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During the Summer surface fish like tailor and salmon frequent this stretch, so have the metal lures ready to go in your tackle box. If you catch some squid while fishing here in the latter part of the day and you are able to keep them alive, you are in with a very good chance of catching a jewfish an hour before the sun sets.

Keep in mind the closing time of the gates — check at the main office. Those fishing from a boat could anchor, start up a berley trail and fish as lightly as the current will allow. Having your bait work its way down with the berley will give you a better chance of picking up a bream or two and staying away from those small snapper. This part of South West Arm is one of my favourite fishing spots.

You can catch snapper, bream, flathead, luderick, garfish, mullet, leatherjackets, john dory, jewfish, whiting, silver trevally, tailor, slimy mackerel and the odd kingfish and salmon here. The oyster-covered shoreline leads down to a bottom that is a combination of small reefs dotted around the place, broken rubble, shells and clean white sand. Once you have caught a small one of these baitfish, I suggest that you put it on a live-bait rig and lower it down to a metre off the bottom.

Put the rod in one of your rod holders and just wait for a big one to come along. Leatherjackets just love to school around small reefy patches that also have a bit of weed or kelp growing.

Use your sounder to find a small reef and position your boat over the top. Then use a paternoster rig and small pieces of peeled prawns to catch a few jackets. On the run-in tide you will need to anchor in the shallow water of the sand bar and fish back into the deeper water.

During the falling tide have your boat anchored in the deeper water and fish back towards the edge of the drop-off. Trolling lures is also very productive here during the Summer for kingfish, salmon, tailor and slimy mackerel. If you are into jigging plastics for flathead, this is the place to try. Gooseberry Bay can be accessed from the shore but it is a fair walk along a dirt road.

Follow the road to Maianbar and then turn off onto Costens Point Road. Park and then walk down to the shore. It takes about 30 to 40 minutes. Most of the fishing in this bay is done from a boat and the best time to fish is during the week or at night, due to the fact that it is a very popular spot for larger craft to tie up. You can also get a lot of water skiers here. I have found that either a day or couple of days after the weekend will fish the best here as the fleet of boats that sometimes moor here will do all the berleying for you.

Bream, flathead, whiting, leatherjackets and some pan-sized snapper can be caught during the quieter times of the day. You will need to put one anchor out in the deeper water and one on the shore here to enable you to stop swinging around and also to position yourself over the edge of the reef.

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Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Sheesh, you're doing well. What depth do you start using 3. We use the heavy jigs when its windy or the current is fast moving. Bream, whiting, silver trevally and the odd flathead can be caught here. Well, there you have it a dozen places for you to have a try at land-based fishing in Southern Sydney. If you would like more information of the fishing in southern Sydney, just send me an email at --e-mail address hidden-- and if you have something to report or a photo you might like to see in the magazine just send me an email.

The western side of Dolls Point is a great land-based spot at low tide because you can pump your nippers and fish for bream and whiting into the deep water. Tez can also catch a bream or two. Save as. Tez Grimanson with another mulloway. He is a master at catching these fish. Matched Content Latest Articles. Fishing Monthly Magazines. Digital Editions. We have the best Jervis Bay fishing spots. Our files contain artificial and natural reefs, buoys, ledges, rocks, shipwrecks , and many other types of structures that hold fish, in a miles radius of Jervis Bay.

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