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Fresh wild caught premium fish. 
Chris Bolton Fishing
Whether you are a chef at a 5-star restaurant looking to make every meal special, or a fisherman wanting to have the best chance of hooking that special fish, you won’t be disappointed with the quality of our product.
We bring to you some of the finest quality wild caught fish to ever leave the ocean.
Every single fish we catch is handled with the care and respect it deserves.
Every fish we sell is sashimi grade, the best of the best.
We are a small, family owned and operated fishing business based at Kurrimine Beach, Nth Queensland. I am the skipper and fisherman on every single fishing trip. With help from my partner Kim, my father Wayne at times, and 1 or 2 deckhands, I am hands on with every part of our business. From catching the fish, cleaning boats, taking orders, packing fish, or just having a good old yarn with customers, I am there. I believe this is the only way to ensure everything is up to the standard our customers expect.
Our line-caught reef fish are killed instantly and humanely using the ike-jime method. Fish are bled well and immediately placed into a salt ice brine to bring their temperature down to 2oC. Once this is achieved, every fish is gently hand-packed, one by one into our custom-made fibreglass eskies and covered with flake ice.
Having small, fast boats means we don’t catch large quantities. It means our fishing time is very short – very rarely more than 24 hours fishing before returning to port, with some trips as short as 6 hours.
When returning to port, we don’t unload at the wharf. Our boats are winched onto a trailer, towed by an ex-sugar cane haul-out tractor, and the catch is driven right to the door of our coldroom and packing facility, which was designed and made by myself to suit the way we operate. Our catch is unloaded from the boat and immediately packed for transport, with minimal handling and in the shortest possible timeframe.
Air freight is our preferred method of transport, unless we are supplying to the local area of course.
Premium Quality
We can have any and every fish we catch delivered to anyone, anywhere in Australia within hours of being caught…
All at premium quality.
Wild Caught Fish
Wild caught fish is one of the healthiest foods on the planet.
These fish aren’t fed processed pellets, or had any hormones or antibiotics in their system.
They have lived a life most of us dream of — a life in the clean waters of the Coral Sea, amongst the beautiful Great Barrier Reef.
Every day they are eating delicacies such as squid, sea urchins, prawns, sardines, fusiliers, garfish, crabs and more. Is it any wonder they taste so good?! 100% pure organic, natural food. The way nature intended.
If healthy eating, premium quality, and sustainability are your concerns, be concerned no longer.
Supplying Australia with healthy, sustainably and responsibly caught, premium quality fish is our job. And we take our job very seriously.
Sustainability
Proud to be Reef Guardian Fishers
As a commercial fishing business, we rely on a healthy, sustainable environment.
We believe if we do the best we can by the environment, the environment we rely on will do the best for us as well.
The Great Barrier Reef is more than just a place we rely on for our business, its our life, its our families life, and we want it to stay that way for generations to come.
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Best place on the planet #thisisqueensland
Sooo true π―π₯
Wow awesome bro
Brilliant Chris, Kim & Evie xxx
Well done and well said mate
Such great ambassadors β€οΈ Well done x
Wonderful listening to your words Chris Bolton Fishing . What an amazing place
Well done ! ππ»
Great job Chris. Both ourselves and industry are really lucky π to have you mate keep up the good work π»
Beautiful
Last but not least....
The iconic Icebergs Dining Room and Bar
The food here is brilliant, but that view makes dining here so much more enjoyable. There's nowhere quite like Icebergs on a sunny day π
Cilinary director and Chef, Alex Prichard. A true blue Aussie this bloke. He'd fit right in in Nth Qld. A very laid back, always happy chef. But also very fussy in regards to food.
Alex knows the ins and outs of every piece of produce that icebergs puts onto plates. He's always visiting and or talking with producers to learn more about where and how etc. He just loves to know everything about the produce, which is how it should be.
The owner, Maurice, well the first time I met him I was sitting at Icebergs looking out over the ocean, when I heard this very loud voice "Mr Bolton"
I looked around and here was this man I'd never seen before, walking towards me rather quickly...
I thought shit, who's this bloke. What have I done. I better stand up....
Then he started smiling,, shook my hand, hugged me, and said "thank you for everything you do for Icebergs. I'm Maurice"
Talking with staff, I soon learned Maurice was a bit like myself, someone that always puts quality over profit!
The rest is history, and today we have a close relationship with Icebergs.
To see our fish proudly displayed and on the menu almost every week, at probably the most iconic restaurant in Australia, well it's an absolute honour. And the appreciation the entire team have for quality produce, and not just seafood, is very admirable. π
Don't go to Sydney without going to Icebergs π
These last few posts are only a few of the restaurants and resorts we supply around Australia. As you can probably tell, we work very closely with not only these few, but with everyone we supply. We know the entire journey from ocean to plate for every single fish, as do the chefs and staff that recieve them. We talk regularly. Many of them we've had on board fishing, and in our packing shed to see the entire process. Many of them we now call friends.
These sort of relationships benefit every Australian π
Not only are you a great fisherman and businessman Chris but you write a great story as well.
If you haven’t already please thank them for a wonderful day on Saturday from Greg and I π₯°
Fantastic Chris
Awesome
Shonny Eden
Day 3
Firedoor Restaurant
Incredible is an understatement!!
Without doubt, one of the best restaurants in Australia.
At Firedoor, everything, and I mean everything, is cooked to absolute perfection, using only fire!
It's not only for the mouth watering food, which is carefully chosen from the best of the best produce in Australia, but the way the entire team works to bring that food to the table, in an open kitchen full of flames and coals is truly mesmerising to watch.
We arrived well before service, and Lennox and myself had a chat with all of the staff about what we do and why we do it, and I must say, I felt incredibly privileged to be able to do that.
Lennox has become more than a client to us. He's become a friend. One of our biggest and most loyal supporters, and the chef that nominated us for this year's produce awards.
I can't speak highly enough of Lennox, and the entire experience of Firedoor.
A must do restaurant experience π―
Here's a link to Lennox Hastie on Netflix for those interested
firedoor.com.au/chefs-table-bbq/
Well done mate , there meals look superb, Tad better then our fish and chips π€£π
Great work Man
Just tried to book a reservation and first available is in October. π fish butchery and firedoor is definitely on my list now. π
Chris Bolton Fishing in the media!
