Little Fish Are Sweet....

And so are big ones! :-)

Living on an island should mean that you can eat all the fresh fish you want right? Well... we usually get down to Basil Bay at night when the tides are right -- especially with a full moon -- to see if we can snag a shark or two (just so Lyn Kinderman can make us a beautiful Bombay curry...) You see, not having a boat of our own, makes it a little difficult to traverse the slippery rocks surrounding most of the shoreline...

...That was until the master fishermen turned up! :-))

All the builders who are here working on new houses spend a lot of time fishing in their leisure hours, and we can always be sure of being given a lovely fish to eat whenever they've caught too many!

So out come the cook books and fish recipes are in style! Curries, Indonesian dishes, barbeques... you name it! Fish is truly a lovely dish served up in any form.

Here are some photos of just a few of the local catches. More to come soon!


These boys are seasoned fishermen... Just look at that 'balance' as they fish standing up from a little dinghy!


Trent finally caught a good sized shark! (Beautiful eating too!)


Richie & Trent with a great catch of queen fish & another coral trout for Trent. Delicious eating... Just like chicken breast meat (with a fishy taste, lol!)


Trent with a beautiful coral trout. One of many that he's caught...


Richie with a whopper queen fish. We've started calling him Dr Hook!

Please feel free to comment on this post and attach your own photo of your big catch if you can better it! ;-)

Warmest regards
Eva Browne-Paterson