Samj Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Hello I was watching a video that was made ages ago they were fishing hat head nsw and they were catching heaps of Spanish mackerel land based I was trying to find more videos on it but I couldn't I was wondering if any one has caught mackerel land based there and if you have what did you catch them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 It was a bit of a LGB hotspot some years ago, people would live bait off there and spin Haven't heard anything from more recent years but doesn't mean it doesn't still happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 If you get up early tomorrow around 4am and call in to The Hi Tide programme on 2SM radio and ask Kieren or Alan to ask Lawrie McNally about Hat head and Mackerel fishing in the area , he is a ref fisho and retired commercial fisho who knows the area like the back of his hand - you will have to listen to the whole show for his answer though . I fished there 20 yrs ago but not for Spaniards and didn’t do any good but one thing I do remember was the Snakes - every campsite had a long handle shovel close at hand and I wondered why - next day I saw a couple of dead snakes hanging up and I realised it was to kill the snakes ! Don’t know what it is like now but if you do go up there be careful ! That old Video was made 40 yrs ago and a lot has changed since then and the High speed spinning fad Hassan far as I can see mostly faded away . If I were to go up there today and try for a Spaniard I would float out a big live bait under a ballon , you cover more options that way as you never know what is cruising by - could be Mackerel , could be a Cobia or it could be a Marlin . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowjigger Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 The currents are strong there which makes live baiting impractical and live bait is also hard to catch. The former was mentioned in the video and they switched to spinning. It's a long walk from the car park and one section is particularly off putting with a several hundred meters of hill side to fall down if you lost your footing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Lots of old fishing magazines used to feature Hat Head, and the old movies "A fisherman world" (I think) with Ron Calcutt featured spinning there too. I know they still get Spottie Mackeral there off the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Ron's video inspired us years ago & more recently the young fulla. It still fires but I hope you like lots of spinning - bring a long gaff as the ledge is a long slope to the water. Its still safer than a lot of other platforms. Early to late autumn usually but the seasons seem to be earlier now. And yes a nice walk from the car park either way. Take water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 To drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samj Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 hey I was also wondering if the drummer are at hat head during winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 You can walk out nth side or sth side from gap beach carpark spanish usually turn up round australia day wknd sometimes earlier depending on currents check fishing reports from further nth we use 85 gram lures or bigger we make our own from brass large pencil poppers work well mackerel cobia longtails yellowfin are all possibilities i have only caught one kingy in over forty yrs live bait is hard to catch and as mentioned current cam run hard to south so your baits go round next point spinning is tiring but effective first light and sunset are prime times but saying that fish turn up all day general rule with current no run no fun heaps of bream normally at your feet as well as tailer in evenings not as good as in the seventies but still a great place to try 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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