643 covered waters, each with a daily report. Filter by type, state and the main species, or search by name.
643 waters
The Abercrombie of the central tablelands: cod and golden perch in the river pools, trout in the national park’s waters, with the Bureau’s gauge on the river.
The Acheron at Taggerty below the Cathedral Range: trout in a Goulburn tailrace tributary, closed to all hook and line in the trout closure, with a Bureau gauge.
Gulf St Vincent at the city’s doorstep: council jetties, King George whiting over the weed and squid under the lights, all within an hour of the CBD.
The Adelaide River at the Arnhem Highway: barramundi in a big tidal river east of Darwin, fished by boat, with a Bureau gauge whose chart shows the tide.
The Adelaide River at the township on the Stuart Highway: barramundi in the upper river south of Darwin, with a Bureau gauge at the railway bridge.
The Adelaide River at Tortilla Flats on the floodplain: barramundi in the river’s middle reaches between the township and the Arnhem Highway, with a Bureau gauge.
A surf beach at the southern edge of the reef and the town of 1770: whiting and dart on the beach, bream and mangrove jack in Round Hill Creek, and the reef of the Bunker Group outside.
The gateway to the Whitsundays: the marinas, Shute Harbour, the mangrove creeks and the island passages with the reef beyond.
King George Sound, Oyster Harbour and the Southern Ocean beaches: Albany fishes two sheltered waters and a wild coast from the same town.
The Albert at Kerry under the Lamington ranges: bass in the clear pools of a Scenic Rim river, closed to line fishing from August to October.
The Allyn River at Halton below the Barrington Tops: Australian bass in a clear, rocky valley river, with a Bureau gauge.
The Surf Coast town on the Anglesea River: bream in the river, salmon on the beach and Point Roadknight, with Point Addis Marine National Park next door.
The Annan River at Mount Simon south of Cooktown: barramundi and jungle perch in a Cape York river, with no current Bureau level series.
A harbour on the Great Ocean Road: salmon on the beaches, snapper and gummies in the bay, and the Otways behind it.
The Yorke Peninsula’s east-coast jetty: Ardrossan’s blue swimmer crabs, whiting and squid, the cliffs and the gulf’s grounds off the town.
The Arm River above the Mersey: brown trout in forest country below the Walls of Jerusalem, with a Bureau gauge.
The former Leigh Creek supply dam in the northern Flinders Ranges: Murray cod and golden perch stocked in 2019, an SA Water permit, a live Bureau gauge and pest-control closures.
The Arthur River below the Rapid in the takayna / Tarkine: brown trout and river blackfish in tannin-stained rainforest water, with no current Bureau level series.
One of Tasmania’s most popular trout fisheries: a Central Plateau hydro storage of wild brown trout, drowned timber and shallow bays, with a level read from the Bureau every day.
Where the Blackwood meets the Southern Ocean: the Hardy Inlet’s bream and whiting, the Cape Leeuwin rocks and the salmon beaches of Flinders Bay.
The Burdekin delta from Ayr: the creeks and mouths of the Burdekin, Alva Beach and Cape Bowling Green, with barra, jacks, grunter and mackerel.
The Richmond River, its breakwalls and the beaches of the far north coast: bream, flathead, jew and the winter tailor at the top of New South Wales.
The Balonne at St George: Murray cod and golden perch on the Jack Taylor Weir pool, under the Queensland cod closure, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Balonne at Surat: golden perch and Murray cod in the stocked Surat Weir pool, with a Bureau gauge and the Murray-Darling cod closure.
The Balonne at Warroo between Surat and St George: cod and yellowbelly in the western river, with a Bureau gauge.
The Balonne at Weribone above St George: cod and yellowbelly in the red gum river, with a Bureau gauge.
Bundaberg’s beach: the Bargara rocks and beaches, the turtle coast of Mon Repos, with whiting, bream, tailor and the mackerel of the reef.
The Coliban Water reservoir at Harcourt near Castlemaine: stocked Murray cod, golden perch and trout, kayaks allowed, the spring cod closure and a Bureau gauge.
The Blackall Range lake between Montville and Maleny: stocked Australian bass among the drowned timber, electric boats and paddle craft only, a Stocked Impoundment Permit water with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The Barrington River at Bobs Crossing below the Tops: Australian bass in a clear, cold river with trout water upstream, with a Bureau gauge at the crossing.
The Barron at Kuranda: sooty grunter and jungle perch in the rainforest reach above the Barron Falls, fished by bank and kayak from the village.
The Barron at Mareeba: sooty grunter and barramundi in the tableland river below Tinaroo, with the Bureau’s Mareeba gauge on the page.
The Barwon River mouth: bream and flathead in the river, salmon on Thirteenth Beach, and the Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary closed to all fishing.
The Barwon at Brewarrina, beside Baiame’s Ngunnhu, the Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps: Murray cod and golden perch in the north-west’s big river, with a Bureau gauge.
The Barwon at Collarenebri: Murray cod and golden perch in the river town between Mungindi and Walgett, with a Bureau gauge.
The Barwon at Inverleigh west of Geelong: brown trout, redfin and blackfish in the plains river, with a Bureau gauge and the Victorian trout stream closure.
The Barwon at Mungindi on the Queensland border: cod and yellowbelly in the border town’s river, two states’ rules, and a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Barwon at Pollocksford on Geelong’s western edge: trout, redfin and blackfish between Inverleigh and the city, with a Bureau gauge.
The Barwon at Walgett where the Namoi joins: Murray cod and golden perch in the north-west’s big river, with a Bureau gauge at Dangar Bridge.
The Barwon at Winchelsea between the Otways and Geelong: brown trout, redfin, eels and river blackfish in a river of long pools, with a Bureau gauge.
The Clyde River and its bay on the Eurobodalla coast: bream on the oyster leases, flathead on the flats, snapper on the reefs and a marine park to read first.
The rocky coast between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay: Bawley Point’s platforms, the beaches toward Kioloa and the northern edge of the Batemans Marine Park.
A long jetty on the Limestone Coast: Beachport’s whiting, salmon and squid, Rivoli Bay and the Southern Ocean beaches.
A 3.2-gigalitre reservoir east of Port Pirie, open for shore fishing from 1 May to 1 November, with golden perch, silver perch and released cod under an SA Water permit.
The Bega at Bega: bass in the fresh reaches and bream toward the estuary on the far south coast, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Bellinger at Thora under the Dorrigo escarpment: Australian bass in clear pools, the winter river closure and a critically endangered turtle, with the Bureau’s gauge.
Lake Macquarie’s eastern shore: Belmont Bay, the jetties, Belmont Baths and the flats and drop-offs a short run from Swansea.
The Bemboka River at Morans Crossing below the Brown Mountain escarpment: listed trout water near the Bega valley, with a Bureau gauge.
Sydenham Inlet and the Bemm: the bream village of East Gippsland, with the inlet flats, the river snags and the entrance that opens to the sea.
The Burnett River barrage at Bundaberg: stocked barramundi in the freshwater pool above the tide, open through the east coast closed season, with a Bureau gauge at the barrage.
A weir pool on Macintyre Brook near Whetstone in the border country: Murray cod, golden perch and silver perch, a Stocked Impoundment Permit water with a Bureau gauge.
A small harbour on the Sapphire Coast with the shelf close in: tuna and kingfish outside, salmon, bream and flathead inside.
The east coast fishing village under the granite: the Gulch and the blowhole rocks, Waubs Bay and the Apsley estuary, with flathead, salmon, squid and bream, and a no-fishing reserve off Governor Island.
The Big River in the forest above Lake Eildon: trout in a clear mountain river, with a Bureau gauge near Jokers Creek.
Lake Dyer at Laidley in the Lockyer Valley: bass, golden perch, Mary River cod and silver perch, a Stocked Impoundment Permit water shared with skiers, with a Bureau gauge.
Lake Barambah near Moffatdale in the South Burnett: a dam Sunwater calls renowned for its bass fishery, also stocked with golden perch, saratoga and silver perch, with two ramps and a permit.
The long Tumut River storage below the Snowy Scheme: trout and natives in one water, Murray cod open all year, and a level the Bureau reads at the dam.
The Tanjil storage near Willow Grove: Australian bass, stocked brown trout and redfin in a clear, forested lake with a Bureau gauge on its level.
The lower Bogan at Gongolgon between Brewarrina and Nyngan: yellowbelly and cod in remote plains country, with a Bureau gauge.
The Bogan at Nyngan: golden perch and Murray cod in the western river that flooded the town in 1990, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Bombala River at Bombala on the southern Monaro: trout and platypus in the town’s river, with a Bureau gauge at Bombala.
The McArthur River and the Gulf: Borroloola’s barra, the river’s rocky bars, King Ash Bay and the Sir Edward Pellew islands, with the run-off season and the Gulf’s reef.
Borumba Dam on Yabba Creek near Imbil: stocked bass, golden perch, silver perch and Mary River cod in a Mary Valley storage with fuel and electric boating and a permit to fish.
Sydney’s southern bay: the Georges and Cooks rivers, Kurnell and La Perouse, the flats and the heads, a fishery inside the airport’s flight path.
The mango town between the Whitsundays and Townsville: the harbour, Queens Beach and the Don River mouth, with mackerel, barra, whiting and the reef.
The Boyne River from the island side: the river’s barra, bream and whiting, the Lilley’s Beach coast and the stocked fish that reach it from Lake Awoonga.
The quiet beach between Innisfail and Cairns: the beach, the Russell and Mulgrave mouths and the creek, with whiting, barra, jacks and the reef off Frankland Islands.
The Break O’Day River in the Fingal Valley: wild browns in a small river between St Marys and Fingal, with a Bureau gauge at Killymoon Bridge.
The south coast’s remote bay: the Wellstead Estuary, the beaches and the granite, with salmon, herring, bream, whiting and the reef offshore.
Pumicestone Passage on one side, surf beach on the other: an island you drive to, with bream, flathead, whiting and tailor a short walk apart.
The north-east coast holiday town on Anderson Bay: the jetty, the Brid River and the beaches, with flathead, salmon, squid and bream in three listed estuaries.
A river city with the bay at its door: bream and jew in the Brisbane River, snapper on the bay beacons and flathead on the flats within the suburbs.
A tidal river through a capital: bream on the pontoons, threadfin and jew in the deep reaches, jack in the snags, and the port at the mouth.
The upper Brisbane River at Gregors Creek: bass in a clear valley river above Lake Wivenhoe, with a Bureau gauge.
The upper Brisbane River at Linville: Australian bass in the quiet upper valley above Lake Somerset and Wivenhoe, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Brisbane River at Savages Crossing below Wivenhoe: Australian bass in the fresh river under the dam, with a Bureau gauge at the crossing.
A small storage in the hills 30 km north-west of Bega: stocked Australian bass fished from a boat or canoe, with a ramp below the wall and the Bureau reading the level.
The Broken at Benalla: cod and golden perch in Lake Benalla and the river through the town.
The Broken River at Casey’s Weir below Benalla: Murray cod and golden perch in a snag-filled weir pool with a fishway, with a Bureau gauge and the cod closure.
The Broken River at Gowangardie near Shepparton: cod and yellowbelly in the lower Broken, with a Bureau gauge and the cod closure.
A Premium Wild Trout Fishery in the Central Highlands: lure and fly only, naturally recruiting browns and rainbows, informal camping and a Bureau gauge.
