The Vines...full Of Catties.

[bmp075]

Hi Raiders,

Fished the Vines today with my Dad, on the lead up to the first hour of the run out of the tide. Results pretty dissapointing. Used a variety of baits from nippers, prawns, and good old chook gut.

Catfish galore and 1 bream to 31cms.

Is any one familair of the migatory pattern of Bream of this time of year in the Hawkesbury?

When I was a kid 15yrs ago, Dad and always found enough decent Bream for a family feed and put pleanty moor back once we had enough for a meal, this usually in late March near Challenger Head at the mouth of the river.

Are this Bream schooling up river or are the scattered through out the system. I would appreciate some assistance here, my Dad is struggling to come to terms only coming home with one or two Bream, session after session.

Im aiming to hit the water again this Friday...wish me some luck.

Cheers

BP

[ross patti]

I feel your pain bmp.

After seeing my favourite productive spots in the Hawkesbury return nothing but effin catfish too , I have given up on it for this summer at least. No more 1hr drive, no more $25 petrol getting to the ramp.

I'm going to Botany bay now, have been 3 times and come home with a good feed every time ( and still am learning with each trip) . Only takes me 30 mins/<$10 juice to get to the ramp.

No bloody catfish either !!! The wind can be a bit of a pain, but then again it was on the HR too !

It's also a pleasure to with a running sinker less than 3.5cm diameter !!

Good luck !!

[Jono Hammond]

Try going further to the entrance of the system towards pittwater, i find the fishing much more productive and catch no catfish down that end of the system.