hucho hucho Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Went fishing yesterday in the Hawkesburry River with my mate Wayne. Came to Brooklyn at 7am and started drifting between Lion Island and Barrenjoey Head. Water depth 10-20m, bait used school prawns from fish shop, water temperature 23-24.5 deg. In 4 hours we landed 5 flatties 40-46cm and 5 flounders 30-34cm. Lost and released more fish, 2 small squids, 1 small ray and 1 shovelnose. It was very relaxing but because it was too easy, it became boring after a while. So we decided to try our luck with metal vibes and SP more inland. This is what we love doing. It is more interesting, keeps you active and you have better control over the selection of your catch. But between Patonga and Flint and Steel we counted 5 trawlers so we moved to Mullet Creek close to oyster leases. Not much luck there, 1 small flathead and 2 small yakas. In spite of this we had absolutely fantastic day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LearningFisher112 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Great catch! If you don't mind me asking, what hook size, hook type, and sinker weight did you use?I went to Brooklyn a few days ago and caught nothing! (landbase) on the rocks next to the M1 bridge.Do you have any suggestions of a good spot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg126 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Hi - I was out there yesterday too - awesome day - I got a nice mixed bag including kings, fatties, snapper and a nice jew - all legal. The trawlers were out in force - do you know what they are targeting or is it simply a 'free for all'... Did the squid come up chasing lures or did you have a squid jig out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Mofo Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Nice catch from the Hawkes there. Always depressing hearing about the trawlers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manhands Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Good catch of Flounder, do you often get so many in a session? They're more like the odd by-catch for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucho hucho Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Great catch! If you don't mind me asking, what hook size, hook type, and sinker weight did you use? I went to Brooklyn a few days ago and caught nothing! (landbase) on the rocks next to the M1 bridge. Do you have any suggestions of a good spot? Hooks were Gamakatsu Octopus and Mustad Penetrator sizes 3/0, 5/0 and 8/0. Water wasn't choppy and was nearly calm. Timing was close to high tide so current was nearly not visible. Therefore sinker size in our opinion was not that important. We came there originally to target bonito, tailor and salmons chasing whitebait, but unfortunately no surface activity so this was our back up plan and it worked beautifully. Don't worry if you didn't catch anything few days ago. Three weeks ago we didn't have a bite. That's what is fishing in Brooklyn about and maybe everywhere. I don't have any suggestion of a good spots. We mostly target flatties between 40-60cm with metal vibes, so shallow water, sandy or muddy areas, small beaches. We release every flathead out of this range. Closer to rocks SP is safer and cheaper if you loose it. If we by bait then pilchards or prawns. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucho hucho Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Hi - I was out there yesterday too - awesome day - I got a nice mixed bag including kings, fatties, snapper and a nice jew - all legal. The trawlers were out in force - do you know what they are targeting or is it simply a 'free for all'... Did the squid come up chasing lures or did you have a squid jig out? Yes, yesterday was awesome. Trawlers are probably targeting mostly prawns and then 'free for all'. I think we have to accept them, but it is too many of them for the area. The squid was just bycatch, maybe chasing our bait (prawns) while we retrieved it. Our squid jigs were in boxes. I will definitely try them next time there. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamestown Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 They are targeting squid around the mouth. Prawn up river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasponge Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Awesome feed of flounder!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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