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30-06-08, 06:47 PM
Fishing Pittwater
With Peter Le Blang
Hello everyone
This last week has seen some great fishing both inshore as well as offshore.
Firstly inside Pittwater
Those wonderful kingfish have reappeared once again along the river and there are quite a few big fish amongst them. The problem has been to find them in a feeding mood.
Fish of over 10kg have been spotted lurking around the moorings and public wharves. The secret to catching one at the moment seems to be small live cuttlefish either downrigged or fished at anchor near the rocky headlands.
If anchored a burly trail is needed and a person throwing around a popper to create action can also be beneficial.
The places we have seen and caught kingfish over the last couple of weeks have been at Bothams Reef, Longnose Point, Taylors Point and Sand Point. Most of our fish have come whilst downrigging but we have caught and been smashed on kingies at Bothams Reef at anchor.
The squid are pretty hard to get in Pittwater once more so we have been going out to Barrenjoey and pulling big squid. We then downrig one big live squid and one squid head at The Joey and back inside Pittwater.
The bite is nowhere as prolonged as in summer months and on occasions can take quite a bit of time to get a bite.
The tailor schools are hanging around most headlands at Broken Bay with the most constant bite between Lion Island and Box Head. The usual metal lures are doing all the damage and on occasions also hooking up kingfish and salmon.
Bream are being caught at McCarrs Creek as well as the moorings near The Royal Motor Yacht Club. The use of bread as burly and bait has worked very well if you can keep the seagulls away. When these rats of the sea show up change the burly to crushed chicken pellets and tuna oil in a weighted burly pot and float down fresh prawns.
Flathead are still showing up at The Hill, as are small jewfish and the odd keeper snapper. Both drifting and anchoring works well at The Hill as do a variety of baits.
Luderick have started to appear again inside the river and the usual haunts of Rocky Point and Woody Point will see the boating angler tackle with a few. For the land-based angler Careel Bay Wharf as well as the wooden Wharf at Church Point will put you in with a chance.
Whilst at these wharves, place out a john dory bait as we have tangled with a couple of these fish at The Basin and am sure that there are a few more spread through out the river.
Offshore as most of you would of heard, the first run of yellowfin tuna have been out there for all to catch. The size of fish have been from 35kg through to a very respectable 60kg.
Most of the tuna have been picked up whilst cubing for hours but there have still been a few picked up with lures.
The last few days have seen some patchy fishing whilst targeting yellowfin but these fish are worth taking the chance on.
There also seems to be quite a few striped tuna around as well and wouldn’t be surprised to see more marlin caught whilst the warmer water is still present.
The target temperature at the moment to find whilst driving on the water is 20- 22 degrees. The better days have been whilst fishing in 22 degrees and the fish have been solid.
The kingfish are starting to show up at the deeper reefs off Terrigal and big fish wont be very far away. Traditionally June and July are the months when jigging the offshore reefs for big kingfish with big jigs and heavy jigging tackle.
The bottom bashing reefs are starting to produce some nice fish finally. Mowong, snapper, pigfish as well as the odd jewfish and kingfish are now being caught. Most of the decent fish are coming from the Terrigal area. Long Reef is also seeing some nice fish caught providing that you are in over the reef and not on the edge or sand. Over the sand there are still masses of leatherjackets waiting to snip lines and lighten the load for the trip back home.
There are quite a few sweep over the reef but with patience a decent fish or two can usually be caught.
If you feel like fishing at the moment and don’t feel like getting wet, call us.
Our larger vessel “Wildfish1” has a full canopy and side clears to make sure that you stay comfortable and dry.
Remember that the fish have to be wet, not you!
We are targeting a variety of species at the moment and do have spaces on many charters for single people or couples to join. The charters are varied that are available and as I write we have openings on Pittwater kingfish charters, tuna runs as well as a few spots on reef fishing charters.
To book a spot on a charter or to book the full boat Call me on 0410 633 351 or 9999 2574 and leave a message so I can return your call.
All the best.
No Bananas!
