Fish Species and Fishing Seasons in Sydney

Deep Sea Fishing in Sydney

The coastal beaches of Sydney offer a wide variety of fish for all types of anglers. Our skipper knows every inch of water from Sydney to Cronulla. You dont need to be an expert fisherman to land a fish. Our crew will provide all the right bait and tackle depending on the conditions and seasons. All you have to do is throw out the fishing line and reel in the fish. And, you get to keep what you catch.

Blue Eye Trevalla

Blue Eye Trevalla Fishing Seasons

The best months for Blue Eye Trevalla fishing in Sydney is definitely during Winter (June - October), although you can catch them pretty much all year round. This fish is considered by many as the best eating fishing in all of the southern ocean waters. We run special Blue eye Trevalla charters to Browns Mountain.

Gemfish fishing seasons Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 140 cm in length
  • Weight: Up to 50 kg
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Deepwater to 900 metres
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Blue Marlin Fishing Seasons

Blue Marlin fishing in Sydney varies moderately throughout the year. High season is January to March. Low season is June to October. There is no closed season.
Blue Marlin fishing season Cronulla Sydney

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Bonito Fishing Seasons

Bonito fishing in Sydney is generally from December to May when the water temperature is near 20 degress celcius. The Bonito is a speedy torpedo shaped fish.
Bonito fishing season Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 7 kilograms
  • Length: Up to 70 cm
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Inshore
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Bull Shark Fishing Seasons

Bull shark fishing in Sydney runs from November through to April. The bull shark is 2 metres up to 3.5 metres. Generally, it is the large males and females that head down from Queensland to hunt.

Bull shark fishing season Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 230 kilograms Up to 3.5 metres
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Saltwater and freshwater. Ocean and rivers
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 Flathead Blue Spot Fishing Seasons

Flathead Blue Sot fishing in Sydney varies slightly throughout the year. The Ble spotted flathead is a popular fish for anglers and is considered good eating. High season is April to May and September to October. Low season is January to March, June to August and November to December. There is no closed season.
Flathead fishing season Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 55cm 1.3 kilograms
  • Release Flathead over 75cm
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Drifting over sand flats to 30 metres depth

 Flathead Dusky Fishing Seasons

Flathead fishing in Sydney varies slightly throughout the year. High season is April to May and September to October. Low season is January to March, June to August and November to December. There is no closed season.
Flathead fishing season Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: 40 - 70cm
  • Release Flathead over 75cm
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Inshore and nearshore
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 Flathead Tiger Fishing Seasons

Flathead Tiger fishing in Sydney varies slightly throughout the year. The yellow-orange spots on the head are what makes this fish different from other flatheads. High season is April to May and September to October. Low season is January to March, June to August and November to December. There is no closed season.
Flathead fishing season Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 65cm 3 kilograms
  • Release Flathead over 75cm
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Offshore sandy bottom to 400 metres depth
  • Yellow-orange spots on the  head

 Flounder Fishing Seasons

Flounder fishing in Sydney is available throughout the year. This bottom-feeding fish is found inshore close to reefs, docks and jetties. The best time to catch Flounder is on the falling tide.
Flounder fishing seasons Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 2.7kg
  • Length: Up to 55cm
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Inshore, reefs
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 Gemfish Fishing Seasons

The Gemfish fishing season is generally in the winter months. Gemfish is a bottom-feeding fish that are found to depths of up to 800 metres. Gemfish is also known as Hake and is a good eating fish. Gemfish grows fast and has a lifespan of around 10 years.
Gemfish fishing seasons Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 40 kilograms
  • Length: Up to 1.35 metres
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Offshore deep sea
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 Gummy Shark Fishing Seasons

Gummy sharks (also known as flake) are commonly found in the waters around Sydney. The prime seasons for catching gummy sharks typically run from late autumn through winter and into early spring. This period, spans from April to October

Gummy shark fishing eason Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: 10kg to 40 kilograms
  • Length: Up to 2.5 metres
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Close to shore, rocky structures
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 Hapuka Fishing Seasons

Hapuka fishing in Sydney is best from the months August through to March. Although this is an all year fish to catch. The Hapuka fish are usually found in temperate and subtropical water from 30 metres to 800 metres.

