Fishing around Sydney in July can be difficult with most of the summer species have has moved on to warmer waters, But you can usually find the salmon in schools in most bays, inlets and off beaches in the Sydney area.
When you find a school of salmon working the top, take the time to see what direction and speed the fish are traveling. Don’t rush into the middle of the feeding school as often this will put the fish down for the day.
Most salmon schools work into the wind, so position the boat up-wind and wait for the fish to come to you. Often the boat will be surrounded by fish. Cast your lure and flies in front of the fish as this is where they are looking for a feed not behind them.
If you are trolling lures or live baits run your line long and work around the outside of the school and cutting in front of the school so your line will run through the school without having to drive through the salmon.
Over the last couple weeks we have been hooking up with Australian Salmon and good Taylor at North and South Head most being caught on Trollcraft lures. When we hook up I have been casting metals and soft plastic lures around as the other fish is being retrieved, often Salmon and Taylor will have a few mates following them and even the odd Kingfish.
Good Taylor is also being caught around Loin Island and West head and some salmon up in Pittwater and Cowan Creek.
Good bream and flathead have also been caught up the Parramatta and Lane cove Rivers most falling to soft plastic around the wharfs and pontoons. Punkin seed and motor oil seem to be the best colours. Middle Harbour good bream and Trevally are
Peter Jacovides with a nice bream caught under a wharf in the harbour
Being caught near the wharf poles and under the piers
July is also the time of the year that I pull out my Fly rod and head down to the middle sections of the Hawkesbury River to tangle with a few Bass and perch.
I like to fly fish for the estuary perch when the tides are big and running out hard. This is when the fish will hold in the quiet water or the eddy. The inside of a corner that has a drop of and a back eddy. Is where the estuary perch will wait to ambush any bait that swims into these areas? Find that has quiet water with current running past it is a good area to look for estuaries.
Malcolm and Cameron McDonald, caught this nice Jewie with a hard bodied lure
If you’re successful and you catch a few note the time and tide and move on to the next likely spot and do the same. You will find that different areas will hold fish on run out and run up tides. I fish deeper for bass and perch in the colder months and have found that they hang wider than in the warmer months.
The best way to get your fly in front of them is with an extra fast sink fly line with a sink rate of at least 100mm per second and preferably 150mm. We use the fastest sinking line to get down to the to the depth where the fish are holding quickly. . It is also important to know the sink rate of your line so you can count down so your fly is at the same depth as the fish are holding.
We also catch most of our bigger bass in winter. A lot of these fish are caught in deep water in back eddies. In these areas there is a lot of floating debris builds up and any prawns or baitfish hang around or under debris. Surface lures and flies worked in these areas and will catch their fair share of big bass. Keep your eye open for any surface movement
It is very important to have a good fish finder sounder to find the fish and at what depth they are holding. We find the Humminbird 37 Matrix work the best for me as they give wide bottom coverage
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175 Dorado on the water
175 Dorado top view floorplan
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