Photos of Aboriginal Fishing in the Northern Territory, Australia

In the coastal areas of northern Australia, fishing is a passion for young and old and they manage to catch an impressive number of fish, never using fishing rods, but just a line, a hook and some bait. For the bigger fish the men and boys often use three-pronged fish spears with which they are remarkably accurate.

These photos were mainly taken around Numbulwar, a community on the Gulf of Carpentaria where the Nunggubuyu people are real "People of the Sea" and catch all kinds of fish. But elsewhere fishing is popular too among all ages, along the coast and, inland, in rivers and waterholes.