Hapuka fishing season Vronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size:  Max 1.8m and 70kg
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Offshore
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Mahi Mahi Fishing Seasons

Mahi Mahi fishing in Sydney is 100% during the summer months off Sydney starting in late November and ending in May...  The Mahi Mahi like warm water.
Pearl Perch fishing seasons Sydney

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 Mako Shark Fishing Seasons

Mako shark fishing in Sydney are around all year although turn up in larger numbers during the Winter months.... This apex ocean predator is renowned for its speed and impressive rows of razor sharp teeth.
Mako shark fishing season Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: 60 to 500 kilograms
  • Length: 70cm to 4 metres
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Offshore
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 Morwong Fishing Seasons

Morwong fishing in Sydney should be available all year round. They have a few different names such as jackass, sea bream and silver perch. This is a popular plate-sized fish for eating.
Morwong fishing seasons Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: 4.5 kilograms
  • Length: Up to 70cm
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Offshore seafloor to 170 metres
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Perch Longfin Fishing Seasons

Most anglers say the best time of the year to catch Longfin Perch fish in Sydney is from all year round. This is an excellent eating fish that is found near reffs inshore.

Fish Details

  • Size:  Max 1.6 metres
  • Length: 50 cm
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Inshore, Reefs
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Perch Pearl Fishing Seasons

Most anglers say the best time of the year to catch Pearl Perch fish in Sydney is from in the summertime.  The Pearl Perch is found offshore near reefs to a depth of 200 metres. This is an excellent eating fish.
Pearl Perch fishing seasons Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size:  Up to 7 kilograms
  • Length: 70 cm
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Offshore, Deepwater over Reefs
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Pigfish Fishing Seasons

Pigfish fishing in Sydney is available throughout the year. Pigfish is one of the tastiest fish in the ocean.

Pigfish fishing seasons Cronulla Sydney NSW

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 7 kg
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Reefs offshore
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Pink Snapper Fishing Seasons

Pink Snapper fishing in Sydney are a prized eating fish and live in large numbers of Sydneys Reef systems in 30 -100m of water. They can be caught all year round although their numbers dramatically increase during the Winter months (June to October) ... There is no closed season.Pink snapprer fishing season Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: 5 - 10 kg
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Reef, nearshore and offshore
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Salmon Fishing Seasons

Catching salmon fish in Sydney can be an all-year-round activity. Weighing up to 6 kilograms the Salmon are an excellent eating fish that are founf inshore and offshore.
Salmon fishing season Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: 6 kilograms Up to 90cm
  • Food Rating: Excellent
  • Territory: Offshore and inshore
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Siver Trevally fishing Cronulla Sydney

Silver Trevally Fishing Seasons

The peak months for Silver Trevally fishing in Sydney are from May through to September. April and October are considered good months for fish trevally. The remaining months in the year are fair.

Siver Trevally fishing seasons Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 65 cm in length
  • Weight: Up to 4kg
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Saltwater and estuaries
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Tailor fishing Cronulla Sydney

Tailor Fishing Seasons

The best months for Tailor fishing in Sydney are from November through to February. March and April and September and October are considered good months to fish for Tailor. The remaining months from May to August are fair.

Tailor fishing seasons Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 120 cm in length
  • Weight: Up to 14kg
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Inshore waters and estuaries
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Tuna Albacore Fishing Seasons

Tuna Albacore fishing in Sydney June through to October off Sydney when the water is cold are considered the best months to catch Albacore Tuna.  They are found in large schools and find lures irresistible....  There is no closed season.
Tuna Albacore fishing season Cronulla Sydney

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Tuna Bluefin Fishing Seasons

Tuna Bluefin fishing in Sydney High season is July to August. June and September are considered to be good months to catch Bluefin Tuna.  The Bluefin come past Sydney quickly and often far off the coast.... they are truely the holy grail of Game Fishing....  There is no closed season.

Bluefin Tuna fishing seasons Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: Up to 260 kg 2.4 metres in length
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Offshore to 500 metres
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Tuna Yellowfin Fishing Seasons

Tuna Yellowfin fishing in Sydney Winter months in Sydney between June - October when the water is cold are considered the best months to catch Yellowfin Tuna. They are a very fast moving fish and the best way to locater them is by using SST (Sea Surface Temperature) technology ....  There is no closed season.
Tuna Albacore fishing season Cronulla Sydney

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Yellowtail - Kingfish Fishing Seasons

Yellowtail Amberjack fishing in Sydney also know as Kingfish, turn up off Sydneys coast in huge numbers during the warmer summer months (December - April). During these warmer months the Kingfish come in close to the coast and in our river systems. During the Winter months the Kingfish tend to stay out off the coast in deeper water... High season is December to April. There is no closed season.
Yellowtail amberjack fishing Cronulla Sydney

Fish Details

  • Size: 7 - 12 kg
  • Food Rating: Good
  • Territory: Reef and offshore
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