SPECIES FISHING GUIDES.

Iconic southern Australian reef-and-bay table fish.

Apex pelagic brawler of southern AU and northern NZ.

Estuary ambush predator — NSW's most-targeted sport fish.

Aggressive beach/headland surface predator — winter NSW classic.

Nocturnal estuary-and-beach ghost — the patience fish.

Estuary all-rounder — the fish that taught a generation to lure-fish.

Light-tackle estuary gem — pound-for-pound the best eating.

High-speed tropical pelagic — toll-collector of QLD reef boats.

Australia's iconic northern estuary predator.

Pound-for-pound estuary brawler — pure aggression in 50 cm.

From estuary silvers to offshore GTs — speed and brutality.

Beach and rock pelagic schooler — winter NSW/VIC/SA classic.

High-country freshwater target — alpine lakes, tailwater rivers, hatchery and wild.

Spookiest trout in the southern hemisphere — wild AU/NZ rivers, polaroid sight-fishing.

Tasmanian rivers and lakes — wild + escapee fish from sea-cage farms, fly-rod target.

AU freshwater apex — surface boofs, snags, structure, the green ghost of the Murray-Darling.

Iconic Murray-Darling river fish — yellow flanks, schools in flowing water, bibbed minnows + spinnerbaits.

East-coast freshwater target — coastal rivers, dam stockies, surface lures at dawn.

Invasive but heavily fished in southern AU — schools, weed, bibbed minnows, easy to target.

WA's iconic west-coast reef and bay species.

GBR reef apex — the best-eating fish in Australian waters.

Deep-water tropical reef trophy — premium table fish.

World's premier billfish — Cairns to Cape Bowling Green.

Acrobatic blue-water FAD-loving summer pelagic.

The blue-water freight train — Australia's premier offshore game fish.

World's fastest fish — tropical pelagic acrobat.

Tropical pelagic speedster — bullet-fast strikes.

Atlantic NE migratory predator — surf, boat, and inlet game fish.

Florida Keys and Gulf — pure jumping power on a fly.

Florida inshore ambush predator — lights, docks, mangrove edges.

Saltwater flats fly-fishing classic — Florida Keys / Bahamas.

Gulf Coast and SE inshore staple — copper-bodied flats ambusher.

Pelagic-yet-inshore wanderer — sight-fish or chum aggression.

SE pelagic toll-collector — fast strikes on slow-troll.

Atlantic NE aggressive predator — toothy chrome-and-blue freight train.

Mid-Atlantic / NE bottom ambusher — drift-and-bounce game.

Gulf and SE estuary all-rounder — light-tackle grass-flat target.

Pacific Northwest + Great Lakes anadromous rainbow — coastal rivers, drift boats, swung flies.

THE American bass — Florida-strain trophy fishery + northern-strain everywhere from Maine to California.

Clear-water rock-and-current bass — Great Lakes, northern river smallies, harder-fighting cousin to largemouth.

Northern lakes apex predator — toothy ambusher, ice-out + late-fall trophy windows.

America's most-fished catfish — rivers, ponds, reservoirs everywhere from MN to TX, bait-fishing core target.

Great Lakes + northern lakes night-feeding eye — low-light specialist, the premier US eating fish.

Southern reservoir black-bass — between largemouth and smallmouth, schools on offshore structure, finesse-heavy.

Great Lakes + northern lakes panfish — schooling, family-friendly, ice-fishing favorite, world-class eating.

Schooling panfish in brushpiles and docks — spring-spawn slab hunt, the great American family fishery.

The fish of 10,000 casts — 50-inch trophy cult target, northern US and Canadian shield apex predator.