Botany Bay - Beginner

[joel_95]

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone has any advise on where in BB would be the best place to kick off as a beginner fisherman.

[noelm]

Everyone is a beginner at some time, are you land based? I usually advise new comers to try to fish for a single available species, like (say) Flathead, look for places Flathead live and use what they eat for bait, or suitable lures, just buying a frozen packet of Prawns and wandering down to the water with a kilo sinker, 30lb line and hurling it out over the horizon might fluke a fish now and then, but, fishing right is half the battle. Common species (depending on season) will be Whiting, Bream, Flathead, Tailor and so on, fishing for Tailor is a lot different that (say) Whiting, so that's why I suggest to "specialise" (in my opinion)

[GoingFishing]

Hi Joel

Welcome to Fishraider.

I too also cut my teeth fishing botany land based, there are a few spots you can try.

Along the front of Sandringham Beach, just south of the baths cast out as far as you can to the drop off and there are usually flathead,bream and trevally about.

You can also give San Souci a try north of the baths - this spot is best fished when the tide is not running too hard as the tide can carry the baits along with the current. You can get trevally and bream there too.

You can also fish anywhere between the rock walls all the way from Dolls Point to Brighton Le Sands for bream and flathead.

Another spot you can try is Yarra Bay - Yarra Point, go out to the end and cast towards the drop off. I think this is also pretty close to where the artificial reef is located ( not that you will be able to cast out that far).

Goodluck and be sure to post up some reports

[joel_95]

9 hours ago, noelm said:

Everyone is a beginner at some time, are you land based? I usually advise new comers to try to fish for a single available species, like (say) Flathead, look for places Flathead live and use what they eat for bait, or suitable lures, just buying a frozen packet of Prawns and wandering down to the water with a kilo sinker, 30lb line and hurling it out over the horizon might fluke a fish now and then, but, fishing right is half the battle. Common species (depending on season) will be Whiting, Bream, Flathead, Tailor and so on, fishing for Tailor is a lot different that (say) Whiting, so that's why I suggest to "specialise" (in my opinion)

Yeah definitely landbased! Thanks for the advice! Will try and work my way around the area and figure out the best spot to learn!

3 hours ago, GoingFishing said:

Hi Joel

Welcome to Fishraider.

I too also cut my teeth fishing botany land based, there are a few spots you can try.

Along the front of Sandringham Beach, just south of the baths cast out as far as you can to the drop off and there are usually flathead,bream and trevally about.

You can also give San Souci a try north of the baths - this spot is best fished when the tide is not running too hard as the tide can carry the baits along with the current. You can get trevally and bream there too.

You can also fish anywhere between the rock walls all the way from Dolls Point to Brighton Le Sands for bream and flathead.

Another spot you can try is Yarra Bay - Yarra Point, go out to the end and cast towards the drop off. I think this is also pretty close to where the artificial reef is located ( not that you will be able to cast out that far).

Goodluck and be sure to post up some reports

This is so dang comprehensive! THANKS SO SO MUCH!!! it must have taken you ages to type this out! Time to try them all out in the near future! Man, its so encouraging to see such a responsive and generous community of fishers out here:) Hopefully soon enough you'll see more post from me with fish in hand!

 

[Rebel]

Welcome aboard.

All the experts are here.

Cheers.

[SaltyGreek]

Silver beach kurnell. Fish off one of beaches between the groynes with bloodworms and you should get some whiting and bream.