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Good catch of bream up that part of the system for this time of year. Like you said, will only improve as the water warms up.

Very nice flatty there. Which area of Middle Harbour were you fishing?

I don't know Narrabeen Lake particularly well but I'd try another approach and try fishing the shallow water. When the water is this cold its the deep areas that are the coldest and often the flatties will be in the shallows sunning themselves (obviously not in this weather though!). I've found this to be the case in the harbour and other waterways. Worth a try I think.

I'm interested to see how you guys all go. I'm keen to give Middle Harbour a go on Saturday, upstream of the Roseville Bridge. Have always had success on the flatties up that way but haven't managed to hook a jew as yet.

Hey all, just wanted people's opinions of the prospect of catching jewies in the dirty upper reaches of the estuaries, now that we've had a heap of rain. This is normally a good time of year to be chasing jewies in the upper reaches but do you think the dirty water will be have a negative impact on the fishing, due to baitfish likely being flushed out with all this fresh? Personally I think that there will be some effect on the baitfish supply but the dirty water might get the jews really biting, giving them more of ann opportunity to ambush. It's something I've been thinking about and would be interested in everyone's opinion.

I don't know about Bundeena wharf but I did fish Bonnievale Spit at Maianbar on Sunday night for 2 legal whiting (many undersize too), including 1 big 43cm model. The fishing overall was pretty average but the big whiting made up for that, a little anyway. Normally a productive spot if you're willing to wade across from the Maianbar flats, or make the longer trek from Bundeena. All fish were caught on nippers too. Cheers

Hi all, I haven't fished this area this summer at all but I'm planning on pumping some nippers and fishing the area tomorrow evening. Has anyone fished the Maianbar and Bonnievale spit area recently who could let me know how the whiting have been biting? Would love to hear from anyone who has fished there recently. Thanks.

As far as I know Botany Bay itself is fine when it comes to eating fish from there.

Eating fish from Kyeemagh (the mouth of the Cooks's River) is probably only slightly more risky than eating fish from the bay itself. I agree that you should definitely not eat any fish caught up river though.

Hey guys, has anyone ventured out in Middle Harbour over the last couple of days? Just curious as to what the condition of the water is, whether it's been muddied up at all or if it's still fairly clear. Thinking of fishing the upper reaches around Roseville tomorrow morning and the state of the water will dictate what sort of fishing i'll do. I'm in Sydney's west and I haven't had a chance to check out the water up that way. Any info would really be appreciated. Thanks.

Haven't been there for a while but there were always plenty of yakkas around the Gunnamatta baths that were fairly easy to catch. I used to burley them up and catch them on small bits of mince.

Well done, that's a nice pair of fish! ... which system were you fishing?

Yeah I should have mentioned I'm land based. I generally fish the upper reaches of Middle Harbour which during summer the flats and holes generally hold reasonably good numbers of flatties but I haven't been up there for a number of months. Up until then those areas were still fishing ok. Are the flatties likely to hang around those upper reaches during the winter or do they head downstream looking for deeper and warmer water?

Hi all, With me having the week off next week I'm planning on doing a bit of fishing on at least one of those days. The idea is to target flatties in the harbour, most probably middle harbour with plastics. I had reasonable success over summer targetting them in the upper reaches of middle harbour over last summer but i haven't had a go at them this winter. I know the water's probably near its coldest at the moment up that way but is it still worth a go at the flatties up there at this time of year or are they more likely to be in the lower rather than upper reaches? Any feedback or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks

Mullet for sure