Recreational fishing is unquestionably big on Gove Peninsula which offers many options to pursue this favourite pastime.
The seas surrounding Gove boast some of the best tropical sport and reef fishing opportunities available anywhere in the world and the area is now being acclaimed as one of the last great fishing frontiers. With improved access and service facilities, more and more visitors are heading that way.
A booking through the local charter companies can put you into a comfortable fishing lodge and give you a choice of bluewater reef fishing, estuary and saltwater flyfishing, light tackle sport fishing or beach and adventure fishing.
Angling stalwarts who arrive in Nhulunbuy have access to well organised fishing clubs, boat charters and equipment supply and service facilities. More than 30 fish species are ripe for the catching all around the region, among them the reef hugging Red Emperor, Coral Trout and Golden Snapper, as well as large succulent Spanish Mackerel, Giant Trevally and, in the billabongs, the prized Barramundi.
For those avid international big game anglers who prefer an even more remote experience Nhulunbuy is a convenient staging base from which to reach comfortable remote base camp facilities or specially equipped mother ships operating along the East Arnhem Land coast.
