closest carp fishing location to ryde near Sydney?

[nosignificantharassment]

most consistent

[Aussie_fisher]

Fresh part of parra is packed with carp

[ireallylovefishies22]

Parramatta above the weir has a good amount. I like using bread under a float to catch them, and for some reason the bass there like bread as well. The saltwater section isn't too bad either, a lot of times if the carp are quiet I can catch a few mullet and use them for some decent bream.

[XD351]

https://www.sydneycoastalcouncils.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sydney-north-rec-fishing-guide.pdf
 

They have made the lane cove river too complicated to understand imho! Catch and release only - what about noxious pests like carp ? Sounds like the loonies are running the asylum. 
 

Parra river is probably your best bet , the lake at north parramatta might be worth a look also .  
If you catch any and are not going to either eat them  or use them as fertiliser then I would suggest you brain spike them, puncture the gut cavity and return to the water ( either fresh or salt it doesn’t matter as they will get eaten either way ) - don’t leave them on the bank in parramatta! 
By doing this the dead fish feed the other things living in the river and not the flies ! 

[Steve0]

5 hours ago, XD351 said:

They have made the lane cove river too complicated to understand, imho! Catch and release only - what about noxious pests like carp ? Sounds like the loonies are running the asylum. 

 

DPI say "It is not currently illegal to immediately return captured carp to the waters from which they were taken (defence under section 216 of the Fisheries Management Act). However, NSW DPIRD encourages recreational fishers to retain and utilise any captured carp rather than returning them live to the water." Elsewhere, it indicates release needs to be immediate (I guess that means you can't keep them in a net, drop them on the bank for a few minutes or release them elsewhere).  Summing up: releasing carp is not illegal.

Based on the scant reading I've done, in the catch and release area of the Lane Cove river, we are legally obligated to release. IMO, that would include carp. 

The legal system works on precedence - some rules trump others. If there are other pest species, the return of which is totally prohibited, the total prohibition probably takes precedence.

Laws are written in legal speak by public servants, implemented by politicians and argued in courts by people highly educated in the English language and the legal system. Simple is not going to happen! 

 

 

[GoldenHourFishing]

Dont bother with parramatta lake its too big and deep to bring in good numbers. As others mentioned above the wier is great and because hardly anybody culls them, they are in pretty big numbers. Now that its getting warmer they will start spawning so you will see them breaching a lot. You can basically sight cast them because its so shallow. 

Parramatta park behind the leagues club and the stadium can also produce, I often see people with those giant telegraph pole looking rods around there. 

[XD351]

2 hours ago, GoldenHourFishing said:

Dont bother with parramatta lake its too big and deep to bring in good numbers. As others mentioned above the wier is great and because hardly anybody culls them, they are in pretty big numbers. Now that its getting warmer they will start spawning so you will see them breaching a lot. You can basically sight cast them because its so shallow. 

Parramatta park behind the leagues club and the stadium can also produce, I often see people with those giant telegraph pole looking rods around there. 

Ahhh yes the course/ match fishing fraternity! Another rabbit hole I nearly fell down years ago ! 
The last time I was at the ferry weir ( earlier this year ) there were some giant carp in there sitting under a couple of Lilly pad islands . On the north side there is a small drainage channel feeding in and you could have fly fished for them - it was only about a foot or two  deep - chockers with big fat mud marlin !

[XD351]

5 hours ago, Steve0 said:

DPI say "It is not currently illegal to immediately return captured carp to the waters from which they were taken (defence under section 216 of the Fisheries Management Act). However, NSW DPIRD encourages recreational fishers to retain and utilise any captured carp rather than returning them live to the water." Elsewhere, it indicates release needs to be immediate (I guess that means you can't keep them in a net, drop them on the bank for a few minutes or release them elsewhere).  Summing up: releasing carp is not illegal.

Based on the scant reading I've done, in the catch and release area of the Lane Cove river, we are legally obligated to release. IMO, that would include carp. 

The legal system works on precedence - some rules trump others. If there are other pest species, the return of which is totally prohibited, the total prohibition probably takes precedence.

Laws are written in legal speak by public servants, implemented by politicians and argued in courts by people highly educated in the English language and the legal system. Simple is not going to happen! 

