Hawkesbury

[cdol9]

Hey guys im planning a Hawkesbury river houseboat weekend over christmas break. Mainly to fish .Houseboat starts out at Lower Portland . Are there any good fishing spots around there after Bream, Flathead and Jewies. Most info on net ive found focuses down river, might take way to much time on houseboat? Would love any tips

[tumra]

Mate there is a fishing DVD on youtube which was done in the 90s and shows all the spots in the hawkesbury you should try.

The DVD is in 6 parts so go through them and it will give you a start on where to fish.

[The Incredible Hull]

I've watched that youtube dvd a few times over. It's good in terms of locations etc, but its sort of out dated.

I watch the guy catch nice size bream - I give it a go at a few of his spots and get nice size catties lol

[cdol9]

Yeah its outdated plus most of those spots are fair distance away dont know if houseboat quick enough as we have weekend only.

[Day's Fishin]

Mate that hi tide video is like a lot of other similar ones out there. There was one a couple of years back withe Dave Buterfield that suggested that he caught all the fish over a couple of days when in fact the video was shot over a couple of weeks. A lot of the spots on the hi tide video have been wiped out by trawlers.

When you leave Lower Portland make your way down to Dad's Corner. It will take you about 1.5hrs by houseboat. Watch the rightside of the river for a small beach and the rock wall coming out of the beach has Dads Corner written on it. All along there is a good spot for bream and school jew of a night.

Just before there on the same side of the river is a marsh area and is another good bream and flattie spot. Make sure you peel your prawns as the bream can be a little timid here.

There's very few catfish here but some bloddy big eels so don't bring them on board the houseboat if you don't want to practice some serious dancing steps.

About another 1hr by houseboat and you will come to Webbs Creek ferry with Wisemans ferry only another 15minutes around the next bend. There is numerious spots around this area to catch bream, flathead and school jew. This area produces some nice catch's but mainly at night.

Hope this helps. Put up another post when your trip is a week away or send me a PM as I fish this area a fair bit and I can tell you how the area is firing.

Regards Jeff

[cdol9]

Thanks alot day , yeah mate i have till January figure things out so we ok