'I just couldn't put it down ... my best fishing read to date'
Rob Paxevanos
In every coastal town in Australia, there's a bait shop and a boat ramp. In laundries and garages around the country, fishing rods are strung up waiting for their next outing. Walk over a bridge, look across to a wharf and there will be people casting a line. Many people have a special fishing spot, and families pass on tips from generation to generation and exchange fishy tales of amazing catches and near misses.
Bringing her personal passion for throwing in a line, author and historian Anna Clark celebrates the enduring pleasure of fishing in The Catch- Australia's love affair with fishing. Charting the history of fishing, from the first known accounts of Indigenous fishing and early European encounters with Australia's waters, to the latest fishing fads; from the introduction of trout and fly fishing to the challenges of balancing needs of commercial and recreational fishers.
'Clark's account is a worthy primer - handsomely illustrated and entertainingly written bait, if you like - for those who might want to trawl a little deeper for insights into the important place of fishing in our national psyche.'
John Schauble, Sydney Morning Herald
