it would get a bit warmer

Jeez. You're South of the 41st Parrell. No chance of that happening.

I remember with great fondness my dad and I fishing on the banks of the Forth @ Turners Beach in the late 60's and early 70's.

We got Brim, Salmon, Mullet and the occasional sea run trout. I continued fishing it through to the late 70's until there was nothing in the estuary at all.

After a few years on the Mainland I went to work for some scumbags @ Heybridge. Alui something Chemical Refineries they were,

if only the public knew what went on there.

I'm so pleased to hear what you have said. Where did the flatties come from?

**Andy-M** · 24th February 2008, 11:34 PM

Hi Stevo,

The flatties were from Port Sorell, approx 10km straight out from the boat ramp, 150 ft water.

I'm no greenie, but some of the changes of recent yesrs have been great!

Andy.

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