Roebuck Bay, Cable Beach and the creeks of the Dampier Peninsula: the pearling town where the big tides decide where the barramundi and threadfin feed.
The Brunswick River mouth inside the Cape Byron Marine Park: breakwalls, river flats and beaches north of Byron, with bream, flathead, mulloway and tailor.
The Brunswick River at Durrumbul near Mullumbimby: Australian bass in the fresh upper river of the Byron hinterland, with a Bureau gauge.
The island south of Hobart: the D’Entrecasteaux Channel’s flathead and squid, Adventure Bay’s salmon, the Neck and the Cloudy Bay surf, and the cliffs of Cape Bruny.
The Buckland above Porepunkah: a clear trout stream off the Barry Mountains, stocked by the VFA with brown trout, with the Bureau’s gauge up the valley at 12 Mile.
The upper Buffalo River at Abbeyard under Mount Buffalo: trout in a clear alpine valley, with a Bureau gauge and the river trout closure.
Koombana Bay, the Leschenault Estuary and the Cut: Bunbury fishes a harbour, an estuary and a coast from the middle of town.
The Burnett River, the Elliott and the Kolan, Bargara’s rocks and the reefs off the coast: the southern gateway to the reef with an estuary at its door.
SA Water’s 1903 reservoir near Spalding in the southern Flinders Ranges: stocked golden perch, silver perch and rainbow trout, a paid permit, a shoreline fishing zone and kayaks.
Lake Dalrymple behind Burdekin Falls Dam, Queensland’s largest water storage: stocked barramundi exempt from the closure, camping by the wall and a ramp that closes at extreme levels.
The lower Burdekin at Clare: barramundi in the Clare Weir pool and the delta reaches of the cane country, with the Bureau’s gauge at Clare.
The Burdekin at Sellheim near Charters Towers: barramundi and sooty grunter in the big dry-country river above Burdekin Falls Dam, with the Bureau’s gauge at Sellheim.
The Burnett at Gayndah: bass, golden perch and the protected lungfish, beside the stocked Claude Wharton Weir, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The upper Burnett at Mundubbera: bass, golden perch and the protected lungfish around the Jones Weir pool, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The north-west port on Bass Strait: the breakwater and the wharves, the Emu and Cam river mouths, and a coast of beaches and reef towards Wynyard.
The lake south of Ulladulla: flathead flats, bream on the edges, prawns on the dark nights and a channel to the sea at Dolphin Point.
The Murrumbidgee storage south-west of Yass: golden perch and Murray cod in the drowned timber, redfin in the bays, and a level that runs the fishing.
The Burrum River mouth on Hervey Bay: whiting, bream and flathead in the river, the flats and the bay, with the sand banks at the mouth and mud crabs in the mangroves.
Geographe Bay and Busselton Jetty, which its operator calls the longest timber-piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere: whiting, squid and herring in the calm, and the Capes coast around the corner.
The easternmost point of the Australian mainland: Cape Byron’s rocks, the beaches either side, the Brunswick River to the north and a marine park around it all.
The Loddon storage near Maldon: big golden perch, trophy brown trout, redfin and a growing Murray cod fishery, open all year, with a Bureau gauge on the level.
The tropical north: barramundi in the creeks and the Trinity Inlet, reef fish and pelagics off the Great Barrier Reef, and a wet season that runs the calendar.
Callide Dam near Biloela: stocked barramundi, golden perch and saratoga in a storage built for the Callide power station, exempt from the barramundi closure, with a ramp and private camping.
Where the Pumicestone Passage meets the sea: the bar, the beaches and the passage flats at the southern end of the Sunshine Coast.
The Cam River above Somerset near Burnie: brown trout in a north-west coast river, with a Bureau gauge at the intake.
The Camden Haven River at Kendall: Australian bass in the fresh water above the Camden Haven estuary, with a Bureau gauge at the village.
The Campaspe at Barnadown below Lake Eppalock: golden perch, redfin and Murray cod in a regulated red gum river, with a Bureau gauge and the cod closure.
The Campaspe at Redesdale above Lake Eppalock: Murray cod and golden perch in a granite river, with a Bureau gauge and the cod closure.
The Campaspe at Rochester: cod and golden perch in the lower river between Lake Eppalock and the Murray, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
Cania Dam on Three Moon Creek in the North Burnett: stocked bass, golden perch, saratoga and silver perch over a drowned gold town, with a permit to fish and no camping at the dam.
The Cann River at the Cann River township in East Gippsland: Australian bass and estuary perch in a forest river, with no current Bureau level series.
The Belubula River storage below Blayney: a small, cold central west lake with golden perch, cod, stocked trout and plenty of redfin, free foreshore camping and a Bureau gauge.
The town on the Hinchinbrook Channel: the jetty, the creeks and the mangroves, with barra, jacks and grunter, and the island across the water.
The Gascoyne River mouth and the fascine: Carnarvon’s mulloway, mangrove jack and whiting, the Babbage Island coast and the Shark Bay water to the south.
The Castlereagh at Coonamble: golden perch and Murray cod in a sandy plains river that can shrink to waterholes, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The lower Castlereagh at Gungalman near Walgett: yellowbelly and cod in the plains river, with a Bureau gauge.
The Condamine at Cecil Plains on the western Darling Downs: yellowbelly, Murray cod and silver perch in a stocked weir pool with a Bureau gauge, and no public access at the weir itself.
The last town before the Nullarbor: the Ceduna and Thevenard jetties, Murat Bay and Denial Bay, with whiting, snapper, salmon and the mulloway of the beaches.
Brisbane Water, the Tuggerah Lakes, The Entrance and a coast of beaches and headlands: the Central Coast fishes its estuaries, its lakes and the sea between Sydney and Newcastle.
The Peel River storage south-east of Tamworth: golden perch, cod and rainbow trout, a jasper wall and a morning glory spillway, with the level read at the dam by the Bureau.
What the NSW Government calls the state’s largest coastal river system: from Grafton down to Yamba and Iluka, bream, flathead, jew and bass along an estuary more than 100 kilometres long.
The upper Clarence at Tabulam: Australian bass in the clear river of the Northern Rivers, in the catchment of the protected eastern freshwater cod, with a Bureau gauge.
The Burnett at Gayndah: stocked bass, barramundi and golden perch in the weir pool, open through the barra closure, with a Bureau gauge.
The Derwent hydro lagoon below Repulse and directly above Meadowbank: brown trout with rainbows common, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
Oyster leases, deep holes and snags from Batemans Bay up past Nelligen into the forest: a south coast river of bream, perch and mulloway.
The Clyde at Bothwell in the Central Highlands foothills: wild browns in the river that drains Lake Crescent, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Coal River at Richmond, under the heritage-listed Richmond Bridge: brown trout in the Coal valley below Craigbourne, with a Bureau gauge.
The oyster town on the Eyre Peninsula: King George whiting in the bay, salmon on the national park beaches, with the flats, the channels and Point Avoid.
The Solitary Islands, the harbour breakwalls and a run of beaches and headlands: Coffs Harbour fishes where the warm current meets the coast.
The Colo at Upper Colo, where the Wollemi gorge opens: Australian bass in a wild sandstone river, with a Bureau gauge at the bridge.
The Condamine at Chinchilla: Murray cod and golden perch in a stocked weir pool of the western Downs, under the cod closure and the permit scheme.
The Condamine through Warwick: Murray cod and golden perch in the southern Downs town’s river, under the Queensland cod closure, with the Bureau’s gauge in town.
Lake Cooby north of Toowoomba: golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch, exempt from the cod closure, electric motors only, a Stocked Impoundment Permit water.
The Endeavour River and the Cape York coast: barramundi in the river, the reef offshore, and a modelled tide for the river mouth.
Macintyre Brook’s 1968 storage near Inglewood: stocked Murray cod, golden perch and silver perch, a Stocked Impoundment Permit and a lake exempt from the basin cod closure.
The Sunshine Coast’s surf town under Mount Coolum: the beach, Point Perry and Point Arkwright rocks, with whiting, tailor, bream and the reef outside.
The upper Coomera at Witheren: bass in clear pools below the Lamington plateau, closed to line fishing from August to October.
The long lagoon behind the dunes of the Younghusband Peninsula: mulloway at the mouth, black bream in season, and a national park of international importance.
The big storage on the Gwydir near Inverell: stocked Murray cod and golden perch, a cod fishery open all year, and a level that swings with the irrigation year.
The Ningaloo reef from the beach: Bills Bay and the lagoon, the Maud Sanctuary Zone and the outer reef, with the spangled emperor, the trevally and the mackerel of the reef edge.
Franklin Harbour on the Eyre Peninsula: the sheltered harbour’s whiting, garfish and crabs, the oyster town’s jetty and the gulf outside the entrance.
The point-break village with Killick Creek and the Goolawah coast: bream in the creek, tailor and mulloway on the beaches, salmon off the point.
Lake Cressbrook near Crows Nest, a Toowoomba water supply: stocked bass, golden perch, saratoga, silver perch and Mary River cod, outboards at set speeds, and a council campground.
Sydney’s southern beaches and Port Hacking: the Cronulla rocks and surf, and the sheltered bays of the Hacking, with Shiprock’s no-take reserve inside.
The small harbour and headland north of the Manning: the breakwater, the lighthouse rocks and Crowdy Bay, with kingfish, drummer and the reef outside.
The Daintree: barramundi, mangrove jack and jungle perch in the rainforest river of the far north, with the Bureau’s gauge at Bairds.
The Territory’s big barramundi river: the Daly through the country of the Malak Malak people, with a spawning closure on its lower reaches from October to January.
The Daly River above Dorisvale Crossing, in the upper river west of Katherine: barramundi and sooty grunter in clear dry-season water, with a Bureau gauge.
The Daly River at Nauiyu, the community at the crossing: barramundi inside the Daly River Fish Management Zone, with a Bureau gauge at the police station.
The Dampier Archipelago: the 42 islands of Murujuga off the Pilbara port, with mackerel, trevally, queenfish, coral trout and the Burrup creeks, and tides that rule everything.
The outback river near Bourke: golden perch and cod in a river that runs, or stops, with rain far to the north, and a catfish and silver perch you must put back.
The Darling at Burtundy above Wentworth: cod and yellowbelly in the last reach before the Murray, with a Bureau gauge.
The Darling, Baaka, at Louth below Bourke: Murray cod and golden perch in the outback river, with a Bureau gauge at the settlement.
The Darling, Baaka, at Menindee town, between the lakes: Murray cod and golden perch in the river below the Menindee Lakes, with a Bureau gauge.
The lower Darling at Pooncarie: Murray cod and golden perch in the river between Menindee and Wentworth, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Darling at Tilpa between Louth and Wilcannia: Murray cod and golden perch in remote outback country, with a Bureau gauge.
Darwin Harbour, the creeks and the run-off: barramundi water where the tides are big, the Territory’s four fishing seasons set the calendar and no licence is needed.
The Dawson at Baralaba: golden perch and saratoga in the Neville Hewitt Weir pool of central Queensland, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Dawson at Taroom: golden perch in the waterholes of a central Queensland river of the Fitzroy system, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Dawson at Theodore: golden perch and saratoga in the town weir pool of the irrigation district, with the Bureau’s gauge on the pool.
The Central Highlands rainbow trout water off the Victoria Valley Road: stocked rainbows and wild browns, lure and fly only, the rainbow-water season and a Bureau gauge.
