2 Hawkesbury / Cowan Sytem Reports + Interesting Result

[bmp075]

Hi Raiders,

Here are 2 reports from my last two outings. I fished last hour for the run in and first hour of the runout, using a combination of live nippers, prawns, and local caught but frozen squid. Sorry for the lengthy read.

So taking some advise from responses to my last report on catfish galore and 1 bream for the day at the Vines. Fished down at the mouth of the river.

20 Jan 2010, headed out to the mouth of Cowan and Haweksbury where we always had success many years ago and had not fished it since we aquired our boat 4 years ago...some one told us that the trawlwers had scowered the pippie beds ob the sea floor that were once there when I was a child. the result was a plauge of reddies and a nice tan coloured Port Jackson shark. We moved to the Northern side of the river for run out adjacent to the last beach in the Cowan system and picked up a legal flattie, however very quiet and nothing after that.

27 Jan 2010, got the the boat ramp at 3pm to hear on the radio there was a fithly storm headed into Sydney so headed to Waratah Bay for some small mullet hoping the wind and rain subsided (which it did) so I could lay one down for a School Jew or a Stonking Hawkesbury bream. (Ive decided not to chase Jew any specifically more (due to time constraints), just decided to fish dam light and Im sure I will stumble across one, one day. To my surprise not many mullet around on the flats so while waiting for the tide and the weather to calm down flicked a 2 inch Berkley grub into the drop off seeking a bream or flattie. No luck on the drop off so went deep and cast into about 14 meters of water. Put the rod in the holder to grab a snack and then lifted the rod tip to feel weight. So fed a little line out and it moved, I then struck hard thinking great my first Jewie in Waratah Bay....after 5 - 10 mins of a tussle on 4lb braid, colour came to be visable, a dark brown, black colour and it wasnt a flathead...I had picked up a baby Cobia of all things (photo to come with my Dad and the Cobia, only I had my trusty work issue Blackerry to take the photo.) Cobia was then realeased back to the water to hopefully grow up.

To cut a long story short Dangar Isalnd plenty of Reddies, under sized flatties and something I suspected as a few Jew runs on prawn, my Dad let them run and didnt strike hard hen they moved off, oh well something learnt for my next trip. Home fishless but the Cobia made it all worth while!.

Cheers

Brett (BMP)

Edited January 28, 2010 by bmp075

[rkhosid]

Hi Raiders,

Here are 2 reports from my last two outings. I fished last hour for the run in and first hour of the runout, using a combination of live nippers, prawns, and local caught but frozen squid. Sorry for the lengthy read.

So taking some advise from responses to my last report on catfish galore and 1 bream for the day at the Vines. Fished down at the mouth of the river.

20 March 2010, headed out to the mouth of Cowan and Haweksbury where we always had success many years ago and had not fished it since we aquired our boat 4 years ago...some one told us that the trawlwers had scowered the pippie beds ob the sea floor that were once there when I was a child. the result was a plauge of reddies and a nice tan coloured Port Jackson shark. We moved to the Northern side of the river for run out adjacent to the last beach in the Cowan system and picked up a legal flattie, however very quiet and nothing after that.

27 March 2010, got the the boat ramp at 3pm to hear on the radio there was a fithly storm headed into Sydney so headed to Waratah Bay for some small mullet hoping the wind and rain subsided (which it did) so I could lay one down for a School Jew or a Stonking Hawkesbury bream. (Ive decided not to chase Jew any specifically more (due to time constraints), just decided to fish dam light and Im sure I will stumble across one, one day. To my surprise not many mullet around on the flats so while waiting for the tide and the weather to calm down flicked a 2 inch Berkley grub into the drop off seeking a bream or flattie. No luck on the drop off so went deep and cast into about 14 meters of water. Put the rod in the holder to grab a snack and then lifted the rod tip to feel weight. So fed a little line out and it moved, I then struck hard thinking great my first Jewie in Waratah Bay....after 5 - 10 mins of a tussle on 4lb braid, colour came to be visable, a dark brown, black colour and it wasnt a flathead...I had picked up a baby Cobia of all things (photo to come with my Dad and the Cobia, only I had my trusty work issue Blackerry to take the photo.) Cobia was then realeased back to the water to hopefully grow up.

To cut a long story short Dangar Isalnd plenty of Reddies, under sized flatties and something I suspected as a few Jew runs on prawn, my Dad let them run and didnt strike hard hen they moved off, oh well something learnt for my next trip. Home fishless but the Cobia made it all worth while!.

Cheers

Brett (BMP)

Nice report Brett, except for the dates, must be back from the future

[bmp075]

Woops meant January. March is on the brain as Im planning a week of Fishing.