SYDNEY FISHING need some help sorry that it's for NSW and not for WA
Submitted by kaitan on Tue, 2009-05-26 20:54
HI guys,
I'm now in sydney, quite new here was from WA but just got tranfered here! just wondering anybody knows their way of fishing in sydney particular. any tips will be great.
Cheers guys!!
HuggyB
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boat or land based?
Boating:
The harbour is a good starting point. ytk, salmon and even pelagics etc frequent there. Also botany bay is a good spot, particularly for lizards and tailor. Port Hacking is another good spot. My boss had a place on the Hawksebury, so I spent some time around there and Pittwater which was quite productive.
Landbased:
Trout! You are on the doorstep (kinda) to all sorts of quality trout fishing in the snowy mountains and surrounding tributaries. And a plane trip to Tassie or NZ is cheap for some worldclass trout fishing. There are also plenty of landbased spots around the place for all manner of species including bream, skippy and so on - any decent tackle store will point you in the general direction.
I found a good starting point is the local tackle store. From there location specific forums are useful:
http://www.sydneyfishfinder.com.au/hotspots.html
http://www.sydneyangler.com.au/
http://www.fishraider.com.au/
That should get you started. If you dont have a 5wt fly rod, add it to your shopping list IMO and get stuck into the trout.
Hope that helps.
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Colin Hay
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Troy Whereabouts in Sydney are you based
I know a lot of great spots on the north shore.
Hope you didn't head up to Coffs Harbour last week, Hat Head was flooded in again.
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damo6230
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try to contact Jaso
he is on a trip up north in WA at the moment but he is from Sydney.
I'm sure he will help you out.
otherwise check the location of memebers under the members menu.
kaitan
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Date Joined: 18/06/07
thx guys for the info
actually colin we did!!! went all the way to kempsey then have to drive all the way back!!! :( of well luckily we didnt stay too!! otherwise we'll be caught in the flood!!! haha that was a long drive 12h straight !!!I'm living in st leonards.
huggyB, i'm a landbased person. Really want to put my dad onto a good fishing spot at least get him his first tailor maybe :D
Cheers guys