The Delatite below Mount Buller: a small trout stream in the valley above Lake Eildon, with the Bureau’s gauge at Tonga Bridge.
Wilson Inlet and the Denmark River: bream and whiting in the inlet, salmon on Ocean Beach, with the Southern Ocean coast of William Bay and the Nullaki.
The Derwent below Meadowbank: wild browns, sea-run trout and the odd rainbow or salmon between the dam and New Norfolk, with the Bureau’s gauge below the dam.
The Deua above Moruya at Wamban: bass in the clear pools of a river that comes down from Deua National Park, with the Bureau’s gauge just upstream at Riverview.
The Mornington Peninsula’s largest inland water at Tuerong: stocked rainbow and brown trout and estuary perch, fished from platforms and zones in Parks Victoria’s reserve, with paddle craft on the northern arm.
The ferry port on the Mersey: the breakwaters and the Bluff, the river’s wharves, the beaches east towards Port Sorell and a Bass Strait coast of salmon, flathead and squid.
The Douglas River at Tipperary Crossing in the Douglas-Daly: barramundi in a Daly tributary inside a conservation area, with a Bureau gauge at the crossing.
The Duck River at Scotchtown near Smithton: brown trout, sea-run fish in the tidal reaches and a spring whitebait season, with a Bureau gauge above the Scotchtown Road bridge.
The Dumaresq at Bonshaw on the border: cod and yellowbelly below the granite country, with a Bureau gauge on the New South Wales bank.
The canal between Frederick Henry Bay and Blackman Bay: Dunalley’s flathead, squid, salmon and bream, the Marion Bay beach and the Tasman Peninsula beyond.
The beach west of Darwin: the Finniss River mouth and the Bynoe Harbour creeks, with barra, jewfish, golden snapper and the reef of the Peron Islands.
Geographe Bay’s western corner: the Dunsborough beaches, the Quindalup ramp and Cape Naturaliste, with whiting, herring, squid, salmon and the reef beyond the cape.
The East Alligator River above Cahills Crossing, on the Kakadu–Arnhem Land border: barramundi in a tidal river famous for its crocodiles, with a Bureau gauge.
Twofold Bay and the far south coast: a deep bay, a wharf, the rocks of Beowa National Park and the tuna and kingfish grounds off the shelf.
The Yorke Peninsula’s bottom-end jetty: Edithburgh’s squid, whiting and garfish, the tidal pool and the reefs of Troubridge Shoal, with the wrecks coast beyond.
The Edward, Kolety, at Deniliquin in the Riverina: Murray cod and golden perch in the red gum anabranch of the Murray, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The lower Edward at Moulamein: Murray cod and golden perch in a quiet red gum river of the western Riverina, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Elizabeth River at Campbell Town in the Midlands: wild browns in a small river under the Red Bridge, with no current Bureau level series.
The Elliott River mouth south of Bundaberg: whiting and bream in the river, tailor on the beach and the rocks, with the flats that dry at low water.
The Capricorn Coast south of Yeppoon: Emu Park’s rocks and beaches, Kinka and Zilzie, and the Keppel islands, with whiting, bream, mackerel and the reef.
The Endeavour River at Flaggy, upstream of Cooktown: barramundi and mangrove jack in Cook’s river, with no current Bureau level series.
Brisbane’s 1866 reservoir at The Gap: a new stocked impoundment for bass and Mary River cod, paddle craft only, and a Bureau gauge.
White beaches, granite headlands and the Recherche Archipelago: Esperance fishes for salmon, herring, whiting and reef species on the far south coast.
The Esperance River at Dover in the far south: brown trout in a forest river above the town, with a Bureau gauge at the intake.
Eungella Dam on the Broken River in rugged hill country west of Mackay: stocked sooty grunter and barramundi, exempt from the closure, with Sunwater-run camping.
The Evans River mouth: breakwalls, beaches and a small estuary between Broadwater and Bundjalung national parks, with bream, flathead, mulloway and tailor.
The Sunshine Coast hinterland lake west of Caloundra: bass, golden perch, Mary River cod and saratoga in weedy shallows, paddle craft only, a permit water with a Bureau gauge.
The Ningaloo coast: a gulf on one side, a World Heritage fringing reef on the other, and the deep water off the North West Cape.
The Fergusson River at the railway bridge north of Katherine: sooty grunter and barramundi in a Daly tributary, with a Bureau gauge.
The Finniss River at Gitchams Crossing south-west of Darwin: barramundi in the upper Finniss, with a Bureau gauge.
A Southern Highlands reservoir above the falls where WaterNSW allows land-based fishing for trout and bass from the eastern foreshore, with no boats and the Bureau reading the level.
The small south-west river through Heywood: an estuary of about 16 kilometres with black bream, estuary perch and a public ramp at the mouth.
The Fitzroy at Fitzroy Crossing: barramundi and sooty grunter in a Kimberley river that floods in the wet and shrinks to pools in the dry, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Fitzroy at Riverslea: barramundi, golden perch and saratoga in the new Rookwood Weir pool above Rockhampton, with the Bureau’s gauge at Riverslea.
The Western Port entrance village on the Mornington Peninsula: Flinders pier’s squid and whiting, the reefs offshore, and the Mushroom Reef sanctuary closed to fishing.
The main island of the Furneaux Group in eastern Bass Strait: granite headlands, white beaches and lagoons, with flathead, salmon and squid and almost nobody on the water.
The Flinders at Hughenden: an inland Gulf river that flows in the wet and shrinks to waterholes in the dry, with no live gauge in town.
The Flora River above Stoney Creek south-west of Katherine: barramundi and sooty grunter in a spring-fed river, with a Bureau gauge.
Wallis Lake and the breakwalls: flathead flats, bream on the leases and the Forster-Tuncurry bar where the lake meets the sea.
The lower Forth below the Wilmot junction: wild browns between the hydro lakes and the Bass Strait coast, a spring whitebait river, with a Bureau gauge.
K’gari: 123 kilometres of sand island, a long eastern surf beach, a winter tailor run and gutters that change with every tide.
The port’s moles and the river mouth: the North and South moles, the fishing boat harbour and the Swan mouth, with tailor, herring, squid, mulloway and the kingfish of the harbour.
Corio Bay and the western shore of Port Phillip: piers, the Bellarine, snapper in spring and whiting when the weather settles.
The Genoa River at Gipsy Point, the quiet arm of Mallacoota Inlet: bream, flathead, estuary perch and mulloway, with no current Bureau level series.
The George River above St Helens: trout in the fresh water and bream below, on Tasmania’s north-east coast, with a Bureau gauge at the town intake.
The mid-west port with the Abrolhos offshore: tailor and herring from the beaches and groynes, with boat fishing for demersals closed on the West Coast until spring 2027.
The south coast town above the sea: Werri Beach and its lagoon, the boat harbour rocks and Seven Mile Beach, with tailor, salmon, kingfish and mulloway.
The Gilbert River at the Burke Developmental Road: Gulf barramundi in the savanna country, with a Bureau gauge and the Gulf closure.
Lakes Victoria, King and Wellington and the rivers that feed them: the largest navigable inland waterway in Australia, and black bream above everything else.
A harbour city on the Capricorn coast: the Boyne and Calliope rivers, the harbour islands, Lake Awoonga behind it and the reef offshore.
The estuary at Nelson: about 60 kilometres of tidal river through the limestone gorge of the Lower Glenelg National Park, with black bream and mulloway.
The Glenelg at Casterton: river blackfish, redfin and eels in the middle river of the south-west, below Rocklands and above the limestone gorge, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
Pike Creek’s deep storage at Glenlyon near the border: stocked cod, golden perch and silver perch in a Queensland lake exempt from the cod closure, with a Bureau gauge.
The Gloucester River at Gloucester below the Barrington Tops: Australian bass in a clear valley river, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
Surf beaches, the Seaway, the Broadwater and a network of canals: a city built on water that fishes from the sand, the rocks and the jetty in the same afternoon.
The Goodradigbee at Wee Jasper: trout in a clear valley river running into Burrinjuck, with a Bureau gauge at Wee Jasper and the stream closure in winter.
The reservoir south of Queanbeyan: stocked rainbow trout, golden perch, cod and silver perch in a water the ACT manages and New South Wales licenses, with a level read from the Bureau.
Where the Murray meets the sea: the barrages, the Goolwa channel, Hindmarsh Island and the ocean beach, two fisheries and two rule books in one town.
The Goulburn tailrace in the Alexandra district: trout in the lower runs of the tailwater and the same closed-season ban on all hook and line fishing.
The Goulburn below the Eildon Pondage: a cold, regulated trout tailrace where all hook and line fishing stops in the closed season, with the Bureau’s gauge at Eildon.
The Goulburn at Murchison between Nagambie and Shepparton: Murray cod and golden perch in the red gum river, with a Bureau gauge and the cod closure.
The Goulburn at Seymour: cod and golden perch in the deep pools below the trout tailrace, above the Nagambie weir pool, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Goulburn through Shepparton: cod and golden perch in the lower river, the Broken River junction and the town’s stocked lakes, with the Bureau’s gauge in the city.
The Great Forester in the north-east: brown trout and sea-run fish in the river that meets the sea near Bridport, with a Bureau gauge.
Yingina / Great Lake on the Central Plateau: wild brown trout and rainbows in cold, windy water, open all year except Canal Bay, with a level read from the Bureau every day.
The Corop lake in northern Victoria, no longer an irrigation storage: Murray cod and golden perch on the VFA’s specified-lakes list, with the cod closure applying and a Bureau gauge.
The Gregory River at Gregory in the Gulf country: sooty grunter and barramundi in a clear, running river under the Gulf closure, with a Bureau gauge.
The upper Gwydir at Bundarra, above Copeton: cod and golden perch in granite-country pools, protected catfish, and the Bureau’s gauge at the village.
The Gwydir at Gravesend between Warialda and Moree: cod in the slopes-to-plains reach, with a Bureau gauge at the crossing.
The Gwydir at Pallamallawa east of Moree: Murray cod and golden perch on the northern plains, with a Bureau gauge at the crossing.
SA Water’s 1897 reservoir in Adelaide’s southern suburbs: catch-and-release Murray cod, a paid permit, shore and kayak fishing, an all-access launch and a Bureau gauge.
The northern mouth of the Manning: the Harrington breakwall, sand flats and Crowdy Bay beach, with bream, flathead, mulloway and tailor.
Water Corporation’s Harvey Dam: trout and marron re-established with Fisheries WA and Recfishwest, a south-west freshwater licence, and a Bureau gauge on the level.
Western Port’s working port: the jetty and the marina, the channels off French Island and the mangrove shore of the north-west, with a marine national park next door.
The upper Hastings at Mount Seaview inland from Wauchope: Australian bass in a clear mountain valley river, with a Bureau gauge.
The Haughton River near Giru south of Townsville: barramundi and sooty grunter in the sugar country, with a Bureau gauge on the river.
A tidal river of drowned valleys north of Sydney: jewfish in the deep holes, bream on the rock walls, flathead on the sand and hairtail in winter.
The upper Hawkesbury at Windsor, inside the tidal reach: bass and estuary perch under the winter closure, a council ramp and the Bureau’s gauge.
The northern side of Port Stephens: the Myall River, Jimmys Beach and Bennetts Beach, inside the Port Stephens–Great Lakes Marine Park.
