Australian sport-fish species

Pelagic species — tuna, marlin, mahi-mahi, wahoo. Range with current + temperature.

• Albacore16–22°C
• Black Marlin22–28°C
• Blue Marlin22–28°C
• Cobia22–28°C
• Mackerel Tuna21–28°C
• Mahi-Mahi22–28°C
• Mako Shark14–22°C
• Sailfish23–29°C
• Skipjack Tuna20–28°C
• Southern Bluefin Tuna14–20°C
• Striped Marlin18–22°C
• Wahoo22–28°C
• Yellowfin Tuna19–24°C

Bays, headlands, beaches. Salmon, tailor, kingfish, snapper, mulloway, bream.

• Australian Salmon12–20°C
• Bonito17–24°C
• Mulloway16–22°C
• Silver Trevally14–22°C
• Snapper14–22°C
• Tailor16–22°C
• Yellowtail Kingfish18–24°C

River mouths, mangroves, flats. Bream, flathead, whiting, mulloway, jacks.

• Black Bream12–22°C
• Dusky Flathead15–25°C
• Estuary Perch14–22°C
• King George Whiting12–22°C
• Luderick14–22°C
• Sand Flathead12–20°C
• Sand Whiting16–25°C
• Tarwhine16–24°C
• Trumpeter Whiting16–26°C
• Yellowfin Bream15–25°C

Bottom + structure species. Snapper, dhufish, samson, jewfish, sweetlip.

• Bar Cod
• Blue-eye Trevalla
• Coral Trout22–30°C
• Hapuku
• Morwong12–20°C
• Pearl Perch18–24°C
• Red Emperor22–28°C
• Tiger Flathead12–18°C

Top End + far-north QLD species. Barramundi, mangrove jack, threadfin, queenfish.

• Barramundi22–32°C
• Giant Trevally22–30°C
• Mangrove Jack22–30°C
• Queenfish22–30°C
• Spanish Mackerel22–28°C
• Spotted Mackerel21–27°C
• Threadfin Salmon22–30°C

Murray cod, golden perch, bass, saratoga, sooty grunter.

• Australian Bass
• Eel-tailed Catfish
• Golden Perch
• Macquarie Perch
• Murray Cod
• Saratoga
• Silver Perch
• Sooty Grunter

Brown + rainbow trout, redfin perch, brook char.

• Brown Trout
• Rainbow Trout
• Redfin Perch