Wow, what a few days it has been for the week off the east coast of NSW. Most anglers in their right mind would have stayed in doors for a few days until it settled down. But with saying that there have been a few anglers getting out there and getting a few fish. It has just been a matter of picking the right time and place to go. Robert Times from Shellharbour has been pulling in a few luderick near the boat ramp at Shellharbour. He has also been getting a few bream near the coal loader at Red Sands.
Peter Colds of Gerroa fished the boat ramp at Boat Harbour at Gerringong for 5 drummer, 3 luderick and 6 bream. All were caught on peeled prawns. Josh Batts fished the back of the bay at Little Bay near Maroubra for 5 bream on chicken and mullet gut.
Other places that you could try for bream, dusky flathead and luderick off the shore during bad weather like we have just had are the inside section of the Point at Kurnell, the section that is adjacent to Silver Beach, Hungry Point in the Port Hacking, Lady Jane Beach in Sydney Harbour and Little Manly Cove. All of these places seem to produce fish during and after a southerly blow.
Botany Bay and the Port Hacking are very dirty at the moment and will be for the next few days. For the best results you will need to coincide you’re fishing time to near the top of the tide. This will tend to give you cleaner water. I would suggest that you try using baits like stripped tuna, slimy mackerel, mullet, chicken and mullet gut and chicken done in parmesan cheese.
Try anchoring near the drums. A berley trail is a must.
The Georges River should fire over the next week or so for yellowfin bream and dusky flathead and the odd mulloway or two. Try fishing the deeper parts of the river towards the bottom of the tide and the shallow section when the tide is nearing its peak.
Darren from Bermagui Ocean Hut Fishing Tackle, Dive and Charter Fishing Service
mailto:%20(%20enquiries@bermifishinghut.com.au reports that before the bad weather the snapper fishing has been excellent on most of the reefs with Bunga, Goalen Head area producing the best. Some nice fish have been captured on soft plastics over the shallow reefs on light gear. Sand Flathead were in good numbers out from most beaches and with them have been some nice Gummy Sharks, but you will need to wait until the seas settle down a bit to get out to them again.
The deeper reefs will have nice Morwong on them although they are difficult to fish due to the number of Leatherjackets. Burley trails are producing some fish although you are probably best to troll to find the fish before setting up your trails. Coming up the trails have also been some nice Makos and Darren did hear of a 160 Kg Thresher Shark being captured.
Still there are plenty of southern yellowfin bream in most of the estuaries that are open to the ocean and are being taken regularly on Tuna and Nippers. Out around Wallaga Lake Bridge there are still good schools of blackfish being caught on Green Weed, there are also lots of leatherjackets hanging around the bridge as well. In the harbour for the kids there are plenty of trevally, blackfish and bream feeding off the Tuna frames. Drummer are the main stay off the stones at present with the areas below the Blue Pool and south around Michael Lerner lookout which are being taken regularly on Abb Gut and Cunjevoi. Mixed in with them have been some nice bream and trevally plus the odd groper. Salmon are still prevailing on most beaches and can also be taken from the rocks. Bream are also frequenting the beaches and will respond well to burley and strips of Striped Tuna.
If you are planing a trip down Darren’s way check out his web site at http://bermifishinghut.com.au/aboutus.htm You could also give Darren and the boys a ring on (02) 6493 4688 to find out what is coming up in the next week or so.
Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that they too have had some ordinary long weekend weather, but the bigger seas didn’t stop some of the fisho’s venturing out side. There has been an unbelievable amount of Cobia on the bite off the Jail. Fish Rock has some fair kings along with a few mack tuna.
Peter Colds of Gerroa fished the boat ramp at Boat Harbour at Gerringong for 5 drummer, 3 luderick and 6 bream. All were caught on peeled prawns. Josh Batts fished the back of the bay at Little Bay near Maroubra for 5 bream on chicken and mullet gut.
Other places that you could try for bream, dusky flathead and luderick off the shore during bad weather like we have just had are the inside section of the Point at Kurnell, the section that is adjacent to Silver Beach, Hungry Point in the Port Hacking, Lady Jane Beach in Sydney Harbour and Little Manly Cove. All of these places seem to produce fish during and after a southerly blow.
