Fishing near Newcastle, New South Wales

Newcastle sits at the mouth of the Hunter River on the NSW coast, giving anglers access to a deep harbour channel, ocean breakwalls, long surf beaches, and the vast expanse of Lake Macquarie all within a short drive. The harbour pushes nutrients into a productive system that holds bream, flathead, mulloway, and kingfish, while Stockton Beach's gutters and Lake Macquarie's bays and points round out one of the most varied urban fishing scenes on the east coast.