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1. 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?
2. Australia's greatest river the Murray passes through South Australia. Once a mighty free flowing river the annual ebb and flow of the Murray is now held in check by a series of locks. This has had a detrimental effect on the lord of the river, its biggest fish. What is it?
3. 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?
4. In winter when a sou'wester blows like a gale against the southern suburbs of Adelaide you'll find the long jetty at Port Noarlunga jam packed with hardy fishermen. They are prepared to brave the elements because they know that when conditions are right a much sought after fish takes refuge behind the Noarlunga reef, and when the packed school of fish is hungry it's each man for himself, and the fishing is as good as it gets. What fish brings anglers to the Port Noarlunga jetty in the midst of a storm?
5. During the summer months you will find many folk wading through the shallows of such places as Port Parham and Saint Kilda on St Vincent's Gulf. They search for a delicious type of seafood. What are they looking for?
6. Back into the freshwater of South Australia, rivers, creeks, even farm dams the site of an unusual ritual involving a piece of string. The angler, frequently, young children, slowly pull the string in toward the bank hopefully revealing a rotting piece of meat and a stubborn creature attached to it. What is this creature?
7. You find yourself on a charter boat leaving the city of Whyalla, the skipper tells you they're after some "big reds". What fish are you looking for?
8. Australia's biggest lake is Lake Eyre in the north of the state. What would you need to fish on Lake Eyre?
9. The Onkaparinga River is the largest river between the mighty Murray and southern Western Australia well over a thousand kilometers away. This may be hard to believe as you find yourself scrambling from one rock pool to another in the upper reaches of the river. During winter the river may flow, much of the rest of the time it is little more than a series of connected pools. Fisherman will tell you that trout can be caught in these pools, but you are much more likely to catch which of these in the upper reaches of the Onkaparinga?
10. One of the most notorious of the fish that haunt the South Australian coast has become so rare it has been placed on the endangered list and it is now illegal to catch them. Dangerous Reef near Port Lincoln is one of the few places where these fish congregate, no doubt due to the presence of seal colonies. I'm sure you getting the idea, what kind of fish can you no longer catch, but it can catch you?
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