Botany Bay and the Port Hacking are very dirty at the moment and will be for the next few days. For the best results you will need to coincide you’re fishing time to near the top of the tide. This will tend to give you cleaner water. I would suggest that you try using baits like stripped tuna, slimy mackerel, mullet, chicken and mullet gut and chicken done in parmesan cheese.
Try anchoring near the drums. A berley trail is a must.The Georges River should fire over the next week or so for yellowfin bream and dusky flathead and the odd mulloway or two. Try fishing the deeper parts of the river towards the bottom of the tide and the shallow section when the tide is nearing its peak.
Darren from Bermagui Ocean Hut Fishing Tackle, Dive and Charter Fishing Service
mailto:%20(%20enquiries@bermifishinghut.com.au reports that before the bad weather the snapper fishing has been excellent on most of the reefs with Bunga, Goalen Head area producing the best. Some nice fish have been captured on soft plastics over the shallow reefs on light gear. Sand Flathead were in good numbers out from most beaches and with them have been some nice Gummy Sharks, but you will need to wait until the seas settle down a bit to get out to them again.
The deeper reefs will have nice Morwong on them although they are difficult to fish due to the number of Leatherjackets. Burley trails are producing some fish although you are probably best to troll to find the fish before setting up your trails. Coming up the trails have also been some nice Makos and Darren did hear of a 160 Kg Thresher Shark being captured.
Still there are plenty of southern yellowfin bream in most of the estuaries that are open to the ocean and are being taken regularly on Tuna and Nippers. Out around Wallaga Lake Bridge there are still good schools of blackfish being caught on Green Weed, there are also lots of leatherjackets hanging around the bridge as well. In the harbour for the kids there are plenty of trevally, blackfish and bream feeding off the Tuna frames. Drummer are the main stay off the stones at present with the areas below the Blue Pool and south around Michael Lerner lookout which are being taken regularly on Abb Gut and Cunjevoi. Mixed in with them have been some nice bream and trevally plus the odd groper. Salmon are still prevailing on most beaches and can also be taken from the rocks. Bream are also frequenting the beaches and will respond well to burley and strips of Striped Tuna.
If you are planing a trip down Darren’s way check out his web site at http://bermifishinghut.com.au/aboutus.htm You could also give Darren and the boys a ring on (02) 6493 4688 to find out what is coming up in the next week or so.
Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that they too have had some ordinary long weekend weather, but the bigger seas didn’t stop some of the fisho’s venturing out side. There has been an unbelievable amount of Cobia on the bite off the Jail. Fish Rock has some fair kings along with a few mack tuna.
Doug Battye caught a 22.6 kilo cobia on a live yellowtail while on a week’s holiday before the bad weather hit. 
Monster pearl perch have been caught out wide in 60 fathoms off Grassy Head. Last weekend there were still the odd spottie smashing the live baits. A few snapper have come out of the same location along with some cracker samson fish. Live Bait has been no problem to catch again over the last week.
Fishing the rocks has been productive before the foul weather for tailor, drummer and bream, while dart are thick off the ledges. Beach fishing has been slow with the north end of Smoky the best for bream and tailor with some good flathead coming in. Hopefully this current low weather pattern will churn the beach up for better results next week.
The river is slow again this week. This is the time of the year the Bream come in the river system but a high number of these are being netted before they can get here and until something is worked out with the beach haulers this will only get worse. Black Fish are along the Break walls in reasonably good numbers while the odd good. For daily reports and special call Paul on (02) 6566 6726.
Jason and Virginia Isaac from Ned Kelly’s Bait and Tackle jasned@ozemail.com.au reports that the beaches have been producing a few bream and the numbers have begun to improve noticeably, with Lighthouse beach and around Laurieton giving up a couple of excellent bags before the weed moved in. Tailor however continue to be a little on the quiet side, although there are enough reasonable quality fish around to keep you interested. Little to report on the mulloway front, although a few rumours regarding school sized fish around Lake Cathie have begun to surface. Best bet for all species is to be prepared to travel and look for the weed free locations. The old rule of thumb applies fish where the weed isn’t and you will generally find fish.
In the estuaries, flathead action remains excellent with good fish coming from most parts of the lower reaches. Reports also suggest there are excellent numbers of bream beginning to feed in the lower parts of the system, with the coming dark likely to produce solid results. Mullet gut and yabbies will be the baits of choice. Blackfish numbers are reasonable, however quality green weed remain in short supply. If you can’t get hold of any weed, cabbage is well worth a go, particularly around the break wall areas. Further upstream, still a few good muddies around for the keen crabbers, and by all reports, the crabs are in top condition and as full as possible.
