Information to read before you submit your fishing activity

Freshwater bag and size limits

Bag and size limits and gear restrictions apply with fishing. You should familiarise yourself with these rules before fishing. Information is available from your local fisheries office, many bait and tackle stores or NSW Department of Primary Industries. For freshwater bag and size limits, visit Freshwater bag and size limits (nsw.gov.au)


Recreational Fishing Licence

When fishing in NSW waters, both freshwater and saltwater, you are required by law to pay the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee and carry a receipt showing the payment of the fee. Payment of recreational fishing fee can be made online at Recreational fishing | Service NSW


Humane harvesting

Animal care and welfare is important. For guidelines on how to humanely harvest fish and crustaceans, visit Humane harvesting of fish and crustaceans (nsw.gov.au)


How to measure a fish

For guidance on how to measure a fish, visit How to measure a fish | NSW DPIRD

Submit your fishing activity here

Help contribute to a better understanding of our waterways! Please complete one form for each activity (catch or no catch).

Please note that if you submit a photograph, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Notification, available on Council's website.

Optional. For Council's internal records only — this will not be published on the Data Portal.
Please provide total length (legal length) measurements which is the size of the fish from snout to the tip of the tail.

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Size limit: 10MB per file

File number limit: 3. Single file size limit: 10MB. Allowed types: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, SVG, HEIC, HEIF

Please hold and drag the location marker to where the fish was caught. This helps us record the capture location, not where you are uploading from.

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Enter time in hours. For part-hours use a decimal — e.g. 1.5 for one and a half hours.