The Herbert at Abergowrie above Ingham: barramundi and sooty grunter in the rainforest-edged river, with a Bureau gauge.
The Herbert at Ingham: barramundi, sooty grunter and jungle perch in the wet-tropics river through the cane, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The sheltered water between the mainland and K’gari: whiting flats, the Urangan Pier, and a bay where the tide is the whole story.
Hinze Dam in the Gold Coast hinterland, the city’s main water supply: stocked bass, golden perch, saratoga, silver perch and Mary River cod, fished from two electric-boat ramps.
The Derwent estuary through the middle of a capital: salmon off the wharves, bream you should not eat, sand flathead closed in the south-east, and trout water upstream.
The groyne and the beaches of the Fitzgerald coast: Hopetoun’s herring, whiting and salmon, the Culham Inlet and the granite of the national park.
The Hopkins at Framlingham above Warrnambool: stocked brown trout and redfin in a quiet western gorge river, with a Bureau gauge.
The Howqua from the high country to Lake Eildon: trout in a clear, rocky river with the free camps of the Howqua Hills, and the Bureau’s gauge at Glen Esk.
The Hunter at Greta, between Singleton and Maitland: bass and estuary perch above the tide, the winter river closure and the Bureau’s gauge.
The Hunter at Singleton: Australian bass and estuary perch under the winter river closure, fed by Glenbawn’s releases, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Huon at Judbury: wild browns and sea-runners in the forested mid-reaches above Huonville, with the Bureau’s gauge at Judbury.
The Jervis Bay village at the mouth of Currambene Creek: the wharf, the creek and the white-sand beaches, all inside the Jervis Bay Marine Park.
The northern side of the Clarence mouth: the Iluka breakwall, the bluff and the Bundjalung beaches, quieter than Yamba across the water.
The Inglis River at Flowerdale near Wynyard: resident brown trout, sea-run fish near the coast and a spring whitebait run, with no current Bureau level series.
The wet-tropics river town: the Johnstone River and its north and south branches, Flying Fish Point and Etty Bay, and the barramundi, jack and grunter of the cane country.
Anderson Inlet and the surf beach: whiting and flathead on the inlet flats, salmon on the surf beach, and a no-fishing marine national park on the rocks to the west.
The southern Moreton Bay channels: the Pimpama and Logan mouths, Jumpinpin bar and the Stradbroke back channels, with whiting, bream, flathead and the jew of the Pin.
The Jamieson above Lake Eildon at the old gold town: trout in a rocky high-country river, with the Bureau’s gauge at Gerrang Bridge.
White sand, clear water and a deep bay open to the Tasman: kingfish at the heads, flathead on the sand, squid over the weed and a marine park on every map.
The Burnett at Mundubbera: bass, golden perch and silver perch in a stocked weir pool, a permit water with a Bureau watercourse gauge.
The Jordan River at Mauriceton in the southern midlands: brown trout in a small, dry-country river, with a Bureau gauge.
The small Snowy Scheme pondage between Talbingo and Blowering: stocked trout, golden perch and cod in a water that rises and falls with the power station.
The Turquoise Coast town and its marine park: the jetty, the islands and the reef, with whiting, tailor, herring, dhufish and the crayfish of the coast.
The Murchison River mouth and the cliffs: tailor and mulloway on the beaches, whiting and bream in the river, and mackerel and dhufish for the ledge fishers on the cliffs.
A big island off the Fleurieu with a coast for every wind: whiting in the sheltered bays and salmon on the southern beaches, under the gulf zone’s closures for snapper, calamari and garfish.
The Kangaroo River at Hampden Bridge in Kangaroo Valley: bass above Tallowa Dam, outside the river closure, with no current Bureau level series.
The Karuah River at Booral north of Port Stephens: Australian bass in the fresh river above the tide, with a Bureau gauge at the crossing.
The Gulf of Carpentaria’s fishing town: the Norman River mouth, the sandbar, the beach at Karumba Point and the barramundi and salmon of the Gulf.
The Katherine River at Nitmiluk: barramundi and sooty grunter in and below the gorge, lures only inside the park, with the Bureau’s gauge at the Nitmiluk Centre.
Kawana Waters and the Mooloolah River: the canals, the river mouth and the Point Cartwright rocks, with bream, whiting, flathead and mulloway a walk from the beach.
The blowhole town: harbour, rock platforms, the Minnamurra River and the beaches of the Illawarra’s southern end.
The Kiewa at Mongans Bridge: a trout stream inside the Kiewa tailrace, where all hook and line fishing stops in the closed season, with the Bureau’s gauge at the bridge.
Kinchant Dam, 40 km west of Mackay: stocked barramundi and sooty grunter in an off-stream lake filled by channel from the Pioneer River, exempt from the barramundi closure.
The King River at Cheshunt below Lake William Hovell: trout in a clear mountain valley river, with a Bureau gauge and the river trout closure.
Cudgen Creek and the Tweed coast beaches: bream and flathead in the creek, tailor and mulloway on the beach, and the Cook Island reserve offshore.
The Limestone Coast town at the bottom of the Coorong: Kingston jetty and Lacepede Bay, the beaches to the Granites, with whiting, salmon, mulloway and the crayfish fleet.
The upper Kolan River at Springfield above Lake Monduran: a small inflow river to a stocked barramundi dam, with a Bureau gauge.
A long, timbered Loddon River storage 40 km south-west of Bendigo: stocked Murray cod and golden perch on the VFA’s two-cod lake list, with a ramp and no foreshore camping.
The lower Lachlan at Booligal on the Hay Plains: Murray cod and golden perch in a slow red gum river, with a Bureau gauge at the settlement.
The Lachlan at Condobolin in the central west: Murray cod and golden perch in the red gum river, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Lachlan below Wyangala at Cowra: cod and golden perch in dam-fed water, the Wyangala closed zone upstream and the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Lachlan at Forbes: cod and golden perch in a warm, slow central-west river below Wyangala’s releases, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The lower Lachlan at Hillston: cod and yellowbelly in the western river town, with no current Bureau level series.
The Lachlan at Nanami near Gooloogong: cod and golden perch in the river between Cowra and Forbes, below Wyangala, with a Bureau gauge.
The lower lake beside Lake Alexandrina at Meningie: callop, redfin and the other fish of the freshwater lakes behind the barrages, with no current gauge.
The Murray’s terminal lake behind the five barrages: callop, protected Murray cod and a level managed around 0.75 m above sea level, with a Bureau gauge.
The Ord River’s great storage in the east Kimberley: barramundi under WA’s size and bag limits, a Ramsar-listed lake, freshwater crocodiles and a Bureau gauge.
A Western Lakes storage at the gateway to the Nineteen Lagoons: wild browns and some rainbows in shallow, rocky water, bait on one handheld rod only, with a Bureau gauge at the intake.
The barramundi lake behind Gladstone: a storage on the Boyne stocked from its own hatchery, no permit needed, and a level read from the Bureau every day.
The Forth River lake behind Devils Gate Dam near Sheffield: brown and rainbow trout and blackfish, open all year, a rowing course and a Bureau gauge.
A deep Grampians reservoir on Fyans Creek beside Halls Gap: stocked Murray cod, golden perch and trout, cod open all year by VFA rule, and no powerboats on the water.
Lake Boondooma on the Boyne River in the South Burnett: stocked bass, golden perch and silver perch in the storage that supplies Tarong power station, with private camping and a permit.
The Buffalo River storage 20 km south of Myrtleford, below Mount Buffalo: stocked Murray cod, trout and redfin, a ramp near the wall and no camping on the foreshore.
The west coast hydro lake near Queenstown: wild brown and rainbow trout, open all year as a Premium Wild Trout Fishery, with a Bureau gauge at Crotty Dam.
Canberra’s central lake, formed in 1964 and restocked with Murray cod and golden perch on alternate releases, fished without a licence under the Fisheries Act and the NCA’s lake rules.
The big Macquarie River storage near Wellington: golden perch on the points, cod in the timber, silver perch and catfish you may keep, and a level that swings with the irrigation year.
The Lachlan lake beside the western plains town of the same name: stocked golden perch and Murray cod in shallow, warm water, with a Bureau gauge.
A Derwent River hydro lake between Wayatinah and Repulse: brown trout and the odd Atlantic salmon in a long, narrow storage, best fished by boat, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The lake south of Port Macquarie whose entrance opens and closes: bream, flathead and whiting in the lake and channel, and the beaches of Lake Cathie and Bonny Hills.
The Forth River storage where the Mersey-Forth waters meet: a big population of small brown trout below the rainforest, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
A lake that opens to the sea only some of the time: flathead flats, bream on the edges and prawns in summer, north of Ulladulla.
The Interlaken trophy trout water: a shallow, turbid lake with a 500 mm minimum, one fish a day, lure and fly only.
Victoria’s largest-capacity storage in the Mitta Mitta valley: wild brown and rainbow trout, Macquarie perch that must all be released, and boat-access camps up the arms.
A large, deep hydro lake in the Central Highlands: naturally recruiting browns and rainbows, all methods allowed, three launching areas and a Bureau gauge at the dam.
Victoria’s big lake in the foothills: Murray cod and golden perch in the timber all year, trout in the cold arms, and a level that moves with the irrigation season.
The Campaspe storage near Bendigo: golden perch and Murray cod in the timber, redfin in the bays, a cod fishery open all year, and a level that swings with the irrigation year.
The Snowy Scheme’s central storage: a high-country trout lake of long shorelines, drowned rivers and a level that decides where the fish are.
A small off-stream GWMWater reservoir near Stawell and Halls Gap that supplies three towns: stocked rainbow and brown trout, redfin, a 9.6 km shoreline track and a private caravan park.
The headwater storage of the Wilmot River in the Mersey-Forth scheme: small browns in a fluctuating north-west lake, a boat ramp on the north-east shore, and a Bureau gauge.
Belconnen’s urban lake, stocked by the ACT Government with Murray cod and golden perch and fished from public foreshores with no licence, with the Bureau reading the level.
The Hunter Valley’s bass lake near Scone: Australian bass in the schools and the timber, golden perch and catfish, and a level read by the Bureau at the dam.
Southern Rural Water’s Macalister storage above Heyfield, which fills and empties most years: stocked Australian bass and trout, two recreation areas and camping at a private caravan park.
The Gordon Dam storage at Strathgordon: wild browns and rainbows among drowned forest, lure and fly only, a closed canal to Pedder and a Bureau gauge at the intake.
The Isis Balancing Storage south-west of Bundaberg: stocked barramundi, bass, saratoga and silver perch, open through the barra closure, with a Bureau gauge.
The Murray’s big storage above Albury: Murray cod in the timber, golden perch on the points, trout in the cold water, and one set of Victorian rules for the whole lake.
The big coastal lake south of Wollongong: flathead flats, bream on the entrance walls, prawns on the dark summer nights and an entrance held open since 2007.
The Snowy Mountains lake below Kosciuszko: brown and rainbow trout, a town on its shore, the state trout hatchery up the Thredbo and a level read from the Bureau every day.
Sunwater’s Leichhardt River storage north-east of Mount Isa: barramundi exempt from the Gulf closure, boating allowed, no camping, and a Bureau gauge.
The Namoi River storage near Gunnedah: golden perch water first, cod in the timber, silver perch and catfish you may keep, and a level that swings with the north-west seasons.
