Any Good Spotss This time of the year

[mikefaraj]

gdayy peoplee ive been fishing for a yearr im not quite the professional and i was just wonderingg iff anyone knows any good spots down south or up northh sydney inshoree/estuaries havntt yankedd a decent fish since summer jus wonderingg wat places go good this winter??

cheerss

[quintrex101]

welcome to sff,:hellyeah:
go to port hacking mate and fish the bays in there, i think north west arm and yowie bay are the best, have a look at this fish i have caught this winter out of there,also here is a link to fishing port hacking
http://www.sydneyfishfinder.com.au/sffforum/showthread.php?t=1514


here is a 63cm dusky flathead, the story with this fish is that i hooked a baby snapper and wen i reeled it in the flathead came up and ate it and got hooked, caught in north west arm

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here is about 14 leatherjackets caught at jibbion heads on sps and prawns,
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here is a 29cm trevally caught on prawns in north west arm

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here is two leatherjacket, one caught in north west arm and the other in yowie bay

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and here is one days fishing at port hacking, ( P.S everyone this was my first trip to port hacking in my boat )

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hope all this helps, :hellyeah: :hellyeah:

cheers,

( by the way fishinf know how to catch big bream at deer park in port hacking, just ask him he will help you :headbang: :headbang: )

here is the 34 cms flathead caught at bunndeea on a prawn

[mikefaraj]

mateee ur cheeringg u cleanedd upp thanksss for respondingg yowiee bay is unbelievablee i caught baby jewie there maybne thinking of going up der this fridayy everyone cleans up there but whats the rumors about the full moon for jewiess is that truee or justt puff if yowie bay is good in winterr i might try down there i havnt tried down there since summer

[mikefaraj]

Heyy sorri one more thingg i thinkk u mistaked mee inshore meaning land based fishing not in a boat...would u happen to know any good spots on land based other then yowiebay:beerchug:

Cheers matee thanks for listenin ura top blokee

[storms72]

Hey mate, do us a little favour and tell us a bit about yourself in the new members section....Once we know what you are targetting and what gear you have there will be plenty of good advice coming your way.

Cheers
Jason

[nimrod]

Mike. Welcome to the site mate. you will find everyone here is helpfull and give good advise.
It's a good thing you're not paying by the charactor or you would be short changed every time:rolling laughter: :lol: .
Frank

[xtosea]

Hi Mike and welcome also, its tough fishing in winter in Sydney if you dont have a boat. Only fish really worth targetting are Bream, Flathead and Trevally. Most wharves will hold them, Sydney has plenty of wharves to fish from. Down south, Tom Ugly's bridge is good for Blackfish also Bream Flathead and Jews at times. The wharf at St George Motor Boat club is ok too for the same species. Live yakkas get you nice jews on the run in.
Other top spots are Clifton Gardens in the harbour, Dawes Point under harbour bridge, but just look at your trusty street directory, look at the waterways and where there are wharves , thats how i found most of my fishing spots.

Kamil

[sambo]

Just on fishing of the jettys and wharfs around Sydney is it true that you have to be carefull which one you fish, like the ferry wharfs that you can fish of them after the ferrys have stopped running

DAVID

[xtosea]

David, i have fished the wharves for years nearly a decade i'd say, and although some prolly dont allow fishing, if you fish it with respect and never leave a mess etc, you will be fine, i have had the Water Rats come from Kissing Point to Clifton, and never have told us to move if we were being normal and not making a mess or noise. The fisheries do do inspections also at night times.

Some wharves around Sydney do have ferries running but they stop at certain times, some at 8pm like Gladesville and others at 12am like Greenwich. Once they stop running these are the best times to fish for Jews in my opinion, its like they know they have stopped and come out to feed.

Kamil

[storms72]

Dave, you have to check the signage....most ferry terminals/wharfs are no-go zones...Fisheries aren't your worry but the police are they will usually give you a warning but may fine you for fishing there.

Theres a good wharf at Kissing point just to the right of the ferry terminal, good spot for jews, bream, whiting, flathead.

[mikefaraj]

heyy everyone thanks for the locations ive tried c liffton gardens also tom ugly and gladesville they all seem to be top locations but im just not gettin anything out of them this winter but i might go hit it to cliffton in the mornin on the weekend seems to be good trevally there but the thing that im not most experienced about is using right rigs and bait for trevally last weekend i saw a bloke put some burley in while he was fishing any ideas what makes good burly

[xtosea]

Burley tips here (http://www.sydneyfishfinder.com.au/sffforum/showthread.php?t=1224) for you.

