Local Fishing Reports

Weather has been pretty average with rain and wind. The swell has been up but the fish are still biting. The water is dirty in Pittwater and the Harbour but the kings are still around with trevally moving in. The beaches are churned up from the swell but there are some good gutters around so it's well worth fish as there are some XL size tailor in the deeper gutters. 

Winter is fast approaching in Sydney, but the fishing is still firing across the harbour, Pittwater, and the Hawkesbury. Cooler water temperatures haven’t slowed the action, with solid numbers of kingfish, jewfish, and large squid still being caught. While surface activity has eased in Pittwater and the Hawkesbury, consistent hairtail and jewfish bites are keeping anglers busy. Meanwhile, Sydney’s local beaches are producing exceptional whiting fishing, with fish up to 40cm being landed regularly.

As we reach the last month of autumn there is still a trickle of summer fish being caught but have definitely slowed down. That being said there are still plenty of fish of offer for both the shore based and boat based anglers. 

Sydney, in particular, the Hawkesbury has seen large numbers of hairtail being caught on lure and bait. These gnarly looking creatures are very sporadic so it's cool to see them in local waters! Large kings are still hanging around the harbour and the beaches are producing plenty of tasty whiting. 

After the recent wind and rain it's churned up our waterways and for the better. The beaches have some great gutters, the fish on our inshore reefs are feasting on all the broken shellfish and urchins from the recent swells and toothy critters like hairtail are visiting the estuaries. 

The water temp around Sydney is very warm and with it there are plenty of fish feeding and visiting Sydney from more tropical waters with a very rare and unique catch of a juvenile tiger shark caught in Watson's Bay in Sydney Harbour! The speedsters like bonito are still feeding on the surface, the beaches are loaded with small dusky whaler sharks and kingfish are still abundant. 

The warm water off Sydney has turned on the sports fish with plenty of blue marlin being caught as well as tropical visitors like shortbill spearfish and wahoo. Still plenty of pelagics being caught inshore and our beaches are producing some big fish with mulloway, sharks and XL tailor in the mix. 

Plenty of variety at the moment with the beaches, estuaries, harbour and offshore all providing mixed species. From fast moving pelagics like bonito and mac tuna to autumn staples like trevally and luderick are all on the cards in and around Sydney. 

The fishing is very healthy at the moment with warm water both inshore and offshore. Anglers are having tonnes of fun on smaller sized bonito busting up close to shore which is ideal for younger anglers. Kingfish are still around in good numbers and the beaches are producing plenty of whiting, bream and small sharks.

The game fishing is starting to fire up - even after the heavy rains. Sydney is starting to see good numbers of black and striped marlin as well as mahi mahi. Closer inshore the harbour and Pittwater are seeing good numbers of rat kings taking both bait and lure. The beaches are seeing plenty of whiting with bonito being caught along our rocks.  

Happy New Year everyone! The fishing has been great to kick start the new year with summer visitors like bonito starting to show up off the local rock ledges and Pittwater. More and more reports of marlin being caught are coming in from anglers fishing north of Sydney but it wont be long until these fish make their way further south to local waters. 

The fishing is starting to fire up just in time for the Christmas break. Larger kings are making their way into the harbour, summer whiting and bream are being caught off our beaches. Flathead and jewfish are lurking around the upper reaches of the harbour.