The Derwent’s headwater storage behind Clark Dam at Butlers Gorge: plentiful small brown trout, some rainbows, open all year, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The Ord River pool behind the 1963 Diversion Dam at Kununurra: barramundi under WA’s limits, a steady level, Ramsar wetlands and a Bureau gauge.
Sideling Creek Dam near Petrie: bass, golden perch, Mary River cod and saratoga in Moreton Bay’s suburban lake, paddle craft and shore fishing, a permit water with a Bureau gauge.
Lake Lenthall in the Wongi Forestry between Maryborough and Hervey Bay: stocked barramundi, bass and golden perch, exempt from the barramundi closure, reached by a rough dirt road.
Lake Macdonald (Six Mile Creek Dam) near Cooroy: stocked bass, golden perch, silver perch and Mary River cod, electric and paddle craft only, with the lake lowered for dam upgrade works.
The Fisher River storage at the north-west entry to the Western Lakes: wild browns, bait on one handheld rod only, good launching, with a Bureau gauge.
The big West Coast lake at Tullah: browns and rainbows among the drowned timber, open to the end of May as an extended-season water, with a Bureau gauge.
Australia’s largest coastal saltwater lake, by DPIRD’s account: flathead flats, bream on the walls, jew in the channel and a tidal entrance at Swansea.
Lake Maraboon at Emerald, Queensland’s second-biggest storage: stocked barramundi and golden perch, exempt from the barramundi closure, with a Sunwater ramp and private camping.
Maroon Dam on Burnett Creek south of Boonah: stocked bass, golden perch, silver perch and Mary River cod, with Seqwater fishing at the day use area and Slater Park and a permit to fish.
The largest of the Menindee Lakes on the Darling, 110 km from Broken Hill: Murray cod and a fishery that exists only when the storage holds water, with the Bureau’s gauge showing which.
The barramundi impoundment north of Bundaberg: a stocked storage on the Kolan where big barramundi are the target and the permit is the ticket.
Lake Moogerah on Reynolds Creek near Boonah: stocked bass, golden perch, silver perch and Mary River cod, with fuel and electric boating, water skiing and two Seqwater fishing parks.
Lake Morris behind Copperlode Falls Dam, Cairns’ water supply in the hills: exempt from the barramundi closure and not in the stocked impoundment permit scheme.
The Murray’s drowned forest at Yarrawonga: Murray cod among the dead red gums, golden perch on the edges, and one set of New South Wales rules for the whole lake.
The Goulburn Weir pool at Nagambie, formed by an 1891 weir: Murray cod and golden perch water on the VFA’s two-cod list, with limited public shore and a busy water-sports lake.
The Broken River storage 36 km south of Benalla where the VFA lifts the cod closure: stocked Murray cod and golden perch, one ramp, and a foreshore that is mostly private lease.
The lowest lake of the Mersey-Forth scheme, inland from Devonport and directly below Lake Barrington: brown trout close to town, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The Mersey River storage directly below Lake Rowallan: brown trout in a narrow forest lake of the Mersey-Forth scheme, fished mostly by boat, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The south-west’s great hydro lake in the national park: wild brown trout, lure and fly only, open all year, with Parks campgrounds and a Bureau gauge at Serpentine Dam.
The long, narrow lake behind Reece Dam at the end of the Pieman scheme: brown trout in remote West Coast forest, fished mostly by boat, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
A West Coast storage of the Anthony scheme that IFS stocks for brook trout: a two-fish bag, the general season, and a Bureau gauge at the intake.
Lake Proserpine behind the Whitsundays: stocked barramundi and sooty grunter in a timbered dam Sunwater says holds more metre-plus barramundi than any other impoundment, exempt from the closure.
A Derwent River hydro lake near Ouse: a large head of brown trout between Catagunya and Cluny, best fished by boat, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The Lake River at Parknook below Woods Lake: brown trout in the midlands river toward the Macquarie, with a Bureau gauge.
The Pieman scheme lake behind Bastyan Dam, with Tullah on its shore: browns and rainbows open to the end of May as an extended-season water, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The upper Mersey storage that IFS runs as a Premium Trout Fishery: browns and stocked rainbows, open October to May, with a Bureau gauge.
Lake Samsonvale behind North Pine Dam near Petrie: stocked bass, golden perch, saratoga, silver perch and Mary River cod, fished from Seqwater’s shore parks, with paddle craft at Forgan Cove.
The storage on the Stanley above Wivenhoe: stocked bass, golden perch and saratoga north-west of Brisbane, with a level read from the Bureau every day.
The 53 km² Interlaken lake reopened in 2020 after the carp program: lure-and-fly brown trout in shallow, turbid water.
Glennies Creek Dam in the Hunter Valley: Australian bass and golden perch in a storage near Singleton, with a level read from the Bureau every day.
Australia’s deepest glacial lake, at the end of the Overland Track: wild browns and rainbows, lure and fly only in the national park, with a Bureau gauge at Pump House Point.
Lake Tinaroo on the Atherton Tableland: stocked barramundi that Sunwater credits with extraordinary size, sooty grunter, four public ramps and a permit to fish.
An off-stream Wimmera reservoir south of Horsham that GWMWater calls famous for its trout: stocked browns and rainbows under the VFA’s 45 cm and 30 cm minimums, with a level fed from Rocklands.
Launceston’s lake on the South Esk above Cataract Gorge: brown trout minutes from the city, shared with water skiers, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The town lake of Canberra’s south, stocked by the ACT Government with golden perch and Murray cod, fished from public paths with no licence and read by the Bureau at the dam.
A quiet, forested estuary east of Lakes Entrance: bream in the arms, flathead on the sand and an entrance that opens and closes with the seasons.
A forested Grampians reservoir on the MacKenzie River that supplies Horsham: stocked brown and rainbow trout, redfin, a five-knot limit and a campground a few kilometres away.
Ballarat’s lake in the middle of town: a stocked trout fishery for fly, lure and bait, fished from the footpath and small boats.
A small, steep King River storage 18 km south of Cheshunt: stocked brown and rainbow trout and redfin in mountain bushland, with a ramp and no camping on the foreshore.
Lake Wivenhoe on the Brisbane River, South East Queensland’s largest water storage: stocked bass, golden perch, saratoga, silver perch and Mary River cod, with Seqwater camping and boating areas.
Where the Gippsland Lakes meet the sea: the entrance, the lakes behind it, the Ninety Mile Beach in front and a fishing town built around all three.
The dunes and the islands north of Perth: Lancelin’s beaches and jetty, the reef and the islands, with tailor, whiting, herring and the dhufish grounds.
The upper Latrobe at Noojee: a small, cold trout stream in the wet Gippsland forest, with the Bureau’s gauge at the village.
A Central Highlands hydro lagoon the Inland Fishing Code names as a general-rules water: brown trout on the fly, lure and bait, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The Camden Haven: Laurieton’s river, the lakes behind it and the breakwalls at the entrance, under North Brother, with bream, flathead, mulloway and tailor.
The deepest of Coliban Water’s three storages near Kyneton: stocked brown trout, Murray cod on the VFA’s two-cod lake list, and electric or paddle craft only.
Sandy Creek’s storage 11 km from Warwick: stocked Murray cod, golden perch and silver perch, a Stocked Impoundment Permit and a Bureau of Meteorology gauge.
The Leven above Ulverstone: wild browns in an undammed north-west river, with the Bureau’s gauge at Bannons Bridge near Gunns Plains.
The Central Plateau’s fly-only lagoon near Miena: wild brown trout tailing in the shallows, a five-knot limit and a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The Gippsland Lakes village between Lake Victoria and the Ninety Mile: bream and flathead in the lake, salmon on the beach, with jetties onto the lake and into the national park.
The lower Loddon at Appin South near Kerang: cod and yellowbelly on the northern plains, with a Bureau gauge and the cod closure.
The Loddon at Bridgewater on the Calder: cod and golden perch in the weir pool and the timbered reaches north of Bendigo.
The lower Loddon at Kerang: Murray cod and golden perch among the lakes and red gums of the northern plains, with a Bureau gauge.
The upper Loddon at Newstead: natives and trout in the pools above Cairn Curran, between Castlemaine and Maryborough, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The river between Brisbane and the Gold Coast: bream and flathead in the tidal reaches, jack in the snags, and the mouth on southern Moreton Bay.
The upper Logan at Beaudesert: Australian bass in the fresh river of the Scenic Rim, well above the tide.
Lake Brockman in Dwellingup State Forest: one of DPIRD’s popular trout waters, a ski area, campgrounds run by the tourist park, and a Bureau gauge at the wall.
The Great Ocean Road resort on Louttit Bay: the pier’s squid and salmon, the Erskine River mouth and the bay’s reefs for snapper.
The small Paterson River storage north of Gresford: a quiet stocked bass lake with a speed limit, a caravan park below the wall and a Bureau gauge.
The sugar jetty and the Hinchinbrook Channel: a loading jetty that runs kilometres out to sea, the channel’s barra and jacks, and the reef beyond Hinchinbrook Island.
The Macalister above Glenmaggie at Licola: a mountain trout stream on the edge of the Alpine National Park, with the Wellington River camps just north and the Bureau’s gauge at the village.
The Macintyre at Goondiwindi on the border: Murray cod and golden perch, with the stocked weir pool at the town and a Bureau gauge.
The Macintyre at Inverell in New England: Murray cod in the granite-country river through the town, with a Bureau gauge.
The Macintyre at Yetman on the Queensland border: Murray cod and golden perch in a border river with a midstream line, with a Bureau gauge at the bridge.
The Pioneer River, the harbour and the islands: a sugar city on the central coast with reef water offshore and barramundi in the creeks.
The Macleay at Kempsey, inside the estuary: bass above the tide, bream in the tidal reaches, the winter bass closure and the Bureau’s gauge.
The Macquarie through Dubbo: cod and golden perch below Burrendong’s releases, the South Dubbo Weir closed zone and the Bureau’s gauge in the city.
The Macquarie at Warren on the way to the Marshes: cod and yellowbelly in the western river, with no current Bureau level series.
The Macquarie below Burrendong at Wellington: cod and golden perch in cold release water, the dam’s closed zones and the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Tinamirakuna / Macquarie near Ross: the midlands river of wild browns and the red spinner mayfly, with the Bureau’s gauge at Trefusis.
Townsville’s island: the jetties of Picnic Bay and Nelly Bay, the bays and headlands, with mackerel, queenfish, trevally and the reef around the island.
The last town before the border: an inlet of two lakes, a bar to the sea and a coast of empty beaches and rock at the far east of Victoria.
The first storage built on the Coliban River, at Malmsbury: stocked golden perch, Murray cod and brown trout, shore fishing and small electric or paddle craft when open.
The Peel-Harvey estuary, its canals and the Dawesville Cut: bream, crabs, tailor and mulloway an hour south of Perth.
Manly on both shores: the harbour side inside the North Harbour Aquatic Reserve and the ocean beach, with the no-take Cabbage Tree Bay between.
The river of Taree: an estuary with a trained entrance at Harrington and a second, mostly closed one at Old Bar, oyster leases, sand flats, bream, flathead, jew and bass.
The Manning at Wingham, near the tidal limit: bass in the fresh water and bream below, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Maranoa at Mitchell: golden perch and Murray cod in the Neil Turner Weir pool, with a Bureau gauge and the Murray-Darling cod closure.
