Fishing Sydney in spring

As the weather warms around Sydney, the wind also picks up and afternoon sea breezes kick in.

Sydney Harbour fishing improves in late spring, from around November.

Sydney offshore waters have migratory tropical fish that leave when the water cools each year, including most of the gamefish species.

These gamefish return with the warm water of late spring, with fishing peaking in mid to late summer.

Many bread and butter species bite well in spring, and freshwater fishing improves as the weather warms.

As global oceans warm, Sydney fishing might kick off earlier some years, with more tropical species might be caught.

Fish around Sydney in spring …

Australian salmon – late winter and spring.
Bass – bass are often at their best in October.
Bream – all year. They tend to move upstream in summer.
Flathead – all year, but a good run of fish in September/October, and that applies to bluespot, tiger and dusky flathead.
Flounder – all year, but a good run of fish in September/October.
Garfish – all year.
John Dory – fish deep over bait grounds with livebait in early spring.
Kingfish – spring and summer.
Mahi mahi – from September, best between December and February.
Morwong – from late October.
Mulloway – often caught in spring.
Pink snapper – all year, but on offshore grounds they are often slowing down from late spring.
Silver trevally – good is September, slower after that until next winter.
Squid – all year. Try jetties with night lights, but many locations will produce at dawn and dusk.
Tailor – all year, but best late winter and early spring.
Yellowfin tuna – late winter and until September.