Winter fishing is a bit slow, but it will pick up by next month.

Kamil

[mikefaraj]

thankss buddi sorri but can you help me outt if i want to catch trevally what rig should i use?...float rig do u rekon?

[xtosea]

Just a short trace of 20lb line maximum, of about 50cm, tiny hook and maybe a tiny ball sinker to a swivel, same as your normal bream rig or flathead rig. Use burley to get them around, and use fillets of fish etc, squid strips on your hook.

FishMan help out with a Trevally rig, read his new report also and maybe ask him for his advice.

Kamil

[imnotafish]

mike try a fish off the surf rocks rather than the harbour - they r holding trevs tailor and sambos at present which can all be taken spinning metals from 20 - 60gms.
inside syd harb is really really clear at the moment - best luck is flatties and bream upstream toward parra river in dirtier water, on the top of the afternoon high (when the water should be warmest)
remember berley can be a hinderance in winter unless it is almost liquid. the fish r not eating much and you could fill them up with your berley if not careful....!
Soft plastics can be good in winter too, the fish will often hit them out of territoriality as much as hunger.

[HSV]

Just on fishing of the jettys and wharfs around Sydney is it true that you have to be carefull which one you fish, like the ferry wharfs that you can fish of them after the ferrys have stopped running

DAVID

Hey mate about three weeks ago 2am we were fishing down balmain ferry warf and the water police came past. And told us we could not fish here. So i told them i was sorry and did not know, cause there are no signs saying not to fish. So he got out and walked around looking for a sign but there were none. So he told me im telling you can't fish on any ferry warfs even after the ferrys had stoped.He told me this is a warning and if we catch you again a fine will be issued, so we packed up and left. I was so Hott Next day i rand the fisheries they told me they had no problems with it and told me to contact sydney ferries so i did, they told it is a issue with them and to ring The NSW Maritime Authority for all the information, and they told me yes it is becoming illegall and the NSW police are policing it due to some people arguing with the ferries cause they dont want to pull there lines in:noway: and also people leaving bait behind....SO THANKYOU TO THESE :2gunsfiring_v1: INCONSDIERATE PEOPLE...they have ruied it for all....:ranting2:

[mulloway mayhem]

its the same with anything hsv.....it only takes 1 or 2 idiots to ruin it for everyone else.......:ranting2:

[HSV]

its the same with anything hsv.....it only takes 1 or 2 idiots to ruin it for everyone else.......:ranting2:

yep damm right... i maybe new to fishing but i have gone out my way to find the right and wrong things and allot of fishin ethics.....

[Mitchie180]

without doubt the best wharf in sydney harbour is double bay... if you go there between 5:30 --> (pm) in the light you just have to quickly retrieve a pretty much unweighted SP... gulp shrimp 2" in new penny or nuclear chicken and minnow grubs have worked for me.... squid are there aswell... but with the sps you will catch 20 + picke within an hour... they just jump out of the water randomly in the light... if you burley well you will also attract flatties... (caught a 70cm the other day) bream, and baby salmon. there are some leather jacket on the pylon aswell... you can catch these with gulp blood worms.
Hope ive helped Mitch

[quintrex101]

without doubt the best wharf in sydney harbour is double bay... if you go there between 5:30 --> (pm) in the light you just have to quickly retrieve a pretty much unweighted SP... gulp shrimp 2" in new penny or nuclear chicken and minnow grubs have worked for me.... squid are there aswell... but with the sps you will catch 20 + picke within an hour... they just jump out of the water randomly in the light... if you burley well you will also attract flatties... (caught a 70cm the other day) bream, and baby salmon. there are some leather jacket on the pylon aswell... you can catch these with gulp blood worms.
Hope ive helped Mitch

i have to try there, it sounds good :hellyeah:

[HSV]

without doubt the best wharf in sydney harbour is double bay... if you go there between 5:30 --> (pm) in the light you just have to quickly retrieve a pretty much unweighted SP... gulp shrimp 2" in new penny or nuclear chicken and minnow grubs have worked for me.... squid are there aswell... but with the sps you will catch 20 + picke within an hour... they just jump out of the water randomly in the light... if you burley well you will also attract flatties... (caught a 70cm the other day) bream, and baby salmon. there are some leather jacket on the pylon aswell... you can catch these with gulp blood worms.
Hope ive helped Mitch

is that the warf on bay st

[Mitchie180]

yep... where the ferry comes in

[HSV]

yep... where the ferry comes in

hey mate when there and they had it a fence around :ranting2:

[Mitchie180]

you sure???? last time i went there werent any fences there... did you go to the one next to the sailing club???

