hansboynton

Nice whiting mate!👍

Just wondering if any of you folks that have fished Manly Lagoon or Narrabeen Lakes in the past few years have any pics of any northern/rare species that you have caught there. Would really appreciate if you could share them.

Thanks for the feedback Little_Flatty. Good to know there are some flatties still around in both those places. I lived right next to Manly Lagoon as a kid (late 70s early 80s) and fished there often...Narrabeen Lakes was always my second go-to place when fishing those kind of environments. Back then we mostly caught the flatheads on live mullet...in Manly Lagoon (we called it Queenscliff Lagoon back then) they used to average 2-3 lbs while we pulled much bigger ones out of Narrabeen (oftentimes well beyond 5 lbs)...and yes, we used pounds and inches back then🙈. I have been living in the states for several years now but plan to make a run down under before the end of the year. During my last trip three years ago I was surprised to see that the lagoon was much cleaner than what I remembered...I caught plenty of bream and whiting...and although I was only able to get a few hours of fishing in I saw enough schools of mullet getting hit to make me think that perhaps some of those giant herrings, GTs and big eye trevallies of yesteryear might still be lurking somewhere in there. This year I hope to rent a place near the lagoon and fish every morning and evening for at least a week. Cheers!

Thanks Waza, I grew up right next to the lagoon and as a kid fished it almost everyday back in the late seventies...incredible the size and species that we pulled out of that place including giant herring, pearl perch, estuary perch, bass, mangrove jacks, GTs, big eye jacks. We literally fished every inch of that lagoon from the ocean entrance to the feeder creek and everything in between. Huge muddies and giant freshwater eels were an extra bonus.

Anyone in Sydney fished Manly Lagoon or Narrabeen Lakes so far this year?