Peter Le Blang
Harbour & Estuary Fishing Charters
With Peter Le Blang
Hello everyone
This last week has seen some great fishing both inshore as well as offshore.
Firstly inside Pittwater
Those wonderful kingfish have reappeared once again along the river and there are quite a few big fish amongst them. The problem has been to find them in a feeding mood.
Fish of over 10kg have been spotted lurking around the moorings and public wharves. The secret to catching one at the moment seems to be small live cuttlefish either downrigged or fished at anchor near the rocky headlands.
If anchored a burly trail is needed and a person throwing around a popper to create action can also be beneficial.
The places we have seen and caught kingfish over the last couple of weeks have been at Bothams Reef, Longnose Point, Taylors Point and Sand Point. Most of our fish have come whilst downrigging but we have caught and been smashed on kingies at Bothams Reef at anchor.
The squid are pretty hard to get in Pittwater once more so we have been going out to Barrenjoey and pulling big squid. We then downrig one big live squid and one squid head at The Joey and back inside Pittwater.
The bite is nowhere as prolonged as in summer months and on occasions can take quite a bit of time to get a bite.
The tailor schools are hanging around most headlands at Broken Bay with the most constant bite between Lion Island and Box Head. The usual metal lures are doing all the damage and on occasions also hooking up kingfish and salmon.
Bream are being caught at McCarrs Creek as well as the moorings near The Royal Motor Yacht Club. The use of bread as burly and bait has worked very well if you can keep the seagulls away. When these rats of the sea show up change the burly to crushed chicken pellets and tuna oil in a weighted burly pot and float down fresh prawns.
Flathead are still showing up at The Hill, as are small jewfish and the odd keeper snapper. Both drifting and anchoring works well at The Hill as do a variety of baits.
Luderick have started to appear again inside the river and the usual haunts of Rocky Point and Woody Point will see the boating angler tackle with a few. For the land-based angler Careel Bay Wharf as well as the wooden Wharf at Church Point will put you in with a chance.
Whilst at these wharves, place out a john dory bait as we have tangled with a couple of these fish at The Basin and am sure that there are a few more spread through out the river.
Offshore as most of you would of heard, the first run of yellowfin tuna have been out there for all to catch. The size of fish have been from 35kg through to a very respectable 60kg.
Most of the tuna have been picked up whilst cubing for hours but there have still been a few picked up with lures.
The last few days have seen some patchy fishing whilst targeting yellowfin but these fish are worth taking the chance on.
There also seems to be quite a few striped tuna around as well and wouldn’t be surprised to see more marlin caught whilst the warmer water is still present.
The target temperature at the moment to find whilst driving on the water is 20- 22 degrees. The better days have been whilst fishing in 22 degrees and the fish have been solid.
The kingfish are starting to show up at the deeper reefs off Terrigal and big fish wont be very far away. Traditionally June and July are the months when jigging the offshore reefs for big kingfish with big jigs and heavy jigging tackle.
The bottom bashing reefs are starting to produce some nice fish finally. Mowong, snapper, pigfish as well as the odd jewfish and kingfish are now being caught. Most of the decent fish are coming from the Terrigal area. Long Reef is also seeing some nice fish caught providing that you are in over the reef and not on the edge or sand. Over the sand there are still masses of leatherjackets waiting to snip lines and lighten the load for the trip back home.
There are quite a few sweep over the reef but with patience a decent fish or two can usually be caught.
If you feel like fishing at the moment and don’t feel like getting wet, call us.
Our larger vessel “Wildfish1” has a full canopy and side clears to make sure that you stay comfortable and dry.
Remember that the fish have to be wet, not you!
We are targeting a variety of species at the moment and do have spaces on many charters for single people or couples to join. The charters are varied that are available and as I write we have openings on Pittwater kingfish charters, tuna runs as well as a few spots on reef fishing charters.
To book a spot on a charter or to book the full boat Call me on 0410 633 351 or 9999 2574 and leave a message so I can return your call.
All the best.
No Bananas!
Peter Le Blang
Harbour & Estuary Fishing Charters