Hawkesbury baits.

[brecko90]

Hi guys/girls

Im heading up the Hawkesbury river, probably Cowan Creek to be specific and just wondering if i can get any help on catching live bait or which dead baits are best to use.

We usually try and get yakkas from westhead and squid across the bay opposite the golf course, but ive found these spots to be very hit and miss, so just hoping someone and point me in the directions of other places to try, or other baits to catch like yabbies, prawns or poddy mullet.

Any advice is greatly appreciated

PS has any one ever used the prawns from woollies or fish markets with any success??

[krause]

I cant comment much on the hawesbury, but I have used large banana prawns from woolies before of the rocks. I only buy them when they are cheeper, keep an eye out for them on special and what not. I use them of the rocks and found they fish really well for most of the bottom fish. Worth a shot, might work in the river, might not, only one way to find out!

Cheers

[Novicefisherman]

Woolies green pawns work a treat off the rocks. Use the shell and head for burley.

[diesel]

Hey fishnatic try Jerusalem bay for yakkas and cottage point for squid, heading there this weekend myself heard some good reports of Jews at last good luck

P.S.californian squid if buying bait you can also pump nippers from hungry beach

[brecko90]

lets just hope we can get stuck into some jewys, can u catch poddy mullet any where in cowan?

[brecko90]

Hey fishnatic try Jerusalem bay for yakkas and cottage point for squid, heading there this weekend myself heard some good reports of Jews at last good luck

P.S.californian squid if buying bait you can also pump nippers from hungry beach

when i try for squid here, do i just fish around the point its self or in between the boat, and how close to the shore should i go?

[locodave]

You can buy hawkesbury prawns from berowra or kurun gai at the boat ramps. Locals always tell me to buy the hawkesbury prawns.