“Black bream are a popular target for fishers, and it’s great to see a record number detected in the Gippsland Lakes.” “It all forms part of our $35 million Go Fishing Victoria plan to get more people fishing more often and spend time on the water with family, friends and loved ones.”  Minister for Fishing [...]

Gavin Dunne has the enviable job of creating and marketing some of our latest and greatest fishing products. He has grown up learning to fish on Moreton Bay; he shares his best tips for getting amongst your share of winter whiting. Moreton Bay is one of the jewels of the south-eastern sector of Queensland’s foreshore; [...]

Pelagics and surface feeding go hand-in-hand but sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to find them. Lee Brake explains. For years the general approach to chasing pelagics in north Queensland (NQ) has been simple: look for birds, find bait balled near the surface and cast or troll lures through it. It’s not rocket [...]

Aboriginal communities are being given extra time to apply for funding to build upon or create new initiatives to support fisheries-related cultural and commercial activities, Deputy Director General, NSW DPI Fisheries, Sean Sloan, said today.   The deadline for applications for the NSW Government’s Aboriginal Fishing Trust Fund has been extended by eight weeks until [...]

For the second year running, the iconic Jindabyne and Eucumbene trout fisheries have been boosted with mass stockings of “advanced” rainbow fingerlings. Bred at DPI’s Gaden Trout Hatchery, the fish measured about 15cm and were produced using the hatchery’s heater/chiller technology to maximise growth rates.  A “standard” trout fingerling is usually stocked at about 4-5cm. [...]

Recreational fishers, campers and boaters are set to benefit from new and improved infrastructure and facilities in NSW under the Recreational Fishing and Camping Facilities Grants Program. A total of $4.2 million in grants is being provided to 16 coastal and inland NSW councils across 25 projects to improve amenities throughout the State. The projects [...]

All good things come to an end including the warm water fishing season which is now winding up. Chilly morning westerly winds are appearing along the NSW coast and many saltwater fishers are now diverting their attention to other species such as snapper, bream and luderick. Coinciding with this change of season, the full network [...]

The trophy flathead tagging program has been powering along in a selected number of estuaries along the coast since early 2016. With a small team of dedicated and passionate anglers, there have been over 1,230 dusky flathead tagged and 170 reported as recaptured. While many flathead recaptures are often short term (less than 60 days), [...]

We are in the final stages of the 2021/2022 fish stocking season which has so far seen over 4.8 million fish, produced at NSW DPI Hatcheries, released throughout the state. This includes a record number of 1.27 million Murray Cod produced at the Narrandera Fisheries Centre. On top of this over 265,000 Australian Bass, Golden [...]

The Central Coast has been announced as the next region to receive a new artificial reef in 2023.  The NSW Government has deployed nine offshore artificial reefs spanning from Tweed Heads to Merimbula and recently announced another to also be deployed off Forster in 2023. DPI will now undertake further detailed assessments and consult with [...]