Handlining in the Hawkesbury

[Pickles]

A pretty average day on the Flatties (boated 6, kept 4), but hey, it’s good to get out and the beginning my hand lining challenge, also boated 3 Jewies - all released. (Not sure how I’m going to go handlining Kingies, once I can get out for some serious fishing (hoping it is in mid October).

Edited September 15, 2021 by Pickles

[beachwormer]

Reminds me of going to the Hawkesbury with my dad as a kid with a wicker basket of handlines.

Great stuff. Roughly where in the river were you and did you catch them on the drift? Bait?

[Fishingwazza2019]

Old school hand lining ... and a good catch of flatties  .. well done.

Kingies may be more of a challenge. Look forward to the report on that .. 🙂 

[Pickles]

Hi Beachwormer, I was ( boat) fishing bends in the river in 4 to 10m of water between Leetsvale and Wisemans, using prawns for bait. The water temp was 16.5 degrees. All flathead caught were legal (only 4 kept,the other 2 released as I don’t like to keep anything under about 40 cm). I launched at 6 am at high tide (pretty cold and foggy) fishing till 3pm, so the full range of run-out till run-in.

Anything else you’d like to know, just ask. I don’t mind sharing info - God made a BIG world for us to enjoy and I figure Jesus’ 4 closest mates were fishermen, so only the right thing to do, is help others share the blessings🙂

Edited September 15, 2021 by Pickles

[Rebel]

Great haul. Well done.

[zmk1962]

Top stuff Bob. Brings back so many memories of fishing the hawks I’m my youth - hiring the wooden put puts and handlining 👍👍

Cheers Zoran 

[Yowie]

Good work there, nice bag of flatties.

I can tell you that kingies go hard on hand lines, even those under size. Jewies over 10 pound, large rays, eagle rays especially, small sharks, all  finger burning fun. 🤣

[Isaac Ct]

You said you wanted to catch some flatties and jewies on the handline and guess what? You got them!! Great job @Pickles. But I wouldn't want to find out how kingfish pull on a handline, the burn you will get is going to be unbearable.

[Burger]

1 hour ago, zmk1962 said:

Top stuff Bob. Brings back so many memories of fishing the hawks I’m my youth - hiring the wooden put puts and handlining 👍👍

Cheers Zoran 

This is what we did too, I still remember wrapping the leather belt around the fly wheel to start em up.

One year, we had a month a Brooklyn staying in a flat above the boatshed and going out in the wooden clinker hull hire boat most days.

Great memories  . . . . . .

cheers, stu.

Edited September 15, 2021 by Burger

[yo_jono]

Looks great mate! Definatelty coming to the prime time of the year up the river.

So jealous! Stuck down here in with no boatramp even close.

Can't wait to run into you in the upper reachs.