Off the rocks, drummer numbers continue to improve despite the mass of sand although by and large, ledges to the south have produced the better results to date. The cooling of the water can have a considerable effect on the local pig population, turning them on like a switch, so now is the time to begin some serious prospecting. Locally, Shelley’s and Miners have been worth a look, although Lighthouse generally produces well early in the season. Tailor numbers remain solid with Point Plommer and surrounds producing some quality greenbacks, albeit not in consistent numbers. A few big winter bream are also around the washes, with evening and early morning sessions producing the better results, particularly around Big Hill and Plommer.
On the offshore scene, when conditions allow, snapper and pearl perch are both on offer, along with excellent numbers of tackle busting kingfish however the current remains a day to day proposition. The flathead grounds are also reported to be fishing exceptionally well, with the 50 to 55 metre mark producing an excellent class of fish.
When you are next up in Port Macquarie call into the shop and have a look at their great selection of tackle and bait they have on offer. You could also ask Jason and Virginia for their daily report on what’s happening on the fishing front. Call them on (02) 6583 8318.
Monster pearl perch have been caught out wide in 60 fathoms off Grassy Head. Last weekend there were still the odd spottie smashing the live baits. A few snapper have come out of the same location along with some cracker samson fish. Live Bait has been no problem to catch again over the last week.
Fishing the rocks has been productive before the foul weather for tailor, drummer and bream, while dart are thick off the ledges. Beach fishing has been slow with the north end of Smoky the best for bream and tailor with some good flathead coming in. Hopefully this current low weather pattern will churn the beach up for better results next week.
The river is slow again this week. This is the time of the year the Bream come in the river system but a high number of these are being netted before they can get here and until something is worked out with the beach haulers this will only get worse. Black Fish are along the Break walls in reasonably good numbers while the odd good. For daily reports and special call Paul on (02) 6566 6726.
Jason and Virginia Isaac from Ned Kelly’s Bait and Tackle jasned@ozemail.com.au reports that the beaches have been producing a few bream and the numbers have begun to improve noticeably, with Lighthouse beach and around Laurieton giving up a couple of excellent bags before the weed moved in. Tailor however continue to be a little on the quiet side, although there are enough reasonable quality fish around to keep you interested. Little to report on the mulloway front, although a few rumours regarding school sized fish around Lake Cathie have begun to surface. Best bet for all species is to be prepared to travel and look for the weed free locations. The old rule of thumb applies fish where the weed isn’t and you will generally find fish.
In the estuaries, flathead action remains excellent with good fish coming from most parts of the lower reaches. Reports also suggest there are excellent numbers of bream beginning to feed in the lower parts of the system, with the coming dark likely to produce solid results. Mullet gut and yabbies will be the baits of choice. Blackfish numbers are reasonable, however quality green weed remain in short supply. If you can’t get hold of any weed, cabbage is well worth a go, particularly around the break wall areas. Further upstream, still a few good muddies around for the keen crabbers, and by all reports, the crabs are in top condition and as full as possible.
Off the rocks, drummer numbers continue to improve despite the mass of sand although by and large, ledges to the south have produced the better results to date. The cooling of the water can have a considerable effect on the local pig population, turning them on like a switch, so now is the time to begin some serious prospecting. Locally, Shelley’s and Miners have been worth a look, although Lighthouse generally produces well early in the season. Tailor numbers remain solid with Point Plommer and surrounds producing some quality greenbacks, albeit not in consistent numbers. A few big winter bream are also around the washes, with evening and early morning sessions producing the better results, particularly around Big Hill and Plommer.
On the offshore scene, when conditions allow, snapper and pearl perch are both on offer, along with excellent numbers of tackle busting kingfish however the current remains a day to day proposition. The flathead grounds are also reported to be fishing exceptionally well, with the 50 to 55 metre mark producing an excellent class of fish.
When you are next up in Port Macquarie call into the shop and have a look at their great selection of tackle and bait they have on offer. You could also ask Jason and Virginia for their daily report on what’s happening on the fishing front. Call them on (02) 6583 8318.
Also don't forget to keep sending in those photo of the month photos. Look out for next weeks report for the winner in May 2007
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