The Snowy River mouth: bream and estuary perch in the Snowy and the Brodribb, salmon on the beach, with Cape Conran and its rocks down the coast.
The Sunshine Coast’s long sandy estuary: flathead flats, bream on the leases, whiting in summer and the mouth at Cotton Tree.
From Gympie to the Great Sandy Strait: the tidal Mary below Maryborough, a river of barramundi, bass, threadfin and mud crabs.
The Mary at Gympie: bass in the fresh river through the old gold town, with the endangered Mary River cod and the lungfish both no-take, and the Bureau’s gauge at the weir.
The Mary River at Miva between Gympie and Maryborough: Australian bass in a river of protected cod and lungfish, with a Bureau gauge.
Shady Camp on the Mary River: barramundi above and below the barrage, lures only near the wall, a large saltwater crocodile population and no river gauge.
The Derwent lake between Hamilton and Ouse: stocked browns, rainbows and trophy Atlantic salmon, open all year, an hour from Hobart, with a Bureau gauge.
The Meander at Deloraine: wild browns in the river below Huntsman Lake and the Great Western Tiers, with the Bureau’s gauge at the Deloraine bridge.
The Mehi River through Moree: cod and yellowbelly in the Gwydir’s anabranch on the northern plains, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
A city that fishes its bay from the piers, its rivers from the banks and the Yarra from the CBD: Melbourne is a Port Phillip fishing report with a skyline.
The Werribee River storage at Melton, also called Exford Weir: Murray cod and golden perch stocked by the VFA, open all year south of the Divide, with a Bureau gauge.
A lake, a bar, a wharf and two beaches on the Sapphire Coast: Merimbula fishes for bream and flathead inside and salmon, tailor and kingfish outside.
The upper Mersey at Liena: brown and rainbow trout in the fast water below Lake Parangana, with the Bureau’s gauge at Liena.
The Cassowary Coast beaches and Dunk Island: whiting and dart on the beach, barra and jacks in the creeks, mackerel and reef fish from Clump Point.
The river of the silt jetties: black bream from the rock barrier at Bairnsdale to the end of the jetties in Lake King, and bass and trout upstream.
The Mitta Mitta below Dartmouth: a cold trout tailwater where the village reach falls inside the VFA tailrace, with the Bureau’s gauge downstream at Bowlers Lane.
The Montagu River at Stuarts Road in the far north-west: brown trout and whitebait water near Smithton, with a Bureau gauge.
The Moonie at Fenton downstream of Nindigully: cod and yellowbelly in the remote lower Moonie near the border, with a Bureau gauge.
The Moonie at Nindigully, beside the Nindigully Pub: golden perch and Murray cod in a quiet western river with free riverside camping, with a Bureau gauge.
The lower Moorabool at Batesford on Geelong’s edge: trout, redfin and blackfish in a basalt valley river, with a Bureau gauge.
Brisbane’s bay: sand islands, shipping channels, artificial reefs and the flats where flathead, bream, whiting and snapper share a tide.
Mulgumpin: a sand island of surf beaches, the Tangalooma wrecks and the bay flats, reached by vehicle ferry and driven on the sand.
The pier, the harbour and the eastern shore of Port Phillip: Mornington’s snapper, squid and garfish an hour from Melbourne.
The Moruya River, its breakwalls and the beaches of the Eurobodalla: bream and flathead in the river, salmon and tailor at the mouth, a marine park to read first.
The Mossman and Daintree rivers and the Newell and Wonga beaches: barra, jacks and sooty grunter, with the reef off Port Douglas.
The town dam at Mount Morgan south of Rockhampton: a new stocked impoundment for golden perch, saratoga, sleepy cod and catfish, with a Bureau gauge.
The Mulgrave River at Peets Bridge near Gordonvale: jungle perch, sooty grunter and barramundi below the rainforest, with a Bureau gauge.
The Murray below Hume Weir at Albury: cod, golden perch and spring brown trout in regulated water, NSW rules from either bank, with a Bureau gauge.
The Murray at Barham and Koondrook: cod and yellowbelly among the red gum forests of the Riverina, NSW rules on both banks, with a Bureau gauge at Barham.
The Murray at Berri: callop and catch-and-release cod on the Riverland pool above Lock 4, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town’s irrigation pump station.
The River Murray at Lock 1, Blanchetown: callop in the first weir pool above the lakes, cod for release only, and a Bureau gauge upstream of the lock.
The Murray at Cobram in the trout cod protection reach: Murray cod and golden perch, with all fishing closed from September to November, and a Bureau gauge.
The Murray between Hume and Lake Mulwala at Corowa: cod and golden perch in a regulated red-gum channel, NSW rules from either bank, with a Bureau gauge.
The Murray at Echuca and Moama: cod and golden perch through the red gums of the old river port, New South Wales water from bank to bank, with the Bureau’s gauge at Echuca.
The upper Murray at Jingellic above Lake Hume: Murray cod and trout in a fast, clear river, NSW rules on both banks, with a Bureau gauge at Jingellic.
The River Murray at Lock 2, Taylorville, downstream of Waikerie: callop and released cod in the Riverland’s cliff country, with a Bureau gauge above the lock.
The River Murray at Lock 3, Overland Corner: an 85 km weir pool of cliffs, lagoons and red gums in the Riverland, callop and released cod, with a Bureau gauge.
The River Murray at Lock 4, Bookpurnong, between Loxton and Berri: callop and released cod among the Riverland’s red gum flats, with a Bureau gauge at the lock.
The River Murray at Lock 6, Murtho, near the Victorian and NSW borders: callop and release-only cod beside the Chowilla floodplain, with a Bureau gauge at the lock.
The Murray at Mannum: callop and catch-and-release cod on the unlocked lower river below Lock 1, with ferries, a busy riverfront and the Bureau’s gauge at the town wharf.
The Murray at Mildura: cod and golden perch in the Sunraysia weir pool, New South Wales water from bank to bank.
The Murray at Morgan: callop and catch-and-release cod where the river swings south toward the lakes, on the pool above Lock 1.
The Murray at Murray Bridge: callop and catch-and-release cod on the lower river above Lake Alexandrina, with the Bureau’s gauge at Long Island.
The Murray at Renmark: callop and catch-and-release Murray cod at the upstream end of the Riverland, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town pump station.
The Murray at Robinvale and Euston: cod and golden perch on the weir pool between Swan Hill and Mildura, New South Wales water from bank to bank.
The Murray at Swan Hill: cod and golden perch in a slow Mallee river that is New South Wales water from bank to bank, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Murray below Yarrawonga at Tocumwal: snag-filled cod water, the spring trout cod closure above the Newell Highway bridge, NSW rules and a Bureau gauge.
The Murray at Lock 10, where the Darling joins: cod and golden perch in wide, slow lock water, a weir closure zone and a Bureau gauge.
The river of the Riverina and the capital: cod and golden perch in the lowland reaches, trout in the mountains, and a long run of water between them.
The Murrumbidgee below Burrinjuck and the Tumut junction at Gundagai: cod and golden perch, the winter crayfish window and a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Murrumbidgee on the Hay plains: slow, red-gum-lined cod and perch water and the Hay Weir closed zone.
The Murrumbidgee at Narrandera, home of DPIRD’s native fish hatchery: cod and golden perch in the red gum river, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Murrumbidgee through Wagga Wagga: cod and golden perch in a sand-and-snag river fed by upstream dam releases, with the Bureau’s gauge in the city.
SA Water’s Fleurieu reservoir an hour south of Adelaide: stocked golden perch, silver perch and catch-and-release cod, 250 hectares for kayaks, a paid permit and a Bureau gauge.
The Nambucca River mouth: the V-Wall, the river flats and the beaches of the mid north coast, with bream, flathead, mulloway and tailor.
The Nambucca above Bowraville: Australian bass in the fresh upper river of the Nambucca valley, with a Bureau gauge above the town.
The Namoi at Boggabri between Gunnedah and Narrabri: Murray cod and golden perch in a red gum river on the black-soil plains, with a Bureau gauge.
The Namoi at Gunnedah below Keepit: golden perch and cod across the Liverpool Plains, protected catfish and silver perch, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Namoi at Mollee Weir below Narrabri: cod and yellowbelly in the cotton country weir pool, with a Bureau gauge.
The Namoi through Narrabri: golden perch and cod in a warm north-west river below Keepit, and protected catfish.
The Namoi below Keepit Dam: cod and yellowbelly in the tailwater river, with a Bureau gauge just below the wall.
Wagonga Inlet, the breakwalls and Montague Island: a clear inlet, a bar to respect and the kingfish grounds of the far south coast.
The town at the heart of Port Stephens: the marina and its breakwater, Little Beach and the run out to the heads and Broughton Island.
The Nepean at Penrith: Australian bass in the weir pool and the gorge above, a closed zone at Penrith Weir and the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Nerang below Hinze Dam: bass in the fresh reaches of the Gold Coast hinterland, with the dam’s closed zone and its stocked water upstream.
Harbour breakwalls, Stockton Beach, the Hunter River and the rocks of the coast: a working port that fishes from the middle of town.
A small Goulburn-Murray Water storage on Birch’s Creek, 28 km north-east of Ballarat: stocked brown trout and redfin, fished from the bank with public access at both ends.
Gove on the Arnhem Land coast: the beaches and reefs of the peninsula and Melville Bay, with Spanish mackerel, coral trout, barra and the permits of Yolngu country.
The Nive River at Gowan Brae in the Central Highlands: brown trout in a highland river of the Derwent catchment, with a Bureau gauge.
The Noosa River, the headland and the beaches: a river fishery of bream, flathead and jack with the surf and the reef at its mouth.
From the lakes of the Cooloola country to the bar at Noosa Heads: a river of sand flats, rock walls and snags, tidal a long way inland.
The lighthouse headland of the Central Coast: rock platforms, Soldiers Beach and Cabbage Tree Harbour, with tailor, salmon, kingfish and drummer.
The Norman River at Glenore Weir above Normanton: Gulf barramundi in the fresh water, under the Gulf closure, with a Bureau gauge.
The North Esk east of Launceston: wild browns in the farmland and forest river above the city, with a Bureau gauge at Ballroom.
The North Johnstone at Goondi above Innisfail: barramundi, jungle perch and sooty grunter in a rainforest river, with no current Bureau level series.
Minjerribah: the eastern wall of Moreton Bay, with surf gutters and rock platforms on the ocean side and calm flats, jetties and tidal channels on the bay side.
The town on the Shoalhaven: the river’s bridges, walls and bends, bass upstream, jew and bream in the tidal reaches, and Jervis Bay a short drive away.
The Nymboida at Nymboida west of Grafton: bass in a clear rapid-and-pool river inside the eastern freshwater cod closure, with a Bureau gauge.
The Fish River storage on the Central Tablelands: an alpine-classed trout lake for shore anglers and paddle or electric boats, with a Bureau gauge on the level.
The Bellarine’s surf town across the river from Barwon Heads: salmon and whiting on the beach, bream in the river, with marine protected areas at both ends.
The Pilbara coast between Exmouth and Karratha: Onslow’s beach, Beadon Creek, the Ashburton delta creeks and the Mackerel Islands, with mackerel, trevally, mangrove jack, mud crabs and the reef.
The Orara at Glenreagh between Coffs Harbour and Grafton: Australian bass in a quiet valley river, with a Bureau gauge at the village.
The Ouse River at Ashton in the Central Highlands: wild browns below the plateau, with a Bureau gauge.
