Sydney Harbour
Well the sh*t has hit the fan and the Government has stopped commercial fishing in the Harbour for three months and has recommended catch and release and minimum human consumption. They have tested the prawns and some of the finned fish and found dioxin levels are very high and are collecting most other species to test. Even if they can clean all the polluted areas up fish like bream will still be affected for a long time up to thirty years so its not going to go away in a hurry. This will be great for the fish stocks in the Harbour as you can only imagine how great the fishing will be in 5 years if every one releases the fish and the netters and trappers are stopped. On the down side all of the bait shops and fishing tour operators around the Harbour will find it difficult as most people that bait fish like to keep a feed to eat these customers will head to other areas to fish. We have been told for years by the government how clean the Harbour is. People have set up their lively hood based on what they have been told and have good reason to be bitter. Some shops have spent hundreds of thousand dollars on stock and equipment and should be entitled to compensation from the Government.

I use them in conjunction with conventional spread of trolling lure I usually run two Troll Craft Lures and Slugo or popper run a long way back . The zip boom allows me to run extra lure in the middle down deep. I drop it down next to the Transducer and watch it on the sounder to the depth that I want. You can change the angler that line goes down by add a heavier snapper lead which held on by a snap. The amount of drop back from the boom is also adjustable. Most good tackle shop have them and will explain how they work and how to use them or check out .

Hawkesbury
Late March is the time of the year when the bass and perch are starting to school up for their run down to the saltwater to breed. It’s also a great time of the year to target these fish as they will take most lures that you throw at them. Most people believe that all the bass and perch move down stream at the same time. I think that bass move down in different schools any time from late March through to late October to early November.

I have caught fish that have spent their eggs as early as June and fish still in row as late as November. In March we start to target the bass and perch in the deeper waters with soft plastics and deep-water fly. It’s not uncommon to catch and release 20 to 30 fish a day when you find these fish schooled up. The areas that we find these fish in the colder months is in the back water and eddies near a drop off after a corner or near a structure that is out of the flow, in waters up to 15 m deep. I find most hang around the 3m to 7m range. Sometimes the best of these fish will hang out in the running water as the tide slows. I will often check an area out with my Humminbird matrix 37 and if I find a concentration of fish the area I will give the area a good working over .I usually start with soft plastics worked deep with a lift and drop the rod tip keeping in contact with bottom. Bass and perch will often hit on the drop so use a fluro colour line so you can see the line move if the fish bites on the drop. In the deeper water I like using a drop shoot rig. This allows me to a heavier weight without interfering with the action of the plastic it is also good when the fish are timid. I will cast it out close to a snag let it sink to the bottom wind up the slack line and just shake the rod tip while it is sitting in the one spot. This will often draw the fish out of cover.

On the water fishing Schools
Anyone wanting to learn more about Sportsfishing for Sydney’s kingfish, bonito, salmon, tailor, bass can now come to one of my on the water fishing schools that.
Anyone wishing to attend should book, as numbers are limited. Mob:0408 334 892