Fishing in regional Australia is a popular activity with both locals and toursists. From salt and fresh water lakes to coastal waters and creeks, there are many places to have a fish.
You can hire guides and charters in nearly every popular fishing area, starting from 50 dollars and hour, and tackle stores are common near every water source.
Australia has a wide variety of fish species, and you might want to do some research on what species can or can not be caught by law at that time, or which species currently can not be eaten.
Tackle used when fishing will change dramatically according to the weight and fighting style of your targeted fish. You will find the weight of the rod printed above the handle butt, and can use either mono or braid for line. Braid is a cotton-like thread, which is much thinner and lighter than mono, but stronger aswell. Braid requires the angler using it to know more knots than mono, and requires leader (a thick form of mono, used to prevent sharp objects from snapping off the fighting fish) to be tied to the end of it, and connect to the lure, bait or soft plastic.
There are 4 different types of reels that can be used on the different rods, too. There is the overhead (otherwise known as the baitcaster, a decieving name as it is used to cast more than bait) which sits at the up-side of the screw-on reel holder found on most modern rods. A rod which is designed to hold a baitcaster will have a trigger-like grip section on the butt of the rod, and smaller loop-holes (Otherwise known as eyes, which are the loops which run along the rod.) than those found on a rod designed to hold a spin reel. Spin reels (Otherwise known as egg-beaters and coffee grinders, so named due to the spinning acton of the reel when your line is being wound in, which resembles the action of an egg beater or coffee grinder.) are a reel which sits on the bottom of your rod when held correctly. The eyes lining the rod begin as wide holes, and become smaller along the rod.. The sidecaster (Generally reffered to as an Alvey, the name of the leading sidecaster manufacturing company) is a circular reel used on surf rods, a long, flexible rod used to fish off rocks or beaches, and is casted by turning the reel to the side, which releases the line. And lastly, there is the fly reel. A fly reel is also a circular reel, but is casted far differently from the others. A fly reel is attatched to a fly rod, which is a long, thin rod designed to be casted using sweeping motions. Fly reels are outfitted with thick sets of line, which is stripped from the reel, clutched, and slowly released as short sweeping motions made with the rod, releasing the light-weight 'lure', a stainless steel hook with different materials and objects tied to it to mimic the look of a baitfish. Flyfishing is more for advanced fishermen.
Wherever you are, fish will eat different foods, according to their location, and the moon phase. Before travelling to an unfamiliar fishing spot, seek advice for what to fish with.