hamerz84 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) hi guys long time viewer 2nd time poster. like 2 say this is a great site very imformative and cant keep away from it. so anyway me and a few mates have booked a house over the easter long weekend on lake macquarie, the house is just south of nords wharf, so basically we are situated on the south eastern end of the lake, we will be taking up a boat with us and will be there for 4 days. just wanted 2 no if any1 that has fished the area or lives up that way can point us in the right direction for some boat and land based fishing. we will be using your normal baits and soft plastics. and watever livies we encounter aswell. cheers hamerz. Edited March 29, 2009 by hamerz84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTK Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 hi guys long time viewer 2nd time poster. like 2 say this is a great site very imformative and cant keep away from it. so anyway me and a few mates have booked a house over the easter long weekend on lake macquarie, the house is just south of nords wharf, so basically we are situated on the south eastern end of the lake, we will be taking up a boat with us and will be there for 4 days. just wanted 2 no if any1 that has fished the area or lives up that way can point us in the right direction for some boat and land based fishing. we will be using your normal baits and soft plastics. and watever livies we encounter aswell. cheers hamerz. Hey I live in Summerland point, so just around the corner from where you are staying im pretty sure and for boat spots swansea channel is a very nice fishing spot, i cant give you to much detail as its been years since ive been in a boat in there but its always pretty productive for fish just be careful in there it can be a dangerous waterway for people who dont know it. Swansea Channel is also great for landbased in places, the water runs fast there in alot of places so just have a look around and ull find some places to fish. A nice little place to spend a day is if you drive to swansea and when you get to the big round about out front of maccas turn right and go to the end of that road then left, keep driving down there and youll find a carpark theres a nice rock wall there and a good rock fishing spot just a walk around the point. If you dont wanna travel to swansea then youll still find plenty of spots in the lake that will be good fishing just by looking at them, maybe try the power station outlet near summerland point aswell ive heard thats good. If you need any more info about the area let me know and ill tell ya what i can. Cheers Cory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerz84 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hey I live in Summerland point, so just around the corner from where you are staying im pretty sure and for boat spots swansea channel is a very nice fishing spot, i cant give you to much detail as its been years since ive been in a boat in there but its always pretty productive for fish just be careful in there it can be a dangerous waterway for people who dont know it. Swansea Channel is also great for landbased in places, the water runs fast there in alot of places so just have a look around and ull find some places to fish. A nice little place to spend a day is if you drive to swansea and when you get to the big round about out front of maccas turn right and go to the end of that road then left, keep driving down there and youll find a carpark theres a nice rock wall there and a good rock fishing spot just a walk around the point. If you dont wanna travel to swansea then youll still find plenty of spots in the lake that will be good fishing just by looking at them, maybe try the power station outlet near summerland point aswell ive heard thats good. If you need any more info about the area let me know and ill tell ya what i can. Cheers Cory thanks for the info mate i'll definatly try swansea been hearing good thing about it. cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wantingaboat Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hi my grandparent have a holiday house on the water up at Summerland Point too and i have had quite a bit of success on the bream straight off our wharf. I plonk a chair there, like in my profile picture, and havev got bream up to about 35cm. If you have a boat them i would suggest drifting in amounst the boats moored there and throw out a few SP. It hard to use them from the wharf as there is loads of weed on the ground and floating around so hard to tell when something is biting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTK Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi my grandparent have a holiday house on the water up at Summerland Point too and i have had quite a bit of success on the bream straight off our wharf. I plonk a chair there, like in my profile picture, and havev got bream up to about 35cm. If you have a boat them i would suggest drifting in amounst the boats moored there and throw out a few SP. It hard to use them from the wharf as there is loads of weed on the ground and floating around so hard to tell when something is biting.... Some times the jettys at summerland point can be pretty productive and other times they can produce absolutly nothing lol, but i guess all fishing is like that, either way its still a nice way to spend a day looking over the lake Cheers Cory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wantingaboat Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I agree completely. Its also even nicer when your brings you your when needed and you dont even have to get up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 The southern end of the lake, (chain valley bay) can be quite productive , bream to large flatheads and even the odd jewfish..check with the locals. