These days many anglers choose to use lures to catch big sand, yellowfin or summer whiting on the East Coast, however using baits on long whippy rods is becoming something of a dying art, and is still a great - and probably more effective - method of gathering a feed of these tasty little fish.

Trevally are seen as a trophy species for offshore anglers throwing poppers and stickbaits at nervous schools of bait, but they can be a lot of fun at smaller sizes in our estuaries and sheltered waters too.

One of the many great qualities about bream - and there are many - is their willingness to embrace urban development. In all of our big cities around Australia, bream (of varying species) can be found in the adjacent waterways, and to clued in local anglers they make excellent sport.

Without a doubt, trolling in estuaries is one of if not the most effective ways to catch dusky flathead, possibly even more effective than bait.

These fish go by a few different names, depending where you’re fishing for them. Winter, diver, or trumpeter whiting, whatever you want to call them, are appreciated as being both great fun to catch and a great source of seafood!

Mangrove jack are seen as something of a glamour fish, living amongst gnarly man-made structures in big cities, adapting seamlessly into urban life and crippling even the most fortified tackle. 

Across the nation, bream would have to be one of if not the most available sportfish, and hardbody crankbaits would have to be the most useful tool for bringing them unstuck. 

Without doubt one of Australia's favourite fish to catch and eat is the good old Whiting. They are found mainly on beaches and estuary systems right along the coast of Australia. There are so many different ways to catch these hard fighting and tasty fish, from live bait through to surface lures.

Flathead would have to be one of the most popular species and one of my favourite species to catch in the estuary systems on lures, with different species of Flathead found right around Australia.