Swansea Bridge

[diver1]

went up swansea bridge and flicked sum sp around, no luck at all, sumething kept eating my plastics, maybe them crappy tailor, went at the turn of tide but the water was deadset flying? a mate mentioned i gota add bout 1.5 hours on to tide time? i dont know? was nuthing like i was expecting anyway, ow well thats fishing. (somatimes )

[jewgaffer]

Hi Diver1

Don't give up on the Swansea Bridge just yet. The recent sea swell aided by the big winds has a follow on effect right up into the lake. I've seen some days around Speers Point where they could hold a surf board carnival.

The currents will slow and the water disturbance and the sand turnover up there will only improve the fishing when it settles down. February is the prime time for flathead up there. They nest up on the Newcastle side of the Bridge in that shallow sandy area right alongside the Bridge, where you more than likely were the other day.

At this time of the year they catch really big flathead up there amongst a host of undersize ones. It would pay to test out the action on pilchard baits before you use the artificials or drift the sandy areas downstream with a bucket and a sea anchor to slow the boat down while slowly dragging an onion bag of small pieces of same where the current slows around the corner, and keep motoring down and let the run in tide take you back again back and cover in close with your lures in tow as well.

As to your jewfshing on the Sydney side where you turn left just past the Chinese Cafe to go down alongside the bridge, I would start fishing from the bottom of the tide up as there as they're will be more fish coming into the lake than there will be going out.

After work on Thursday in another wind change from Wednesday, a good day as well but for upstream. Wednesday's north easterly wind changes to westerly with a bit of north on Thursday and thus it will be a good time to fish at the Bridge.

Are you handy to the Lake ? I'm thinking, with your style of fishing and with all these hi tech lures around an electric stern mount if you have to will be terrific up there especially up the end near the retreat.

Cheers

jewgaffer

[diver1]

Hi Diver1

Don't give up on the Swansea Bridge just yet. The recent sea swell aided by the big winds has a follow on effect right up into the lake. I've seen some days around Speers Point where they could hold a surf board carnival.

The currents will slow and the water disturbance and the sand turnover up there will only improve the fishing when it settles down. February is the prime time for flathead up there. They nest up on the Newcastle side of the Bridge in that shallow sandy area right alongside the Bridge, where you more than likely were the other day.

At this time of the year they catch really big flathead up there amongst a host of undersize ones. It would pay to test out the action on pilchard baits before you use the artificials or drift the sandy areas downstream with a bucket and a sea anchor to slow the boat down while slowly dragging an onion bag of small pieces of same where the current slows around the corner, and keep motoring down and let the run in tide take you back again back and cover in close with your lures in tow as well.

As to your jewfshing on the Sydney side where you turn left just past the Chinese Cafe to go down alongside the bridge, I would start fishing from the bottom of the tide up as there as they're will be more fish coming into the lake than there will be going out.

After work on Thursday in another wind change from Wednesday, a good day as well but for upstream. Wednesday's north easterly wind changes to westerly with a bit of north on Thursday and thus it will be a good time to fish at the Bridge.

Are you handy to the Lake ? I'm thinking, with your style of fishing and with all these hi tech lures around an electric stern mount if you have to will be terrific up there especially up the end near the retreat.

Cheers

jewgaffer

im very handy to the lake, i live 100 metres from the chain valley bay boat ramp, 2day i just drove the car up to swansea bridge as its only a 10 min run, did u catch my reply yesterday in my other post? i grew up down near u at leumeah.