 

 

I generally find that fishing  laws are written by bureaucrats that speak fluent gobbledygook and have an IQ in the single digit range .

[nosignificantharassment]

On 8/15/2024 at 8:03 PM, ireallylovefishies22 said:

Parramatta above the weir has a good amount. I like using bread under a float to catch them, and for some reason the bass there like bread as well. The saltwater section isn't too bad either, a lot of times if the carp are quiet I can catch a few mullet and use them for some decent bream.

Can you please link the weir on google maps I don't know which one

[ireallylovefishies22]

14 hours ago, nosignificantharassment said:

Can you please link the weir on google maps I don't know which one

It's called Charles St weir. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Charles+Street+Weir,+River+Rd+W,+Parramatta+NSW+2150/@-33.8132365,151.0100357,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12a3198f63d3ff:0xedb3862c63ae450d!8m2!3d-33.8132365!4d151.0100357!16s%2Fg%2F11g6rfk_5w

[juicy233]

Manly dam has some nice fat carp, I've managed a 46cm one from there a month or two ago and always see them jumping everywhere. Carp seem to thrive there it's a bit far though 

[nosignificantharassment]

On 8/19/2024 at 7:33 AM, ireallylovefishies22 said:

It's called Charles St weir. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Charles+Street+Weir,+River+Rd+W,+Parramatta+NSW+2150/@-33.8132365,151.0100357,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12a3198f63d3ff:0xedb3862c63ae450d!8m2!3d-33.8132365!4d151.0100357!16s%2Fg%2F11g6rfk_5w

do you fish at the thinner part of the river or at the big pile of water near the wharf

[XD351]

The wharf side is salt water- everything above the weir is freshwater. I actually fish both sides , first I will try for a bream in the salt and then make my way upstream hunting bass and carp . Sometimes I will stop at the weir on my way back to my car and give the bream another go before I leave . 

[ireallylovefishies22]

6 hours ago, nosignificantharassment said:

do you fish at the thinner part of the river or at the big pile of water near the wharf

The wider area is saltwater, the thinner is freshwater.

[nosignificantharassment]

On 8/24/2024 at 8:13 AM, XD351 said:

The wharf side is salt water- everything above the weir is freshwater. I actually fish both sides , first I will try for a bream in the salt and then make my way upstream hunting bass and carp . Sometimes I will stop at the weir on my way back to my car and give the bream another go before I leave . 

 

On 8/24/2024 at 2:00 PM, ireallylovefishies22 said:

The wider area is saltwater, the thinner is freshwater.

I fished in the freshwater part, saw lots of giant carp jumping but none took my bait. any reason for that?

[ireallylovefishies22]

1 hour ago, nosignificantharassment said:

 

I fished in the freshwater part, saw lots of giant carp jumping but none took my bait. any reason for that?

It is quite common to see plenty of large carp, but some of them can be quite smart and avoid anything that look unnatural. I don't usually catch many carp per session (1-2 usually), but the average size seems to be quite large, about 65cm. To be honest the main thing is just getting a bait in front of them, but a bit of burley can help too. Give Lennox bridge a try, I catch more carp there than at the weir itself.

[XD351]

What bait ? In there I wouldn’t be surprised if they get fed a lot of bread - we used that in there when we were kids - we ripped out a piece of white bread about the size of a 20c piece and fed it onto the hook trying not to crush the bread so it floats . You can use a small bubble float to give you a bit of casting weight and to keep the bait near the top . The other bait was garden worms but you run the risk of hooking a big eel ! Because the canal is concrete they can’t grub around in the mud like they usually do so baits drifting down from above are the go . Further up it is mud bottom and you will find the corn ,dough and worms might work better - we used what we had at hand , mostly bread and garden worms .

Edited August 26 by XD351

[nosignificantharassment]

On 8/15/2024 at 8:03 PM, ireallylovefishies22 said:

Parramatta above the weir has a good amount. I like using bread under a float to catch them, and for some reason the bass there like bread as well. The saltwater section isn't too bad either, a lot of times if the carp are quiet I can catch a few mullet and use them for some decent bream.

Every time I go there the carp just swim away as soon as they see my bait (corn)

[ireallylovefishies22]

theres no real point trying to sightcast them, if they see you or your rod theyll just swim away. best chance you have is by getting a bait in front of them when they cant see you