State Fishing Guide

NSW: Fishing Locations Fishing Times, Locations & Reports

Saltwater and freshwater fishing across NSW

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Fishing conditions are most useful at the location level. Region cards are here to help you narrow your next choice.

7 regions
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New South Wales fishing regions

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Mainly Clear

Albury

Next Bite · Major

Starts: 10:07am

Possible bite intensity is 33%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.

33% Quiet major

Air 9.2 C

Pressure 1008 hPa

Sunrise 7:14am

Sunset 5:23pm

Updated 27 Jul 8:00am

Barham

Next Bite · Major

Starts: 10:19am

Possible bite intensity is 33%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.

33% Quiet major

Sunrise 7:24am

Sunset 5:35pm

Updated 27 Jul 8:00am

Botany Bay

Next Bite · Major

Starts: 9:50am

Possible bite intensity is 33%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.

33% Quiet major

Water 18.9 C

Sunrise 6:52am

Sunset 5:10pm

Updated 27 Jul 8:00am

Moama

Next Bite · Major

Starts: 10:16am

Possible bite intensity is 33%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.

33% Quiet major

Sunrise 7:23am

Sunset 5:32pm

Updated 27 Jul 8:00am

Clear Sky

Sydney

Next Bite · Major

Starts: 9:50am

Possible bite intensity is 33%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.

33% Quiet major

Air 13 C

Pressure 1020 hPa

Sunrise 6:52am

Sunset 5:11pm

Updated 27 Jul 8:00am

Tweed Heads

Next Bite · Major

Starts: 9:40am

Possible bite intensity is 33%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.

33% Quiet major

Water 20.1 C

Sunrise 6:32am

Sunset 5:12pm

Updated 27 Jul 8:00am

Fishing Report Trends

Fishing report trends across this state

Species most often mentioned in statewide reports

Murray Cod stands out in NSW reports, with Yellowbelly and Amberjack also showing up regularly.

Across the state, recent fishing reports show a clear trend towards a few commonly reported species. The chart accompanying this section is reflecting this trend.

Based on statewide Getfished fishing report species data.

Fishing Report Analysis Methodology

Getfished's fishing report analysis uses, where available, historical fishing reports and recent catch reports drawn from an underlying database covering more than a decade of fishing activity.

Share of the displayed top 4 species mentions.

Bait and Lures

Common tackle showing up in statewide reports

Best read as reported trends, not rigid rankings.

Bait turning up in reports

Locally, bega cheese cubes are out in front here, with yabbies and cheese also turning up regularly.

Bega cheese cubes

91

Yabbies

4

Cheese

2

Chicken

2

Scrub worms

2

It is a useful starting point, not a hard ranking.

Built from all-time reported bait mentions: 103 mentions across 6 distinct bait entries.

Lures turning up in reports

130 warthog lure from white crow lures set the pace here, while pirate bigrig spinnerbait also show up consistently.

130 warthog lure from white crow lures

90

Pirate bigrig spinnerbait

2

It is a useful starting point, not a hard ranking.

Built from all-time reported lures mentions: 92 mentions across 2 distinct lures entries.

Seasonal Species

Species worth watching this winter

Based on historical report mentions for Winter across this state.

Quick reference

Seasonal report strength across the shortlisted species.

Amberjack

2

Murray Cod

2

Yellowtail Kingfish

2

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🛈 Getfished Reporting Summaries Source

Fishing report summaries are derived from Getfished’s structured fishing report database system. More information on this on how we collect and structure fishing report data can be found on our Fishing reports information.

Forecasts are based on the Getfished Meteorological and Solunar Forecasting System, which combines data from the BOM, and other sources. Our custom software systems use these inputs to establish solunar, tides and other forecasts for fishing conditions.

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