Best Fishing Spots in South Australia

South Australia is the driest state in the driest inhabited continent, and its water reflects that. Lagoons make up an unusually large share of the mapped waters, and many inland lakes are saline or seasonal rather than permanent freshwater. Almost everything sits in the warm-temperate band with a subtropical fringe north, so nothing freezes and the year is open, limited by heat and by evaporation rather than by cold. Elevation is low throughout. The coast, including the gulfs and the Coorong lagoon system, carries much of the fishing, and there is no general recreational licence in this state: rules work instead through size limits, bag limits and closed seasons that apply to everyone equally. There are 412 waters listed here for South Australia, covering 42 counties. By type it is mostly natural lakes, with lagoons next. By area, nothing beats Lake Torrens at about 3,539 sq km. Where depth is recorded, Lake Alexandrina goes deepest at roughly 5 metres. Climate averages across these waters run 12°C in the cold month and 28°C in the warm one. Most commonly logged: yellow-eye mullet, perch, goldfish and common carp....