Fishing in Papua New Guinea
34 species across 22 spots
Papua New Guinea offers fishing across 22 spots with 34 species in marine, freshwater, brackish, marine, freshwater, brackish waters. Suitable for beginner to expert anglers.
Top Spots
Seagrass beds and shallow reefs in Milne Bay attract Sleepy goby throughout the dry season.
The complex reef systems of Milne Bay, especially around the Tufi Inlet, are known for occasional but rewarding bites of Acanthopagrus novaecaledoniae, best pursued with local guides.
PNG's coral reefs and island chains offer a high chance of catching Humpback red snapper.
34
Species
22
Spots
Species
34
Humpback red snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
marine
Green jobfish
Aprion virescens
marine
Twospot banded snapper
Lutjanus biguttatus
marine
Smallmouthed salmon catfish
Cinetodus froggatti
freshwater, brackish
Speartail mudgoby
Oxyurichthys lonchotus
marine
Giant ruby snapper
Etelis boweni
marine
Sleepy goby
Psammogobius biocellatus
marine, freshwater, brackish
Eel snake blenny
Peronedys anguillaris
brackish
Sepik River halfbeak
Zenarchopterus kampeni
freshwater
Papuan seerfish
Scomberomorus multiradiatus
marine, brackish
Dwarf threadfin bream
Nemipterus balinensoides
marine, brackish
Snubnose grouper
Epinephelus macrospilos
marine
Striped clingfish
Diademichthys lineatus
marine
Coachwhip trevally
Carangoides oblongus
Blue Stiliger
Ercolania coerulea
Mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
marine, freshwater, brackish
Diaphus suborbitalis
Diaphus suborbitalis
marine
Spotbelly tonguefish
Symphurus monostigmus
marine
Acanthopagrus novaecaledoniae
Acanthopagrus novaecaledoniae
Castelnau's herring
Herklotsichthys castelnaui
marine, freshwater, brackish
Maroon clownfish
Amphiprion tricinctus
marine
Coal grunter
Hephaestus carbo
freshwater
Plectrogenium nanum
Plectrogenium nanum
marine
Yongeichthys criniger
Yongeichthys criniger
marine, brackish
Pygmy poacher
Odontopyxis trispinosa
marine
Pacific red snapper
Lutjanus peru
marine
Brunei dartfish
Navigobius vittatus
marine
Protogobius attiti
Protogobius attiti
freshwater, brackish
Scalicus investigatoris
Scalicus investigatoris
marine
Glossogobius nanus
Glossogobius nanus
freshwater
Luciobrama macrocephalus
Luciobrama macrocephalus
freshwater, brackish
Round sardinella
Sardinella aurita
marine, brackish
Barramundi
Lates calcarifer
marine, freshwater, brackish
Clarias cataractus
Clarias cataractus
freshwater