Fishing near Adelaide, South Australia

Adelaide sits on the eastern shore of Gulf St Vincent, giving anglers quick access to sheltered gulf waters, ocean beaches, estuaries, and urban waterways. The gulf and its jetties produce King George Whiting, Southern Black Bream, Snapper, and Eastern Australian Salmon, while the Onkaparinga River and Port River are reliable estuary options close to the city. West Lakes and the River Torrens add freshwater variety, with Carp and European Perch the most commonly landed species inland.

Top waters to fish near Adelaide

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Adelaide, South Australia and what's needed to catch them.

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Mountain Galaxias

Galaxias olidus

Obscure Galaxias

Galaxias oliros

Puye

Galaxias maculatus

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Australian Herring

Arripis georgianus

Australian Salmon

Arripis trutta

Black Bream

Acanthopagrus butcheri

Bronze Whaler

Carcharhinus brachyurus

King George Whiting

Sillaginodes punctatus

Mulloway

Argyrosomus japonicus

Sand Flathead

Platycephalus bassensis

Silver Trevally

Pseudocaranx dentex

Snook

Sphyraena novaehollandiae

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