The upper Ovens at Bright: a clear alpine trout stream with a 25 cm minimum above Porepunkah, open from the first Saturday of September, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The upper Ovens at Harrietville under Mount Hotham: brown and rainbow trout in a clear, fast mountain river, with a Bureau gauge and the river trout closure.
The Ovens at Myrtleford: trout in the runs and natives in the deeper pools, at the Buffalo River junction, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The lower Ovens at Peechelba near the Murray: Murray cod and protected trout cod in a Heritage River reach, with a Bureau gauge.
The Ovens at Wangaratta: cod and golden perch in the lower river where the King joins, on the way to Lake Mulwala, with the Bureau’s gauge at the city.
Sydney’s northern tip: the Barrenjoey rocks, the Pittwater side and the ocean beach, where Broken Bay meets the sea.
The Sapphire Coast south of Merimbula: Pambula Lake and its oyster leases, the river mouth at Pambula Beach and the rock platforms of Haycock Point.
Paradise Dam on the Burnett River near Biggenden: a new stocked impoundment for barramundi and bass, inside the Ben Anderson Barrage exemption, with Sunwater access until major works begin.
The Paterson River at Gostwyck in the Hunter: Australian bass in a green valley river, with a Bureau gauge and the winter bass closure.
The 1916 Waddamana storage near Miena: fly only, a bag of two and a 400 mm minimum, a petrol-boat corridor and a Bureau gauge at the canal outlet.
A capital with a river through its middle, a string of surf beaches, Rottnest on the horizon and a boat fishery that starts at the harbour mouth.
Between Western Port and Bass Strait: the Cowes and Rhyll piers on the calm side, San Remo and the surf beaches on the wild side, and the channels in between.
The Severn River storage north of Inverell: a stocked cod and golden perch lake near the Queensland border, with a camping ground at the dam and a Bureau gauge.
A sheltered, 3 km forest lagoon north of Bronte Park: naturally spawning browns with some rainbows, all methods allowed, and a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The Pioneer River at Pinevale west of Mackay: sooty grunter and barramundi in the cane-valley river, with no current Bureau level series.
Sydney’s northern estuary: a drowned valley of moorings, weed beds and sandstone shores where kingfish, squid, bream and flathead fish on the city’s northern edge.
A historic port among the Nooramunga islands: jetties and tidal channels for whiting, flathead and gummies, with the ocean beach beyond.
The top of Spencer Gulf: a city on a tidal channel of creeks and mangroves, with whiting, mulloway and blue swimmer crabs, and snapper and cephalopods closed.
Where the rainforest meets the reef: Dickson Inlet, the Mossman and Daintree rivers, Four Mile Beach and the Great Barrier Reef offshore.
The Moyne River port on the south-west coast: bream in the river, salmon on the beaches, and snapper and whiting outside for the boats.
The iron ore port and its creeks: the spoil bank and the harbour, Pretty Pool and Cooke Point, with mackerel, trevally, mangrove jack and a tide range that empties the flats.
The port at the foot of Eyre Peninsula: King George whiting in the bays, squid off the jetty and Lincoln National Park on the doorstep, with the Southern Ocean over the hill.
South Australia’s far south-east corner: the crayfish port’s breakwater, the reefs and the beaches, with salmon, whiting, sweep and the Southern Ocean.
The Hastings River, its breakwalls and the beaches either side: a mid-north coast town that fishes the estuary, the walls and the surf in one day.
Adelaide’s southern jetty and reef: Port Noarlunga jetty, the Onkaparinga mouth and the reef, with squid, whiting, garfish, bream and salmon.
Melbourne’s bay, where the spring snapper run, the whiting grounds and the pier fishing of a whole city share one shallow, tidal basin.
Adelaide’s working river: the Port River and Barker Inlet, mangroves, ship channels and a dolphin sanctuary, with bream, mulloway and crabs inside the city.
A drowned river valley north of Newcastle: flathead flats, bream on the leases, kingfish at the heads and the game grounds beyond.
The gateway to Corner Inlet and Wilsons Promontory: whiting over the seagrass, snapper in the channels and a long jetty into the tide.
Victoria’s deep-water port on the far west coast: tuna season off the shelf, snapper and whiting in the bay, salmon on the beaches.
The Proserpine River at the Bruce Highway: barramundi and jacks in a Whitsunday river of crocodiles, with a Bureau gauge at the highway.
Southern Rural Water’s irrigation storage near Ballan: stocked rainbow and brown trout, golden perch and Murray cod, with registered powerboats, kayaks and an 8 am to 8 pm recreation area.
At the heads of Port Phillip: the harbour, the pier, the Rip and the Bellarine whiting grounds, beside a marine national park.
The coloured cliffs, Inskip Point and the beach to Double Island Point: tailor gutters, whiting and the barge to K’gari at the top of the Cooloola coast.
The peninsula at the top of Moreton Bay: Redcliffe Jetty, Woody Point Jetty and the bay flats a half-hour from Brisbane.
The Reynolds River in southern Litchfield National Park: barramundi country on a dry-season 4WD track south-west of Darwin, with no current Bureau level series.
From Kyogle and Casino down to Ballina: the Richmond and its Wilsons arm, a big northern river of bream, flathead, jack, jew and bass.
The Richmond River at Casino in the Northern Rivers: bass in the fresh water above the tide, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Ringarooma above Branxholm: brown trout in the upper north-east valley, with a Bureau gauge at the town intake.
The Ringarooma at Moorina in the north-east: brown trout in the old tin-mining valley, with a Bureau gauge.
The Limestone Coast’s harbour town: the marina, the obelisk rocks and the long beaches, in the one South Australian zone where snapper may still be kept.
The Fitzroy River through Rockhampton: barramundi and threadfin below the barrage, the delta creeks and Keppel Bay downstream, in a net-free zone.
Cockburn Sound and the Shoalwater islands: the Rockingham beaches and jetties, Garden Island and Penguin Island, with whiting, herring, squid, crabs and the pink snapper spawning closure.
GWMWater’s largest reservoir, on the Glenelg River near Balmoral: heavily stocked Murray cod open all year by VFA rule, golden perch and redfin, with forest campgrounds on the shore.
The Roper River at Mataranka Homestead: barramundi and sooty grunter in the spring-fed upper Roper, with a Bureau gauge.
The Roper at Roper Bar: barramundi at the river crossing on the road to the Gulf, with Aboriginal land permits downstream and the Bureau’s Red Rock gauge upstream.
Townsville’s main water supply: land-based barramundi fishing from the council’s designated spit, the east coast closure in force, and a Bureau gauge.
Perth’s island: the jetties and bays of Rottnest, the reef and the sanctuary zones, with herring, whiting, squid, tailor and the samson fish of the deep.
The Rubicon near Thornton: a small trout stream that the VFA treats as part of the Goulburn tailrace, with a 25 cm minimum and the Bureau’s gauge at Rubicon.
The Russell south of Cairns: barramundi, jungle perch and sooty grunter in a clear wet-tropics river under the Bellenden Ker Range.
The Mornington Peninsula’s bay town: Rye pier’s squid and whiting, the shallow bay flats and the ocean back beach.
The Phillip Island bridge town on Western Port’s eastern entrance: the San Remo jetty, the fast channel and the ocean beaches, with whiting, salmon and squid.
The beaches south of Mackay: Sarina Beach, Grasstree and Campwin, the creeks and the Cape Palmerston coast, with whiting, barra and mackerel.
A bream river on the east coast: the Scamander’s black bream above and below the highway bridge, the beach’s salmon and the rocks, between St Helens and Bicheno.
The beaches and creeks north of Mackay: Seaforth, Halliday Bay and the Cape Hillsborough coast, with barra, grunter, whiting and mackerel off the islands.
The lighthouse village between Port Stephens and Forster: Sugarloaf Point, Number One and Boat beaches, and a no-fishing grey nurse shark sanctuary on the offshore rocks.
The Severn below Pindari Dam at Ashford: cod and golden perch in granite and gravel pools, protected catfish, with the Bureau’s gauge at the village.
The Severn at Ballandean in the Granite Belt: Murray cod and golden perch in the granite pools of Queensland’s high country, with a Bureau gauge.
The plateau lagoon below the Great Lake dam at Miena: wild browns, no motorised boats, a five-fish bag, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
The Shannon River at Hermitage below Shannon Lagoon: brown trout in a small plateau river of runs and pools, with a Bureau gauge.
A harbour village south of Wollongong: the boat harbour and its breakwater, Bass Point, the beaches and the southern end of Lake Illawarra.
From the gorge to the sea: the Shoalhaven through Nowra to its two entrances at Shoalhaven Heads and Crookhaven Heads, a river of bream, flathead, jew and bass.
Below Jindabyne through Dalgety to the gorge: trout in the cold reaches, native fish under special protection, and a flow set by Snowy Hydro’s environmental releases.
The Snowy River at Dalgety below Jindabyne: trout in the environmental-flow river on the Monaro, native fish protected, with no current Bureau level series.
The Snowy at McKillops Bridge in the Snowy River National Park: bass in a wild gorge river, with a Bureau gauge at the bridge.
The lower Snowy at Orbost: Australian bass and estuary perch on the river flats above the estuary, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The tip of the Mornington Peninsula: the Sorrento and Portsea piers on the bay, the Rip and Point Nepean, and the back beaches on Bass Strait.
The South Esk at Llewellyn: wild browns in the midlands broadwaters below Avoca, in the extended-season section, with the Bureau’s gauge at Llewellyn.
The South Esk at Perth: wild browns in the lowland river above Launceston, in the extended-season section open to late May, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The upper South Esk at the Upper Esk Road bridge: brown trout above Avoca, on the general season, with a Bureau gauge.
SA Water’s second largest reservoir, near Williamstown: stocked golden perch, silver perch and catch-and-release Murray cod, kayak routes, a paid permit and a Bureau gauge.
The mouth of the Macleay and Trial Bay: breakwalls, bay beaches and the Smoky Cape rocks, with the Fish Rock and Green Island critical habitat offshore.
The Manilla River storage upstream of Manilla: golden perch, cod, silver perch and catfish in a lake that shrinks in dry years, with the Bureau’s gauge at the wall.
The big lake behind Jervis Bay: flathead flats, bream on the edges, jew in the channel and the Sussex Inlet run to the sea.
Georges Bay and the Bay of Fires: the east coast town where the sheltered bay fishes for flathead, bream and squid and the ocean beaches for salmon.
The St Pauls River above the South Esk near Avoca: brown trout in the midlands, with a Bureau gauge above the junction.
The end of the road on the Shoalwater coast: Stanage Bay’s creeks, flats and islands, with barra, grunter, mud crabs and the reef, and a ramp that dries on the tide.
The Nut and its harbour on the north-west coast: Stanley’s wharf and breakwater, Godfreys and Tatlows beaches, with flathead, salmon, squid and gummy shark.
The Stanley River at Woodford: Australian bass and the stocked Woodford Weir pool, where Mary River cod are no-take, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
The Steavenson at Marysville: a small trout stream below the falls, inside the Goulburn tailrace catchment, with the Bureau’s gauge at the falls.
Macquarie Harbour from the west coast port: sea-run trout, escaped Atlantic salmon and Australian salmon in marine water, the Gordon River and Hells Gates, and Ocean Beach.
