Aussieweekender Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I am heading up to Newcastle next weekend. My mate has a new boat and we are going to christen it. We have not fished the area before and are looking to put in at Speers point. Can someone give me an idea of what we should target and where we should fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapR Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 flatty whiting and bream is your best bet for a decent feed. Lake has a lot of traffic in the holidays but put in the time on the tides & move around until you find the fish. plenty of whiting around channel entrance.... the lake is so big you got to explore though, until you hit them. I fish the southern end of the lake and have been scoring some nice bream around the weed beds with some whiting to add for good measure all on lures. Awesome fun. Enjoy the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Fishing Salts Bay is as good as anywhere. It's on the ocean side of the Swansea Bridge on the Southern bank. You go right out to the last breakwall then turn back in going around the exposed rocks with the big lead markers on them. It's only shallow water but if you burley up with a mix of bread, pollard (chook pellets), fish oil and smashed pillies and use cubed pillies and good prawns for bait, you will catch bream and trevally. I've had the fish eating the burley at the back of the boat and we could see them taking our bait while boats around us without burley were catching nothing. It is also worth throwing a whole pilly out on gang hooks as well as there are tailer, kings and other surface fish. Lure fishing produces bream and flatties in there as well. Most people who fish the lake know about the dropover which is where the shallow sand drops into deep water at the upstream end of the channel. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieweekender Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thanks for the help really appreciate it. Pretty excited to fish somewhere different and I have heard it can be good there. How deep does the lake get and what is the average depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Deepest hole is about 15 metres between Pulbah Island and Wangi Point. Pretty deep at the bridge as well but very fast running. Usually 8 - 10 metres with shallow banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieweekender Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Is there anywhere I can pick up squid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I've caught them on the western end of Pulbah, accidently I must say, and I've seen a guy drifting over the artificial ball reefs that run from Murrays Beach out towards the Island trying for them. I spoke to him and he had a few. GPS marks are easy to find online. The kids used to get buckets of them at night from the wharves at Pelican when my dad was in the Coastal Patrol. Probably a pretty closely guarded secret where the good productive areas are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omg_the_funky_shit@hotmail.com Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Last time I was up there I caught a couple squid at wangi point on prawn..was luck I think but also caught them all round pulbah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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