Every region has a go-to table fish – a fish that can be found with consistency in that area and offers great eating. In the north it’s golden snapper, in the east pearl perch and pink snapper rate pretty highly, over west it’s dhufish, around Tassie it’s the delectable trumpeter, and here in South Oz it’s red snapper. Our red snapper offers the whitest, sweetest flesh, and is without a doubt the first choice when it’s time for a seafood feast in our household.
Also called Bight redfish or locally called nannygai, they aren’t to be confused with the smaller nannygai of the east. Our red snapper are akin to a nannygai on steroids, often exceeding 60cm in length and nudging 4kg in weight. A standard red snapper will be around 40 to 50cm in length, and they’re a prime table fish at this size. The smaller nannygai of the east in comparison only average 20 to 30cm, and they don’t offer the same sweet flesh as found on our reds.
Our red snapper are slightly different in appearance to true nannygai too – but at first glance it’s hard to tell. The true nannygai lack
