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i have been doing quite a bit of fishing around the traffic bridge in freo laterly, getting a few here and there but the reason why i love going down there so much is that there is always somethign differant down there or a new fish that i havnt caught there before! last night i was down there and as i was walking up 2 the car i was very suprised to see some guy about to go diving in the middle of the night by himslef under the bridge, and you all know how strong the current is there my mate and i couldnt even get our size 6 leads down to the bottem! CRAZY in my oppinion


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Hi jonya , Yep the old

Fri, 2008-03-07 09:39

Hi jonya ,

Yep the old traffic bridge is a addictive location.

Iv fished it for over 15yrs and allways get different species of fish from whiting, bream, cobbler,tailor, skippy,flathead , flounder, occy's , crabs and much more.

Yep that current is a killer! Be carefull!

That guy must be crazy!!! Wouldnt catch me swimming around there lol

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EDver catch any mulloway there jonya?

Fri, 2008-03-07 10:06

Nice pics Marc. I can see why it is a good spot.

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never managed to catch

Fri, 2008-03-07 11:37

never managed to catch mulloway there unfotunatly... to be honest with you im never really sure where to put my whiting bait there on the top or the bottem for mulloway the currents are just soo strong at the top i oculdnt imagen it coming right onto the surface! but there are a lot of port jackson down there.. took a quick picture of this one before i released it!

 

   

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this is image just took me

Fri, 2008-03-07 12:19

this is image just took me an hour 2 upload there has to be an easy way lol

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Hi Jonya

Fri, 2008-03-07 13:13

I haven't fished there, so I am not sure how strong the current is. But I would guess it is about the same as near the mouth of the Hawkesbury River. Try fishing an hour or so either side of the change of tide and cast a live bait or a mulie into the eddies caused by pilons. That is where the mulloway will come to look for food or wait in ambush.
Some cubed up mulies as burley wouldn't hurt.
All the best, Colin Hay

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That place looks like

Fri, 2008-03-07 13:41

That place looks like fun!

 

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yea...the current there is

Fri, 2008-03-07 18:11

yea...the current there is hell strong...totally agreeing wit jonya too...can't make my bait stay on the bottom..and duno wat to do.and one more thing...wat do u use there...because theres too much blowies there...i was thinking mulie for whiting..but than i think again..no wAy..too much blowies

the more u fish..the less stress u get....

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I used to work in a pub in

Mon, 2008-03-10 16:45

I used to work in a pub in Freo and go down there after work.

Bloody great spot to sit on an outgoing tide and just watch the harbour.

One night saw a fish about 4 foot leap 2-3 out of the water, looked magic.

so peaceful underthere, but dont go down their if quiet is what you want when there are loading the scrap steel ship.

Crab net is a handy thing to take down with you are well.
Seen a few crabs taken in a session from a net.