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1.
  Angling in South Australia    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My little part of the world offers all sorts of different angling experiences. How many do you know?
Average, 10 Qns, quogequox, Mar 08 15
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  Australian Saltwater Fish    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quick quiz that Australian anglers may find easy, for the rest, Good Luck
Average, 10 Qns, wrgafa, May 20 23
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May 20 23
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  Fishing in Victoria, Australia    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Do you know your fishing? Try these questions. If you are from Victoria, their should be no problems with this. If you are from somewhere else in Australia, it should be fairly easy. If you are not from either, you may know a few, but good luck guessing
Tough, 20 Qns, chunky89, Aug 28 22
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Aug 28 22
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Fishing in Australia Trivia Questions
1. If I went to Patterson River, Carrum Downs, what fish would I be targeting?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: Bream

Bream is the only one of these you will catch here. Carp is a freshwater fish, and barracouta would not come into an estuary like this. Sturgeon are ranged widely throughout the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes and the Hudson River. They aren't even found in Australia.

2. The town of Port Lincoln on the tip of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula is famous for its fishing. For decades its fishing boats have ventured out to catch one special fish, which one?

From Quiz Angling in South Australia

Answer: Tuna

Moving from fishing fleets to fishing farms, the Port Lincoln region is developing a lucrative aquaculture industry. Its most famous fisherman is Dean Lukin, winner of weightlifting gold at the 1984 Olympic games. He owed his great strength, he claimed, to years of backbreaking work on his family's fishing boats, hauling in the giant Blue fin Tuna.

3. Which species of fish include varieties called: Diver, Sand and King George?

From Quiz Australian Saltwater Fish

Answer: Whiting

Whiting are caught all around Australia. The largest variety is the King George Whiting. The world record for this species is 2.3 Kg.

4. Just off the coast of much of South Australia anglers can catch arguably Australia's finest eating fish. Many anglers venture out in little boats to catch this prized delicacy. Which of the Whiting family is most sought after?

From Quiz Angling in South Australia

Answer: King George Whiting

The King George Whiting can be found right through southern Australia, the 'KG' can grow up to 2 kilograms and is likely to take any number of baits on light fishing gear.

5. The Barramundi, a native fish to Australia and Papua New Guinea, is a close relative to which African Fish?

From Quiz Australian Saltwater Fish

Answer: Nile Perch

The Barramundi is a hemaphrodite, born male, and at about 5 years of age changes to a female. The world record Barrimundi weighed 37.85 Kg was 124cm long and had a girth of 105cm. It was caught at Lake Tinaroo, southwest of Cairns in Northern Queensland.

6. Caught primarily off of Piers and Jetties, what is the common name of Hyporhamphus?(comes in Varieties of River, Sea, Pointy Nosed and Snub-nosed)

From Quiz Australian Saltwater Fish

Answer: Garfish

Many a junior angler has started his/her fishing experience catching these tasty treats.

7. What month can you expect to see the first trickle of snapper entering Port Phillip bay?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: September

The divers usually spot snapper entering the bay in September, but the full run of snapper doesn't usually happen until October/November.

8. What fish's "run" has made Fraser Island, on the Queensland coast, a favourite spot for anglers for many years?

From Quiz Australian Saltwater Fish

Answer: Tailor

Incidently, Fraser Island has the distinction of being the largest sand island in the world.

9. What species of fish has the varieties; Spaniard, Spotted and Doggy?

From Quiz Australian Saltwater Fish

Answer: Mackerel

10. What will you find if you try and leave the Port Albert entrance?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: A sandbar

The entrance to Port Albert has a big sandbar there. It can be very dangerous in rough conditions. The sandbar extends for approximately 4km out of the entrance and can provide some great fishing on the edge. In the rough weather though boats can be easily led to their doom here.

11. Australia's biggest lake is Lake Eyre in the north of the state. What would you need to fish on Lake Eyre?

From Quiz Angling in South Australia

Answer: A Miracle, Lake Eyre is a saltpan

The lowest point of the lake is some 15 meters below sea level and is covered in a salty crust up to 40-50 centimeters thick, not good fishing conditions. The hardy Lake Eyre Hardyhead (Craterocephalus eyresii) has the greatest tolerance to salinity of any Australian fish yet it is estimated 20 million of the fish died when the lake last filled. The Hardyhead is believed to survive by "leapfrogging" from one semi permanent waterhole to another.

12. The archerfish has a special way of catching its prey (insects, spiders, etc.). How does it do it?

From Quiz Australian Saltwater Fish

Answer: Spits water at them

The Archerfish places its tongue against a groove developed in the roof of its mouth, snaps its gills shut, and shoots water at insects on branches overhanging the water. An adult archerfish can shoot water up to about 3 metres. A juvenile of about 3 cm can spit 10 to 20 cm.

13. Where is the beak on the southern sea garfish located?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: Below the mouth

The southern sea garfish has the beak below its mouth, and it is almost identical to the eastern sea garfish, the only thing that separates them is the distribution. Marlin have a similar appearance to the garfish, although the marlin has his beak on the top, and they grow substantially bigger.

14. What is the name of the small estuarine fish found all over Australia that can walk on land and to some extent climb trees?

From Quiz Australian Saltwater Fish

Answer: Mudskipper

A part of the Goby Family, this small fish can breathe in the air and under water. It feeds, courts and defends its territory on the land.

15. Here's the final question. To have a piece of Shark cooked for you at the local Fish and Chip Shop in Australia, what must you ask for?

From Quiz Australian Saltwater Fish

Answer: Flake

Tastes good too.

16. What large fish is Mallacoota famous for producing?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: Flathead

Many large flathead have come from Mallacoota, and Fred Bayes, one of Victoria's and even Australia's most renowned flathead fisherman catches all his big flathead from here.

17. How many more gill slits does a seven-gill shark have than a normal shark?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: 2

A normal shark has five gills, whereas the seven-gilled shark has seven(duh). eg. 7-5=2, thus the answer is 2.

18. Which introduced species has ruined most of the seabed of Port Phillip bay?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: Northern-pacific sea stars

These came to Victoria in the ballast water of container ships. When the ships release the water, because the bay is so shallow, the starfish get released and they have bred and expanded very quickly. As they have no natural predators they are free to do as they wish.

19. When a Southern black bream grows in excess of around a kilogram(40 cm), what distinct characteristic does it get that the little ones don't have?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: Dark blue nose

It gets a dark blue nose, many fisherman when they are asked what they caught, might say a few 'blue noses'. By this they mean big blue nosed bream. The other characteristics I just made up.

20. If there were four baits lined up, which would be most likely used for whiting?

From Quiz Fishing in Victoria, Australia

Answer: Mussel

Mussel is one of, if not the best bait for whiting. The cray would be too big for the whiting to inhale/swallow, the tuna fillet would also be too big, whereas the maggots are an OK bait but not as good as mussel.

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