The far west coast’s big bay: the jetty, the flats and the channels, with whiting, snapper, salmon and the sharks of the Great Australian Bight beaches.
The Styx River at Jeogla on the New England tablelands: wild trout below the escarpment, with a Bureau gauge.
Melbourne Water’s off-stream reservoir in Christmas Hills: lure-only shore fishing in designated areas for yellowbelly, redfin and carp, a Victorian licence and a Bureau gauge.
From Caloundra to Noosa: surf beaches, the Maroochy and Mooloolah rivers, the Pumicestone Passage and the reefs off Mooloolaba.
The channel between St Georges Basin and the sea: bream, flathead, whiting and mulloway in a tidal inlet, with the basin behind it set aside for recreational fishing.
The river through Perth: bream and flathead from the city reaches to Fremantle, mulloway at night, and blue swimmer crabs outside the spring closure.
Tasmania’s Swan River at The Grange near Swansea: brown trout in the east coast river above Moulting Lagoon, with a Bureau gauge.
The channel between Lake Macquarie and the sea: the bridge, the breakwalls, the flats and the ocean beaches, where the lake’s fish come and go.
A harbour, three big estuaries, the northern and southern beaches and the rocks in between, all inside one city’s limits.
The deep Snowy Scheme reservoir above Tumut: stocked rainbow trout between steep ridges and trout cod released for their recovery.
A Condamine weir at Old Talgai north-west of Warwick: golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch in a stocked pool, with a Bureau gauge.
Lake Yarrunga behind Tallowa Dam in the Shoalhaven gorges: stocked bass, canoe access only, and a dam site closed until mid-2027 while the road is repaired.
A Gippsland river of black bream and estuary perch: the Tambo fishes its tidal reach below Tambo Upper, down through farmland to Lake King.
The upper Tambo at Swifts Creek: a high-country trout stream on the Great Alpine Road between Omeo and Ensay, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
Gladstone’s beach: the Boyne River mouth, the Tannum beach and the Wild Cattle Creek, with whiting, bream, flathead and the barra of the river.
The high Snowy Scheme storage on the upper Murrumbidgee: a remote, windswept trout lake in Kosciuszko National Park, now partly closed for Snowy 2.0, with its level read by the Bureau.
The Tarwin at Meeniyan in South Gippsland: bass and bream country in a slow dairy-land river toward Anderson Inlet, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The historic wharf on the Sapphire Coast: Tathra’s wharf and headland, the beach to the Bega River mouth, and the reef outside.
Horsham’s recreation lake in the Wimmera: Murray cod open all year as Wimmera basin water, with golden perch and redfin, two boat ramps and a Bureau gauge.
Teemburra Dam in the Pioneer Valley 60 km west of Mackay: stocked barramundi and sooty grunter, exempt from the closure, with a ramp but no camping or jet skis.
The Central Coast’s resort beach: the Skillion and its rocks, Terrigal Haven and its new wire-trace ban, the lagoon and the beach gutters.
Where the Tuggerah Lakes meet the sea: the channel, the bridge, the pelicans and the beaches of a Central Coast fishing town.
The Thomson near Walhalla: trout in the rocky river below the dam, in the goldfields country of the Baw Baw ranges, with the Bureau’s gauge just downstream at Coopers Creek.
The Thomson at Wandocka below the high country: brown trout in a Gippsland valley river, with a Bureau gauge.
The calm side of the Cooloola coast: mangrove flats, channels and seagrass on the Great Sandy Strait, with the surf a short drive away.
SA Water’s 1922 reservoir 27 km north of Port Lincoln: catch-and-release Australian bass, a paid permit, shore and kayak fishing, and a new Wattle Hub car park.
The Pumicestone Passage from the mainland: the Toorbul flats and jetty, the Bribie channels and the Glass House creeks, with whiting, bream, flathead and crabs.
The start of the Great Ocean Road: surf beaches, the Point Danger platforms and the small estuaries, beside the Point Addis Marine National Park.
The Towamba River at Towamba inland from Eden: Australian bass in a quiet far south coast valley, with a Bureau gauge at the village.
Cleveland Bay, the Strand, the Ross River and Magnetic Island: the dry-tropics city with the reef offshore and barramundi in the creeks.
The Maria Island ferry port on Spring Bay: the wharf and the bay’s flathead, squid and salmon, bream in the Prosser, and the island’s no-fishing reserve across the water.
The Tullaroop Creek storage near Carisbrook and Maryborough: heavily stocked rainbow and brown trout, redfin, and electric or paddle craft only on the water.
The Tully at Euramo: barramundi and sooty grunter in a wet-tropics river between the gorge and the tide, with the Bureau’s gauge at the Bruce Highway crossing.
The jetty town north of Port Lincoln: Tumby Bay jetty’s whiting, garfish and squid, the Sir Joseph Banks islands and the beaches of the peninsula’s east coast.
The Tumut below Blowering Dam: a cold trout tailwater through the town under the NSW trout stream season, the dam’s closed zones and the Bureau’s gauge.
The Bradys chain lagoon near Tarraleah that is open all year: browns and rainbows, a five-fish bag, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
Two lakes and a headland on the Eurobodalla coast: Tuross Lake, Coila Lake, the bar and the beaches, a flathead and bream village between Moruya and Narooma.
The Tuross above the lake at Eurobodalla: bass in the pools and runs of a river that starts in Wadbilliga’s wilderness, with the Bureau’s gauge in the valley.
The Tweed River and its border town: bream on the walls, flathead on the flats, jack in the snags and the bar where the river meets the Gold Coast surf.
The river behind the border town: from the breakwalls at the mouth up past Chinderah and Tumbulgum, a tidal estuary of bream, flathead, jack and jew.
The Tyenna between Westerway and Maydena: a large, fast, boulder-strewn trout stream on the road to Mount Field, with the Bureau’s gauge at Newbury Road.
A working harbour on the south coast: the breakwaters, the rocks at Warden Head and the beaches, with Burrill Lake and Lake Conjola either side.
The southern end of the Central Coast: Umina and Ocean beaches on Broken Bay, the Ettalong channel and the mouth of Brisbane Water.
The uppermost Coliban Water storage, near Kyneton: stocked trout, golden perch and Murray cod on the VFA’s two-cod lake list, with electric and paddle craft from two recreation areas.
The five surf beaches and the Anderson Inlet back door: salmon and gummies on the beaches, whiting in the inlet, and the pipis of the sand.
The Fleurieu’s holiday town on Encounter Bay: the causeway to Granite Island, the Bluff and the beaches, and salmon in the cooler months.
The Victoria River at the highway crossing: barramundi in the big river of the western Territory, lures only inside Judbarra / Gregory National Park, with the Bureau’s gauge at the bridge.
The Victoria River at Dashwood Crossing, in the upper river of the cattle country: sooty grunter and barramundi, with a Bureau gauge.
The large lake north of Bermagui: bream, flathead and mulloway in a lake whose entrance opens and closes, at the southern end of the Batemans Marine Park.
The Yorke Peninsula’s copper-coast port: Wallaroo jetty’s squid, whiting and garfish, the marina and the gulf’s snapper grounds outside.
A vast off-river irrigation storage 8 km north-east of Rushworth, filled from the Goulburn Weir: golden perch, redfin and cod on the VFA’s two-cod lake list, with a caravan park and ramps.
Lake Navarino in the forest behind Waroona: trout, marron by snare in season, water skiing, a south-west freshwater licence and a Bureau gauge.
The upper Warrego at Augathella: yellowbelly in the outback river north of Charleville, with a Bureau gauge.
The Warrego at Cunnamulla: golden perch and Murray cod around the Allan Tannock Weir pool south of town, with a Bureau gauge and the Murray-Darling cod closure.
SA Water’s 1916 reservoir near Williamstown: stocked golden perch, silver perch and catch-and-release Murray cod, a paid fishing permit, kayak launches and a Bureau gauge.
The Warren River at Pemberton in the karri forest: stocked trout and pest redfin under the south-west freshwater licence, with no current Bureau level series.
The Hopkins River, Lady Bay and the breakwater: Warrnambool fishes an estuary, a sheltered bay and the Shipwreck Coast beaches in one town.
The Derwent lagoon at the hydro village of Wayatinah: small to medium browns, redfin and the odd Atlantic salmon under the general lake rules, with a caravan park on the shore and a Bureau gauge.
The mining town on the western Cape: the Embley and Mission rivers, the Gulf beaches and creeks, and barramundi, queenfish and salmon in remote tropical water.
The Collie River dam with the world’s biggest dam mural: a DPIRD trout water in Wellington National Park, marron in season, a freshwater licence and a Bureau gauge.
Port Phillip’s wilder neighbour: tidal channels, mudflats, mangroves and the whiting, snapper and gummy shark fishery of Victoria’s second bay.
Macintyre Brook at Whetstone in the border country: golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch in a stocked weir pool, free camping on the south bank, and a Bureau gauge.
The steel city on upper Spencer Gulf: whiting on the flats, crabs in summer, the giant cuttlefish of Point Lowly protected, and snapper closed until mid-2027.
The Wildman River in Mary River National Park country east of Darwin: barramundi on the floodplains between the Mary and Kakadu, with no current Bureau level series.
The Williams River near Clarence Town in the lower Hunter: Australian bass below Chichester Dam, with a Bureau gauge at Glen Martin.
The Wilsons River at Eltham above Lismore: Australian bass in a Northern Rivers creek-river, with a Bureau gauge at the village.
The Wimmera at Dimboola: Murray cod, golden perch and redfin in the red gum river of the Wimmera, with a Bureau gauge and the cod closure.
The Wimmera through Horsham: cod and golden perch in the town weir pool, the one Wimmera water where the cod closure still applies, with the Bureau’s gauge at the city.
The Cudgegong River storage south-east of Mudgee: golden perch the top catch, stocked cod and silver perch, and a Bureau gauge at the wall.
The Illawarra coast: rock platforms under the escarpment, the harbour and Belmore Basin in the city, and Lake Illawarra to the south.
The Wonnangatta at Crooked River in the Victorian Alps: wild trout in remote high country, with a Bureau gauge.
The long beach between Bundaberg and Hervey Bay: whiting and dart on the sand, the Theodolite Creek mouth and the Burrum coast, with tailor in winter.
The eastern plateau lake below Arthurs Lake: naturally recruiting brown trout, all methods allowed, a steep gravel road in, and a Bureau gauge at the dam.
Wuruma Dam on the Nogo River 48 km north of Eidsvold: stocked bass, golden perch, silver perch and barramundi, free Sunwater camping and a permit to fish.
The storage at the junction of the Lachlan and the Abercrombie below Cowra: golden perch on the points, Murray cod in the timber, and a level the Bureau reads every day.
Wyaralong Dam on Teviot Brook near Beaudesert, South East Queensland’s newest dam: stocked bass and Mary River cod, electric and paddle craft at Meebun, and remote camping at Ngumbi.
The south side of the Clarence mouth: Yamba’s breakwalls, beaches and river channels, with mulloway, bream, flathead and tailor.
The upper Yarra at Warburton: trout in the runs and pools of a forest river in the Yarra Ranges, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
The Yarra at Warrandyte on Melbourne’s edge: redfin, Murray cod and the odd brown trout in a rocky bush gorge, with a Bureau gauge and the Yarra cod closure.
The Capricorn Coast: Keppel Bay, the islands, the creeks and the Causeway Lake, a coast on the Tropic of Capricorn.