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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Chris Bolton Fishing

High 80cm PCB barra from a recent trip.
Bit of a 🐊 bite on it so I thought I'd keep it for ourselves and give some away to friends.
I'll post another video in a week or so when I pull it out of the dry ager and cut it up.
If you're interested in knowing more about what I'm doing here, or want to know more about handling your catch and reducing waste, jump on the waitlist for 'The Perfect Fish'. I won't bother anyone with annoying emails, it just means you'll be the first to know when its ready, and maybe get something extra 😉
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Gday mate, top video! Hey, when bled and kept on ice how long will barra last in a good quality esky ya reckon? I keep em in the shade n I salt me ice and gotta ife maker so change it or top it when/if needed..

A trout trom the last trip, one day before the closure.

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You’ve learnt how to catch them, now learn how to look after them. 🎣
What you do after landing a fish makes a huge difference to how it tastes, how it looks, and how it lasts 💯

As our followers know, over the years, Kim and I have built our fishing business around quality over quantity. Supplying fish to some of Australia’s best chefs and restaurants, and of course, supplying premium quality bait to fishermen right around Australia 🇦🇺

Now I’m putting that experience into THE PERFECT FISH — From Hook to Plate, an online course for those who want to respect their catch and get the very best from it.
I'll show and explain in detail, everything about quality, from the second a fish comes out of the water, to the minute it gets to the kitchen. Ikejime, bleeding, brining, storage, and a whole lot more.

Join below to follow the progress and be notified when the course is ready 👇

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Makes a massive difference to the end product 💪🏻💪🏻

Thanks Chris

All. Chefs should subscribe this pro fisherman is a legend. Both for catching and handling the. Most amazing product

Done. Looking forward to it

Great stuff! All the best with this makes sense to me 🙌🏼

Awesome footage mate! Can’t wait for more

Finally , a proper fish handling course. It should be a must do for all fishos to improve their previous catch. 🤙🤙

The quality of your catch still blows me away

Good on ya legend

Lucas Cameron did I see a cut to the gills 😂

I hope your being Sun safe mate,nummy fish indeed

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F wish I could get fish like Chris, well done mate👍

Juggsy would have loved that one Chris 😔😔

Well done Champ! Handline no less. Brings back memories.😃😃

A nice Spanish Mackrel

Good work Mate.

Lovely fish, great eating

The old hand line was my preferred way to fish. Loved them

Old school

Nice Spainard

Old school perfection

Went out on the Brother in-laws boat and had a crack fishing for the first time. Caught this...now he's not talking to me 😂

A very interesting fishing "style"! I assume the he has someone working full time to untangle the fishing line, or does he just throw them away? Definitely a bit of Peter Garrett in there.

Just nice work from a pro👍

Hard work on a hand line.

How's ya hands bro tough as good skills

Cleanest brain spike i have ever witnessed! 🤯🔥

How many trout dory’s have twins? Man’s an operator.

Beautiful

Nice catch, I think I know where Peter Garrett got his dance moves from. 🤣

My fav fish to catch and eat. I like how you brain spike him. Precise. 👍. Would you then bleed ?

Mad if you don’t! Great table fish , had some yesterday for lunch 👍

Nice one

Joe cocker

🔥 get up them

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