[HSV]

sorry mitchie i was thinking of a another spot......yeah i know what your talking about .......

[mikefaraj]

is bay street the one in Greenwhich, thats what it says on the directory

[HSV]

is bay street the one in Greenwhich, thats what it says on the directory

Nah it' is bay street double bay..here is a pic ...Hey how did you go on that location at yowie Bay..
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q110/mickg76/Doublebay.jpg

[aussie-revhead]

Is this area good this time of year ? Are there any wharves that I can fish that are not ferry wharves ? I would love to catch my first kingy and dont go to the harbour often so this maybe the day for me .

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[aussie-revhead]

Hey mate about three weeks ago 2am we were fishing down balmain ferry warf and the water police came past. And told us we could not fish here. ... snip ..., and they told me yes it is becoming illegall and the NSW police are policing it due to some people arguing with the ferries cause they dont want to pull there lines in:noway: and also people leaving bait behind....SO THANKYOU TO THESE :2gunsfiring_v1: INCONSDIERATE PEOPLE...they have ruied it for all....:ranting2:

HSV - how did your mate go ? I saw alot of activity in the water there but had no rods handy .

:icon_smile_wink:

[bigblackbream]

this pier is a great place to fish 4 the land based fisho. u can catch everything from yellowtail 4 live baitto bream trevally , flathead, tailor.whiting kingfish and jewfish. was down there this morning bout 8am watch 1 fella pull up a jewie bout 6 kg he used live yellotail weighted2bottom just a few meters out from pier

[fishunter]

are you allowed to fish on the wharf?

[aussie-revhead]

this pier is a great place to fish 4 the land based fisho. u can catch everything from yellowtail 4 live baitto bream trevally , flathead, tailor.whiting kingfish and jewfish. was down there this morning bout 8am watch 1 fella pull up a jewie bout 6 kg he used live yellotail weighted2bottom just a few meters out from pier

Walsh Bay in the harbour ? Would this time of year be good there ?

:biggrin:

[iby]

MATE I DONT KNOW HOW TO GET THERE OR WHERE THE SPOT IS EXACTLY BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT THERES A REALLY GOOD SPOT UP AT GREENWICH! DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHERE IT IS EXACTLY?:smiile: :shark:

[xtosea]

MATE I DONT KNOW HOW TO GET THERE OR WHERE THE SPOT IS EXACTLY BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT THERES A REALLY GOOD SPOT UP AT GREENWICH! DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHERE IT IS EXACTLY?:smiile: :shark:

You can fish Greenwich wharf or the baths, at the end of Greenwich rd, the wharf only fishes well after midnight after the ferries stop running, caught some awesome Jews there.
Kamil

[iby]

Can you please show me a map of how to get there?:smiile:

[xtosea]

Can you please show me a map of how to get there?:smiile:

Look in your street directory champ. Easiest way to find it.
Kamil

[Bees Knees]

Can you please show me a map of how to get there?:smiile:

Just google if you haven't got a directory.

Kamil, you are fast becoming the SFF street directory:drown: :yahoo:

[fishboy45]

nice fish there mate.

[xtosea]

Kamil, you are fast becoming the SFF street directory:drown: :yahoo:

Its funny when i started fishing, i never asked anyone for any spots, i simply got the trusty UBD out and looked at Sydney Harbour and the surrounding foreshore and looked at fishable places. Then over the next years i went to these places and decided for myself if they are worth fishing or not, plus there are always people fishing somewhere where you go, and you talk to them and see what they catch or target. Thats how i learnt.
Now i have my favorite wharves that i know of that produce fish at certain times of the moon phase and on what baits. It took a few years but it works. Its a greater feeling of accomplishment then simply asking on an open forum for secret spots and tips, thats my though anyway.
All the best Iby
Kamil

[iby]

:icon_smile_big: :hump: thanks Kamil! is just that i've heared so much about that place and im really looking forward to going there. where's you favourite spot?

[xtosea]

Iby, that wharf after midnight is a top place to fish, bait at your feet, Yakkas and Squid, use the right presented bait and you should do good.

My favorite spot, if i told on here it would not be my favorite anymore!
I have spent years learning the wharves in Sydney Harbour so i cannot divulge that info sorry. But some are not far from that wharf, being other wharves and points in the system.
Kamil