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerz84 Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 thanks for the advice guys keep it coming. cheers hamerz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver1 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 try all around pulbah island, fish from the shallows with plastics for flatties right down to the deeper water, we usually do pretty good on the western end, ps, some guys caught a 2.2metre hammerhead up there the other day. have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardyg7 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 have a van at entrance but head up to lake mac for a fish last 3 times i,ve been up. Found the channel to be overcrowed and over rated (just my opinion though) north of pulbah island you will find some cardinal markers and drifting this area landed bream flatties + whiting . chain valley bay to south ok as well . beautiful spot put my boat in at cams warf so same area as you mentioned caught some small snapper along this western shore line just under legal. wardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTK Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 yeh try pullbah for sure, swansea channel and pullbah are the spots i hear people catching the most fish in, see if you can find yourself a water way map and youll find it easy. Cheers Cory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocofallon Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Yeh Pulbah is a good option as you can always find a place out of the wind as well. If you have a gps try the artificial reefs north east of pulbah the marks are on the Fisheries site or Department of prime industries website. Also wangi point weve got some nice bream so may be worth a try or the dropover I saw some massive whiting cruising there last weekend at the change of tide I never really target them but I've caught a few nice bream there..none last week though but thats another story : ). good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerz84 Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Yeh Pulbah is a good option as you can always find a place out of the wind as well. If you have a gps try the artificial reefs north east of pulbah the marks are on the Fisheries site or Department of prime industries website. Also wangi point weve got some nice bream so may be worth a try or the dropover I saw some massive whiting cruising there last weekend at the change of tide I never really target them but I've caught a few nice bream there..none last week though but thats another story : ). good luck. thanks for the info mate can u tell me where 2 find the drop off please ?another question guys (sorry 4 being a ball breaker) is there any jewies or kingy's in the lake ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman5 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Gday hammerz, We head up to lake macquarie once or twice a year for holidays and the fishing can be bloody unreal at times There a quite a few jewies im the lake as some members have metioned Pullbah island holds a few good jew just look for the deeper holes on the sounder and fish early morning or late afternoon /night , Kingys are caught in the lake at times, on our way out at christmas time we saw what we thought were tailor busting up around the channel markers at the entrance to the channel which turned out to be a big school of rats , the swansea bridge is renound for big kingys but catching them is another story as most of the time they'll get to the bridge pillons seconds after hooking up. Believe it or not a couple of years ago a few Dolphin fish were caught in the lake also Fisho5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTK Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Gday hammerz, We head up to lake macquarie once or twice a year for holidays and the fishing can be bloody unreal at times There a quite a few jewies im the lake as some members have metioned Pullbah island holds a few good jew just look for the deeper holes on the sounder and fish early morning or late afternoon /night , Kingys are caught in the lake at times, on our way out at christmas time we saw what we thought were tailor busting up around the channel markers at the entrance to the channel which turned out to be a big school of rats , the swansea bridge is renound for big kingys but catching them is another story as most of the time they'll get to the bridge pillons seconds after hooking up. Believe it or not a couple of years ago a few Dolphin fish were caught in the lake also Fisho5 i also heard of a guy catching a nice cobia in the lake aswell recently, and also heard lots of stories of people chumming up sharks around pullbah island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerz84 Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) Gday hammerz, We head up to lake macquarie once or twice a year for holidays and the fishing can be bloody unreal at times There a quite a few jewies im the lake as some members have metioned Pullbah island holds a few good jew just look for the deeper holes on the sounder and fish early morning or late afternoon /night , Kingys are caught in the lake at times, on our way out at christmas time we saw what we thought were tailor busting up around the channel markers at the entrance to the channel which turned out to be a big school of rats , the swansea bridge is renound for big kingys but catching them is another story as most of the time they'll get to the bridge pillons seconds after hooking up. Believe it or not a couple of years ago a few Dolphin fish were caught in the lake also Fisho5 hi mate and thanks for the help from everyone i am recieving, mate wat would be the bait of choice up there for jewies ? yakka's, live and or fresh squid ? wat do u think ? Edited April 4, 2009 by hamerz84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman5 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 hi mate and thanks for the help from everyone i am recieving, mate wat would be the bait of choice up there for jewies ? yakka's, live and or fresh squid ? wat do u think ? live and fresh would be the way to go mate -yakkas and Poddies, we caught a few small buggers around 50cm on hawkesbury prawns at pullbah fisho5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerz84 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 live and fresh would be the way to go mate -yakkas and Poddies, we caught a few small buggers around 50cm on hawkesbury prawns at pullbah fisho5 yeh thanks mate, was that recently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarraone Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 What about squid spots? any good spots for a beginer to try his luck at squid jigging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailorchaser Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) Most of the times when I at Swansea, I was there to chase tailors. You can find good results in getting tailors in Swansea channel especially on 2-3 hours on rising tide on a good day. An alternative spot is at Blacksmith head, you need to take a bit walk to reach the piers but if you can cast far and not recommended for beginners. Somehow, in the last two weeks all I could get were those eels and record catching of seaweeds. May be this was to do with the weather lately. But anyhow, I enjoyed the trips up there even though it took me 2 hours to get there. Edited April 7, 2009 by Tailor Chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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