Australia's most popular Fish

[Jason Killen]

What is your all time favourite fish to target?

[MudRiverDan]

Estuarys -Flathead
Large rivers - Jewfish
Beaches - Tailor
Fresh - Cod
Bay - snapper
Don't do any fishing outside.

Overall I would say Flathead because you don't really have to know an area , you don't need a lot of gear, you can just pull up on the side of the road near a spot grab the spin rod out the back and have a flick in most Australian tidal estuary's, rivers and Beaches.

They take many baits live, frozen or fresh cut-baits,they take many HB lures, many shapes size and colour plastics.
They release well and the are also quite nice in the pan.


*You need to add Flathead to the poll.

[Jason Killen]

Flathead! I knew I forgot an important one. They are a great fish because like dan said they are so accessable, hardy and tasty. Sorry to all those people who had their favourite fish missing. I tried to think of the most popular ones but there is only space for 20 fish. Once again post your fish if it is missing.
Cheers
Jase

[Peter4]

Not my favourite but I do enjoy catching tailor on light gear. They respond well to plastics, hardbodies, slugs and surface presentations...

[XtremeBoony]

Would have to be fingermark or golden snapper.....Great fight, looks great and great on the dinner plate. 2 thumbs up.

cheers from boony

[tunaticer]

Where is the mangrove jack?

[finga]

And eel-tailed catfish?
Or even forky-tailed catfish?
Just kidding.
Catching...I like catching bream.
Eating....I like anything the cook serves me.
But I'll have to say that I don't target a species. I'll happily accept anything committing suicide and I'm not skilled enough to target a species.

[wayno60]

Where is the mangrove jack?

thats what i thought when i went through the list and thats where ill be puting my tick

[MudRiverDan]

Maybe remove Drummer and Australian Salmon, then remove the freshwater species (another thread for that).
That might let you add a few, like the above mentioned + Trevally species.

[Mike Delisser]

Flathead! I knew I forgot an important one. They are a great fish because like dan said they are so accessable, hardy and tasty. Sorry to all those people who had their favourite fish missing. I tried to think of the most popular ones but there is only space for 20 fish. Once again post your fish if it is missing.
Cheers
Jase

A National survey of anglers about 5 years ago came up with flathead as the most targeted Australian fish.

[crxmatt]

Yep put me down for Flathead aswell. Dan has all the reasons covered.

[pimp my boat]

+ one for flathead

Flathead! I knew I forgot an important one. They are a great fish because like dan said they are so accessable, hardy and tasty. Sorry to all those people who had their favourite fish missing. I tried to think of the most popular ones but there is only space for 20 fish. Once again post your fish if it is missing.
Cheers
Jase

[004dam]

Trevs for me, cant beat the thrill on 4lb.

[oddbudman]

Kingfish are good

[Jarrah Jack]

Barra for me because of where you go to catch them in the big rivers. Its not just the fish on the line but the whole experience.