Port Hacking

[Yowie]

Headed out for a fish today, at the start of low tide.

Waded the shallows from the Ballast Heap and headed west, for over an hour. Used a soft plastic for not a bite, and not a fish to be seen. I did see one flathead 'lay', where a flattie had been buried in the sand. Measured it at 80cm, so there is one decent flattie scooting around somewhere.

Pumped some nippers, and had a couple of bloodworms from the bait shop. Anchored near the mouth of Gunnamatta Bay for nothing, so tried a drift further north on the flats as it was getting dark, and eventually found a few whiting. 3 legals to 32cm, and some under size. Nothing exciting, but at least a couple of fillets, the worms were the best bait.

Yowie.

[GreyNurse]

Hi Yowie,

Botany bay foreshores, the flats in the Hacking, few fish to be found.....mmmm. I have a bit of a theory. May be half baked but here goes. The last two weeks have seen some cold day time temps (16 - 17) plus west / southwest winds. It's a combo to take the temperature out of the shallow waters and push the fish to alternate locations. Possibly up into the wind sheltered creeks and inlets. This winter is definitely one of the coldest I can remember in Sydney for a while. Roll on summer and 24+ degree days. I think the fish are thinking the same.

It seems a bit different in the deeper areas of Sydney waterways, where raiders are still pulling kings and the odd shark. I suspect the water may actually be a bit warmer down deeper. It'd be interesting to get some temperatures and see if my theory holds water (pardon the pun)

Better days ahead for us all.

Nursie

[J Hooked]

Hey Yowie

You still came up with something, well done!

GreyNurse I hear you, BRING ON SUMMER!

[Yowie]

Hi Yowie,

Botany bay foreshores, the flats in the Hacking, few fish to be found.....mmmm. I have a bit of a theory. May be half baked but here goes. The last two weeks have seen some cold day time temps (16 - 17) plus west / southwest winds. It's a combo to take the temperature out of the shallow waters and push the fish to alternate locations. Possibly up into the wind sheltered creeks and inlets. This winter is definitely one of the coldest I can remember in Sydney for a while. Roll on summer and 24+ degree days. I think the fish are thinking the same.

It seems a bit different in the deeper areas of Sydney waterways, where raiders are still pulling kings and the odd shark. I suspect the water may actually be a bit warmer down deeper. It'd be interesting to get some temperatures and see if my theory holds water (pardon the pun)

Better days ahead for us all.

Nursie

Usually there are a few fish to be seen, swimming around the sand flats, but most places don't seem to have anything. Even the small stingrays are few and far between. There will still be a few fish about, but they are hard to locate.

When I fished the deeper water near Deer Park last week, all I caught were one undersized bream, one little reddie and one salmon near 60cm long. The deeper water is a bit quiet also.

[mako2000]

Went out on Saturday for 2 legal flounder and dropped a decent bream next to the boat using frozen nippers and prawns. Dont know wether fresh bait would have improved things but it was a last minute decision and I just used what was in the freezer.