Fishing For Dummies (Australia/New Zealand Edition)

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Freshwater Fish Finder

The abundance of rivers and lakes in Australia and New Zealand provide a variety of habitats worthy of frequent fishing forays. Target your favourite freshwater species easily, by selecting the best baits to lure them onto your plate. (The number of stars in the Edibility column indicates the tastiness of the species.)

Type of Fish	Preferred Habitats	Best Baits	Best Lures	Edibility
Barramundi	Tidal tropical estuaries, freshwater rivers, billabongs, lagoons, some stocked lakes	Small live and dead fish, prawns, cherabin, cut fish pieces (successful occasionally)	Minnows, plugs, soft plastics, jigs	****
Bass	Freshwater rivers, upper reaches of estuaries, some stocked lakes	Live insects (crickets, cicadas), earthworms, shrimp, grubs	Minnows, plugs, poppers, jigs, soft plastics, spinnerbaits	***
Golden perch	Inland freshwater rivers, billabongs, stocked lakes	Earthworms, shrimp, yabbies, grubs	Deep-diving plugs, spinners, soft plastics	***
Murray cod	Inland freshwater rivers, many stocked lakes	Grubs, yabbies, shrimp, earthworms, small live fish (where permitted)	Deep-diving plugs, spinnerbaits, spoons	****
Salmon	Bays, harbours, estuaries, rivers	Pilchards, herring	Metal spoons, spinners, slices, slugs	****
Trout	Cooler rivers, streams, freshwater lakes	Earthworms, shrimps, grasshoppers, crickets, grubs, insect larvae	Spinners, spoons, minnows, small jigs, flies	***

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Saltwater Fish Finder

By tapping into the behaviour patterns of saltwater species, you can confidently get on with some prime fishing: You can easily transfer the techniques and gear used to catch these Australian and New Zealand saltwater fish to other species that have a similar size range and behaviour pattern. (The number of stars in the Edibility column indicates the tastiness of the species.)

Type of Fish	Preferred Habitats	Best Baits	Best Lures	Edibility
Bream	Estuaries, bays, harbours, surf beaches, rocky shores	Prawns, worms, yabbies, crabs, shellfish, cut fish flesh	Small minnows and plugs, small soft plastics	***
Flathead	Estuaries, bays, harbours, offshore over sand or mud bottom strata	Small live and dead fish, prawns, yabbies, squid	Deep-diving minnows and plugs, metal spoons, jigs, soft plastics	****
Garfish (piper)	Estuaries, bays, harbours	Prawn pieces, worm pieces, strips of fish or squid, bread, maggots	Unlikely to be caught on a lure	****
Leatherjackets	Estuaries, bays, harbours, offshore reefs, near islands, jetties	Peeled prawn tails, squid, octopus, cunjevoi, strips of fish flesh, shellfish	Unlikely to be caught on a lure, but occasionally taken on soft plastics	****
Salmon (kahawai)	Surf beaches, rocky shores, offshore reefs, around islands, deeper bays	Small live and dead fish, pilchards, strips of fish, squid, prawns	Metal spoons, jigs, minnows, rubber squid	**
Snapper	Larger bays and harbours, rocky shores, offshore reefs, gravel patches	Prawns, pilchards, cut fish flesh, small fish heads, squid, octopus	Occasionally caught on metal jigs, regularly taken on soft plastics	****
Tailor	Surf beaches, rocky shores, offshore reefs, next to islands, bays, harbours, large estuaries	Small live and dead fish, pilchards, strips of fish, squid, prawns	Metal spoons, jigs, minnows, rubber squid	***
Trevally	Lower estuaries, bays, harbours, surf beaches, rocky shores, offshore reefs, next to islands	Prawns, squid, cut fish flesh, pilchards, shellfish	Metal spoons, jigs, minnows, soft plastics, surface poppers for tropical varieties	***
Tuna	Deeper offshore waters, but occasionally straying closer to shore and even entering bays	Small to medium live fish, pilchards, cut fish flesh, squid	Resin-headed trolling lures, feather jigs, rubber squid minnows, jigs	***
Whiting	Estuaries, bays, harbours, surf beaches, offshore sand, gravel patches	Marine worms, prawns, shellfish (especially pipis and cockles), yabbies, strips of squid	Once thought unlikely to be caught on a lure, now regularly taken on small surface poppers	*****

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