Fishing near Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin sits on a peninsula in the Northern Territory, surrounded by the Timor Sea, Darwin Harbour and Shoal Bay. The city is the hub for Top End fishing — barramundi in tidal estuaries and river systems, bluewater pelagics offshore, and reef species year-round. Land-based fishing is possible but rewards local knowledge; boat access opens up Darwin Harbour's vast network of mangrove arms, inlets and offshore reefs.

Top waters to fish near Darwin

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Darwin, Northern Territory and what's needed to catch them.

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Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

Barred Javelin

Pomadasys kaakan

Blue-threadfin

Eleutheronema tetradactylum

Cobia

Rachycentron canadum

Estuary Cod

Epinephelus coioides

Fingermark

Lutjanus johnii

Giant Trevally

Caranx ignobilis

Golden Trevally

Gnathanodon speciosus

King Threadfin

Polydactylus macrochir

Longtail Tuna

Thunnus tonggol

Mangrove Jack

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel

Scomberomorus commerson

Queenfish

Scomberoides commersonnianus

Redthroat Emperor

Lethrinus miniatus

Snook

Sphyraena novaehollandiae

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