Redmap Western Australia member Tom Walker
Years fishing: Being relatively young (15) I have only been fishing for a few years.
Fish logged on Redmap (pictured): A spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) caught at Lancelin, just north of Perth. Taken on bream gear, it pulled like a train after it took a chunk of herring!
Largest fish caught: An 87cm dhufish (Glaucosoma hebracium)  at Lancelin. I didn't weigh it but it was heavy!
Best fishing saying: When it comes to fishing, the only saying I keep in the back of my head is "Never give up and keep focusing". I mean even after 6 hours of casting my bream lures at pylons, I am still individually focused on every cast.

 

Redmap Tasmania member Craig Shipton
Fish logged on Redmap (pictured): A 5kg mahi mahi (aka dolphin fish, Coryphaena hippurus) caught off St Helens on Tasmania's east coast. This species is usually found in tropical waters!
Years fishing: 40+
Occupation: Panel beater
Favourite eating fish: Mako Shark and flounder
Any changes you've noticed fishing over the years: There seems to be getting less and less fish every year, and less bait schools compared to ten years ago, and a lot more boats and people fishing.

Redmap South Australia member Keith Rowling 
Fish logged on Redmap (pictured): A shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris) near Adelaide. This was the state's first sighting (admittedly, Keith is one of the Redmap SA team!).
Favourite fishing spot in SA: Onkaparinga River
Years fishing: 35

Redmap New South Wales member Jillian Riethmuller
Species logged on Redmap (pictured): Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Favourite fishing spot in NSW: Merimbula Lake
Years fishing: 2
Occupation: Marine Education Officer, Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre
Favourite eating fish: None. I am a vegetarian!
Best fishing anecdote: When I caught a fish in my kayak and my husband was so excited he tried to leap from his kayak to mine and fell into the water.

 

Redmap Queensland member Andrew Tobin (pictured in action)
Occupation: both a commercial fisherman and fisheries researcher
Favourite fishing spot in QLD: Coral reefs east of Townsville
Fish logged on Redmap: None - yet! 
Number years fishing: 40
Favourite eating fish: Coral trout
Largest fish you've caught: 100kg Black marlin

Redmap Victoria member John Cahill from www.ebbtideadventures.com is pictured with a  Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis). He hasn’t logged a fish on Redmap but is on the look out for uncommon species in Vic:
Years fishing: 30+
Largest fish you've caught: 90kg Striped Marlin
An unusual fish that you’d like to catch and log on Redmap in the future: a Samson fish, they have been turning up at Port Macquarie for a few years sporadically and it’s not that far to the border!
Any changes you've noticed in the marine environment over the years: To be honest the fishing is as good as I can ever remember!  The changes to our local waterways in my lifetime have improved the water quality dramatically such as the ban on scallop dredging in Port Phillip Bay and the closure of netting in Westernport – all for the better!

But wait…there’s more: to even out the gender bias here’s another Q&A from Redmap Tasmania member Ashlee Sinclair
Fish logged on Redmap (pictured): I helped my boyfriend land this snapper (Pagrus auratus) in the Derwent River at Blackmans Bay south of Hobart. This photo made it into the local newspaper The Mercury because snapper- especially this big - are an uncommon catch south of Maria Island in Tasmania.
Years fishing: 4
Occupation: Dental nurse
Largest fish you've caught: Small sharks weighing up to 40 kg
Best fishing anecdote: Fisherman: "We’ll go home in just a few minutes…"
Girlfriend: "Awww, but that’s what you said an hour ago!" One minute later the rod screams off and a big snapper is on the end of the line.
Girlfriend: "Wow! You win! I'm never going to hurry you again.”

[Profiles edited by Yvette Barry, Redmap]