Saratoga, either the southern or gulf variety, are one of those species that sit on anglers’ bucket list for years. Given their limited range, they’re not available to everyone, meaning many have to travel in order to lock horns with these prehistoric leapers.

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.

Fishing with jerkbaits is another one of those techniques from the US that somehow made it across the ditch and was let loose in the hands of Aussie bass anglers. For almost two decades, most tournament anglers have included a range of long, slender hardbodied lures in their box of tricks.

Snapper, known as pink snapper in Western Australia, are a much-loved Australian species, appreciated as much for their eating quality as they are for their sporting attributes. Snapper can be caught in estuary, bay and offshore environments along our east, west and south coasts.

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.

Most people won’t turn down a feed of Spanish mackerel. One of the most effective techniques on these toothy speedsters is trolling both lures and baits. While preferred trolling techniques vary all over Australia, there are a few principals that can be applied anywhere you happen to be fishing for them.

Stocking barramundi into our freshwater impoundments over 20 years ago was possibly the best thing science did for barra anglers! It concentrated vast numbers of barramundi into an environment that allows them to grow big! 

In the last 15 years, the popularity of fishing with topwater lures for yellowfin, sand or summer whiting in estuaries has grown and grown. Early on, small poppers were an effective tool for those chasing whiting on top, and lures like the Lucky Craft G Splash Popper will still work exceptionally well.

Yellowbelly, yellas, golden perch, or callop (to our South Australians) are a great sportfish of the west. Being receptive to a wide variety of techniques, including bait, makes them prized as a sporting proposition alone.

Like them or not, introduced trout species from North America and Europe are here to stay, and these days they are fairly widespread in our southern regions. NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and even Western Australia have good populations of both brown and rainbow trout.

For any freshwater fanatic, it doesn’t get much better than a plus-sized Murray cod imploadling a topwater presentation, with the tell-tale ‘boof’ sound and a pizza size sinkhole near the rod tip.

There’s a bunch of ways to enjoy these great fighters, and now we can add trolling to that list! While this is a relatively underrated technique for this species, results have shown just how deadly it can be, and it’s a great way to maximise your chances when motoring between spots!