Iron Cove Fishing

[Elkw]

Hello!

I've recently picked up fishing and am planning on going to Iron Cove soon to have a go at it.

Would love to hear any of your tips for fishing around that area and any general tips you might have for lure fishing in general. In addition would using a 1/8oz jighead around the cove be fine and is the area unfishable during low tide? I have been told its best before and after high tide however due to time constraints I won't be able to fish during those periods.

Thank you.

[Aussie_fisher]

Its a very good area in general for flathead and bream. Near the canal at hawthorne, around the rowers club, iron cove bridge and rodd park are all good areas. I'd use 1/12th and even 1/16th if its a really calm day as most of the place is very shallow. A tip is to keep walking around and fanning your casts as you never know where that flatty might be sitting. I only fish the high there due to the fact that it can be very shallow and rocky at the low. But if you fish a deeper area and manage to avoid the snags on the low you can still get them. 

[JimT]

On 8/31/2024 at 10:41 AM, Elkw said:

Hello!

I've recently picked up fishing and am planning on going to Iron Cove soon to have a go at it.

Would love to hear any of your tips for fishing around that area and any general tips you might have for lure fishing in general. In addition would using a 1/8oz jighead around the cove be fine and is the area unfishable during low tide? I have been told its best before and after high tide however due to time constraints I won't be able to fish during those periods.

Thank you.

It will be high tide twice at sometime during the week. check your tide charts and plan according

[XD351]

In the map the lilac colour is 2-6m depth , Aqua colour is 1-2 m , the red is 0-1 m depths . There is a mix of everything so you can fish in there at any tide phase . You can fish the canal on the run in and chase the fish , you can fish the canal mouths on the runout and catch the fish as the retreat from the draining canal . If you have some waders you wade the shallow banks around rod point on high tide when the fish come up over the shallows to feed . There is deeper water on the rozelle  side you can fish at any tide but I prefer high tide ,

I would suggest running a weedless rig (Texas rig) on your plastics . 

Edited September 3 by XD351

[Aussie_fisher]

50 minutes ago, XD351 said:

In the map the lilac colour is 2-6m depth , Aqua colour is 1-2 m , the red is 0-1 m depths . There is a mix of everything so you can fish in there at any tide phase . You can fish the canal on the run in and chase the fish , you can fish the canal mouths on the runout and catch the fish as the retreat from the draining canal . If you have some waders you wade the shallow banks around rod point on high tide when the fish come up over the shallows to feed . There is deeper water on the rozelle  side you can fish at any tide but I prefer high tide ,

I would suggest running a weedless rig (Texas rig) on your plastics . 

Interesting to know it’s that shallow. Which app do you use to check depths?

[XD351]

Navionics

[Elkw]

Hi all, thanks so much for the tips. Will be going out in the morning to try.

[Aussie_fisher]

On 9/6/2024 at 10:12 AM, Elkw said:

Hi all, thanks so much for the tips. Will be going out in the morning to try.

How’d u go?