[More Flatties]

what kind of lure would best suit the hawksbury and where would the best location be to land a few between wisemans ferry and brooklyn(closer to wisemans or brooklyn as i do not no the river very well only been there a couple of times).

[Hawkesbury]

going to the hawksebury river just wondering best location for crabs (blue swimmers or mud) and would the dirty water recently, affect the crabs or fishing there.also how long would u leave a crab trap before checking.

thanks

[Crabs]

i`m new to this.could someone tell me where to put crab pots.going to wisemans ferry on friday.do you put them in the middle,near the bank.where?

[Hawkesbury/pittwater 3/2/08]

HI Jarad welcome to Fishraider My reporter on the job, the guy who owns the old take away food shop just up into the old highway from Mooney, has been living at Bar Point for over forty years and goes home every night by boat. He told me a couple of days ago that there were heaps of big mud crabs up that way at the moment but sorry I'm sworn to secrecy about there being a lot of big jew caught up there in the last week or so

As to bait I believe large Hawkesbury prawns peeled around the neck and gut area, showing the orange leaving the rear shells intact will give you the results in deep water up there due to the fresh coming down. You could also buy some whole mullet from a retail fish shop, not from a bait shop as they like to add aniseed to their mullet. Use the mullet in the form of full size fillets. Whiting fillets would go well up there in those conditions too, it's a bit more expensive than mullet tho but I think using whiting fillets may well be money well spent for jew and unless the river deteriorates, you may get a reasonable bi catch using a pair of 5/0s however part of the bi catch may well be the famous Hawkesbury eel.

Hope this helps

Cheers

jewgaffer

thanks very much jewgaffer. that helped a lot.i`m a bit spoiled(i do a bit of deep seaing).hope we hook a few.I`ll let you know when we get back.thanks mate

[Hawkesbury/pittwater 3/2/08]

Hi Jarad

I think there may well be a lot of murky water up there by the weekend and a shortage of baitfish because of that. I would be inclined to go all the same.

If you don't do any good in the shallows for flathead near the top of the tide and I don't think you will, try the mouth of the McDonald River on the way back. Jew like a bit of murky water after rains and to jew in the conditions your bait will be as good as a baitfish.

Cheers

jewgaffer

what sort of bait jewgaffer

what sort of bait jewgaffer

are there any crabs there

[Hawkesbury/pittwater 3/2/08]

fishing at wisemans ferry on weekend.....any tips on where