Fishing is a national sport in Australia and almost every Aussie
bloke's favourite passtime.
Whether at home, on travels, or on a
weekend getaway, an Aussie woman has no trouble finding her man because
he'll be fishing. It is not a surprise as even kids
fishing is popular, Aussies simply grow up with it.
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Fishing in Australia -
New South Wales
There are plenty of great fishing spots along the coast of New South
Wales. Some of the better known places include Byron
Bay,
Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie and Newcastle, while on the
southern coast there are Eden, Tartra, Central Tilba, Ulladulla, Nowra,
Jervis Bay and Wollongong.
Even Sydney
is
great
for fishing. There is also some freshwater fishing in the inland
rivers, dams and lakes - New
South Wales is
famous for good bass fishing. Keep yourself legal by paying the
NSW recreational fishing fee.
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Fishing
in Australia - Victoria Victoria
also has some great saltwater fishing along its coast. Some of the well
known spots are Mornington Peninsula, Phillip
Island, and places
along the Great
Ocean Road, but of
course there are less known places everywhere. A common saltwater fish
is snapper, while freshwater lakes and rivers have Murray cod, trout
and other cooler water species. A fishing licence is required.
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Fishing in South Australia South
Australia is
famous for its giant snapper but there are other cool water species
such as salmon, whiting, mullet, kingfish and others. Some good spots
include but are not limited to Victor Harbour, Rapid Bay, Marion Bay
and Whyalla. And there is freshwater fishing in rivers and lakes.
Again, a license is required for all types of fishing, and size and bag
limits apply.
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Fishing in Western
Australia Western
Australia
has the longest coastline that stretches all the way from Nullarbor
Plain in the south to the Kimberley
in the north, and the fish you get is very different between the two -
with cool water species (herring, whiting, beam..) in the south and
tropical species (marlin, barramundi, coral trout...) in the north. And
of course there are inland lakes and rivers with plenty of trout in
them. As in other states, bag and size limits and other rules apply.
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Fishing in Australia -
Northern
Territory
The whole coast of Northern
Territory
is in the tropics and that means some great tropical game
fish
that is big.
If you are from
the southern states, you may need to upgrade your fishing gear as I
have seen Victorians' fishing lines break one after another. The number
one fish in the north is of course barramundi,
but there are others such as gulf saratoga, coral trout, groper and
golden snapper.
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Fishing in Australia -
Queensland Queensland
is not only in the tropics but it also has the Great
Barrier Reef -
something that helps a great deal to increase the amount of different
species. Not only do you have the mangroves and estuarine river mouths,
the beaches, the inland freshwater rivers and lakes - you also have the
reef fishing. And if you don't have the boat, there are opportunities
to hire one, or join one of the many tours that take you out to the
reef fishing. (Northern Western Australia also has the Ningaloo
Reef,
but the scale of it and the amount of tours is much smaller).
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The Great Barrier Reef stretches along the whole coast from the tip of
Cape York in the north to the Fraser
Coast
in the south, and some of the more
famous places are Cairns,
Airlie Beach and Whitsundays.
But some great
fishing can be done in other places like Townsville,
Mackay,
Rockhampton and so on along the whole coast. And of course, there is
great fishing south of the GBR in Brisbane
and the Gold
Coast.
Like in the other states
size and bag limits as well as other rules apply.
Note:
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British English, which is the English we use in Australia. You will
find words like "traveller", "harbour" and "realise", and they are all
correct in the language used in Australia.
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