Hawkes Nest

[dirtyh]

Hi Fishraiders

I'm heading up to Hawkes Nest the last week in February and was wondering if anyone has been up there recently and whether there's been any action on the beach or around at Jimmys. I'll be shorebased.

[kadavu]

Waters very dirty at the moment but heard some good jewfish being caught though not sure of exact details sorry

[Reggae]

I always head down the South end where the 4WD track is and fish worms for Flatties and Bream or Pilchards for Tailor and Salmon.

[brecko90]

Hey Mate i was up there a few months back now and had some great sucess beach fishing. I only had my little 7ft rod with 6lb braid and 10 lb flurocarbon leader but none the less it worked great off the beach. i headed up Mungo brush road which is when driving to the golf club turn left at the T-intersection and follow it for about 20km you will see the parking places and beach 4wd areas so pull into one of them and its not a far walk to the beach from there. choose your gutter and burly hard i found this to be crucial, it deffinitly made the difference as i caught a good haul of bream and salmon and the bloke 100 metres down from me got nothing. pillies was the bait of choice and they did the trick, a whole pillie seamed to get the salmon and a half pillie of pillie fillet worked on the bream. Burley i had was just mashed up pillies with some bread and tuna oil and a bit of sand to bulk it up.

Any way i hope this is of help to you i cant say i fished any other area up there as the beach fishing was always red hot.

[dirtyh]

Hey Mate i was up there a few months back now and had some great sucess beach fishing. I only had my little 7ft rod with 6lb braid and 10 lb flurocarbon leader but none the less it worked great off the beach. i headed up Mungo brush road which is when driving to the golf club turn left at the T-intersection and follow it for about 20km you will see the parking places and beach 4wd areas so pull into one of them and its not a far walk to the beach from there. choose your gutter and burly hard i found this to be crucial, it deffinitly made the difference as i caught a good haul of bream and salmon and the bloke 100 metres down from me got nothing. pillies was the bait of choice and they did the trick, a whole pillie seamed to get the salmon and a half pillie of pillie fillet worked on the bream. Burley i had was just mashed up pillies with some bread and tuna oil and a bit of sand to bulk it up.

Any way i hope this is of help to you i cant say i fished any other area up there as the beach fishing was always red hot.

Many thanks for the responses. fellas. This is really helpful. Looks like it'll be wet weather fishing but, hey, who cares. Looking forward to it.

dirtyh

[rjc123]

Hey mate,

i have been going to hawkesnest in summer for about 12 years now and of course, do a lot of fishing. Whiting and Bream are at jimmy's on live worms. The sandspit right up near the heads of jmmy's beach is best with a full bag of 30cm+ whiting not uncomon. Winda Woppa further towards the river mouth is good too on a run our tide with the same bait. The beaches have loads of tailor atm and there are still plenty of bream, whiting and flathead too. Even the odd jewie and salmon too. The river is a great spot too. There are countless spots along the bank where you can set up and burley up a bag of bream and flathead. All the wharves i tea gardens are great for bream and jews too. If i were you and i am assuming you will not have a boat with you, i would hire one from tea gardens. Head towards the mouth and drift the channels with whitebait and prawns and you'll get loads of bream, flathead, whiting and flounder. The little mangrove creek entrances are worth a look for bream and i have even heard of a mangrove jack being caught there! Now to my NUMBER 1 flattie spot. Basically, you are heading downstream towards the mouth from tea gardens and after you have gone round the first bend near the oyster lease you will find a rockwall after a while. Somewhere along this rockwall you will find a little feeder creek. Not a big one but there are sometimes swimmers here so you should be able to find it. Here, the mullet are coming out of the creek on a run out tide and there are always flathead, big and small but plenty around 60cm aiting in ambush. Whitebait, prawns, plastics will all work. It may even be worth getting some poddies and sending one out where the flatties are sitting. They will sit about 10-15 meters out from the creek entrance.

Good luck!

Tom

Edited February 10, 2012 by mack attack 79

[dirtyh]

Hey mate,

i have been going to hawkesnest in summer for about 12 years now and of course, do a lot of fishing. Whiting and Bream are at jimmy's on live worms. The sandspit right up near the heads of jmmy's beach is best with a full bag of 30cm+ whiting not uncomon. Winda Woppa further towards the river mouth is good too on a run our tide with the same bait. The beaches have loads of tailor atm and there are still plenty of bream, whiting and flathead too. Even the odd jewie and salmon too. The river is a great spot too. There are countless spots along the bank where you can set up and burley up a bag of bream and flathead. All the wharves i tea gardens are great for bream and jews too. If i were you and i am assuming you will not have a boat with you, i would hire one from tea gardens. Head towards the mouth and drift the channels with whitebait and prawns and you'll get loads of bream, flathead, whiting and flounder. The little mangrove creek entrances are worth a look for bream and i have even heard of a mangrove jack being caught there! Now to my NUMBER 1 flattie spot. Basically, you are heading downstream towards the mouth from tea gardens and after you have gone round the first bend near the oyster lease you will find a rockwall after a while. Somewhere along this rockwall you will find a little feeder creek. Not a big one but there are sometimes swimmers here so you should be able to find it. Here, the mullet are coming out of the creek on a run out tide and there are always flathead, big and small but plenty around 60cm aiting in ambush. Whitebait, prawns, plastics will all work. It may even be worth getting some poddies and sending one out where the flatties are sitting. They will sit about 10-15 meters out from the creek entrance.

Good luck!

Tom

Cheers, Tom . Thanks very much for the great info!

dirtyh