Narrabeen Beach

[cupster]

hi raiders, just wondering..what tide is best for fishing nth narrabeen beach?..how does it compare with other sydney beaches?.. we [fellow raider "twin 1" & myself] have never fished there before and are planning to do an afternoon session sometime soon. normally i'd assume a rising / high tide would be best but since we'll be fishing near the channel entrance [is it still open?] i thought maybe an runout tide might be better?. we plan on using pilchards & squid for tailor/salmon or possible jew. any advice would be much appeciated.

[jewgaffer]

hi raiders, just wondering..what tide is best for fishing nth narrabeen beach?..how does it compare with other sydney beaches?.. we [fellow raider "twin 1" & myself] have never fished there before and are planning to do an afternoon session sometime soon. normally i'd assume a rising / high tide would be best but since we'll be fishing near the channel entrance [is it still open?] i thought maybe an runout tide might be better?. we plan on using pilchards & squid for tailor/salmon or possible jew. any advice would be much appeciated.

Hi hooked4life

North Narrabeen beach has always been a good jewfish spot at the best of times and especially after heavy rain that often discolours the lake. These are the same jew that hop from reef to reef and travel up and down the coastline and go into nearby estuaries, on shore areas with rocky outcrops etc and confined beach gutters where it's easier for jewfish packs and schools to round up bait fish which are naturally forced to move out as the tide runs out. Having said that, the times prior to the change and the run out tide are naturally the times that fit the equation. This also applies to all coastal areas and river mouth areas, particularly rivers with small reefs and structure along the way up river where the schools of jewfish come into breed during outside and upriver temperature compatibility, and areas which lead into man made structure such as deep water bridges. For example Captain Cook Bridge is the "MacDonalds drive in take way food outlet" for jewfish coming in from the close in reefs and the Maroubra to Solander area etc and swimming in over Botany Bay to CC Bridge, which is an ideal place and the closest deep water bridge structure. The deep bays such as Gunnamatta and Burraneer service the washes, the bombora and the Wanda area etc. and naturally the Narrabeen area jew go into the Hawkesbury.

I hope this helps and that it is not too complicated.

In the mean time, let me know when you and Marcel are going to do a session at Narrabeen as I've gotten to know Marcel and Ray over the months I've been active on Fishraider. I'll grab a couple of beach rods and come over from Campbelltown. You need to start about 4pm in the winter, a high tide around nine or ten pm and enough free time to be able to fish until 3am to get the best out of the session.

Cheers

jewgaffer

Edited May 29, 2008 by jewgaffer

[zen801]

Jewgaffers advice is good.

Fish Nth Narrabeen on a high tide a few hours either side and preferable dusk/night.

The pines is fishing well recently.

Can be a bit crowded so set up early with your spread of rods.

Extremely territorial down there for surfing and to a lesser extent fishing.

My advice is to pay due respect to the locals and catch a jewie.

My jewie obsession started at Nth Narra. I hooked a monster jew on a whole squid at the top of the tide on shit gear and no experience. Needless to say that after a long fight and walking down the beach trying to get line back he beat me easily.

Took me another couple of years to actually land one on the beach. But thats the fish i remember most over all others. The buzz i got out of catching that fish was better than any chemical can give ya.

Mike

[Jake]

I agree with both Jewgaffer and Zenman.

You will also get big bream on the run out near the entrance to narra lake, best bait strips of narra lake mullet, but i've also caught them on half pillies. Remember the time delay though, often the tide change takes a few more hours to kick in.

Bi-catch of flathead highly possible on those baits also, anywhere along the beach.

All in all it's one of the best beaches in Sydney for fishing. Plenty of deep gutters and channels so you'll get a spot, although balmy summer nights can be a different story.

Then there's the summer whiting ........

[Rexxy]

Hopefully will be spending a full days fishing around there next week, let me know how you go between now and then, i am looking forward to it...

Not to steal thread, but in regards to nth nara, what is the little beach nth of nth nara like for fishing, Lakes Park beach or something i think it is......have been curious whenever i get to nth nara, but have yet to try it out....

i havent hooked a jewie up there yet, only from the hawkebury.....but i will keep on trying... ;-)

Edited May 29, 2008 by Rexxy

[cupster]

ok thank's for the replies guys,some good tips and advice there.

Edited May 30, 2008 by hooked4life

[Jake]

Hopefully will be spending a full days fishing around there next week, let me know how you go between now and then, i am looking forward to it...

Not to steal thread, but in regards to nth nara, what is the little beach nth of nth nara like for fishing, Lakes Park beach or something i think it is......have been curious whenever i get to nth nara, but have yet to try it out....

i havent hooked a jewie up there yet, only from the hawkebury.....but i will keep on trying... ;-)

Hi Rexxy,

It's called little narra (how inventive!). It's a very reefy/rocky beach. After storms big amounts of rocks are exposed. I don't know how it looks at the moment. Check it at low tide first.

I've never fished there cos there are so many other options around it and i would assume you would get snagged there often depending on the snad converage. Plus it's only a short beach, so fewer options and less likely to get really good long gutters.

On a plus side it wouldn't get the crowds or exposure to fishermen that warriewood to the nth and narrabeen to the sth would cop.

I've seem some good blackfish come out of the sth end though off the rocks.

Post a report on it if you give it a crack, would like to know how it fishes. I reckon bream at night would be a real possibility.

Cheers

[Rexxy]

Will give it a shot next week for sure just to see how it goes, i love trying out places that dont get much attention, then again they dont get attention for a reason...lol

its all about the challenge... ;-)