Fishing the Hawksbury.

Post by **kjd** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:07 am

Me and the wife are staying at Canoelands on the Hawksbury River in the first week of Sept.
Going to take the tinny. What am I best off targeting this time of year? Any tips for fishing this river would be great as I've never fished there before!

Post by **kjd** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:12 am

Here's where we will be staying:

The red pin is where we will be.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:19 pm

just down the road from me ol dads place....
sadly,never fished that river before.

Brad Y · Post by **Brad Y** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:21 pm

From watching a few AFC dvd's my memory seems to recall alot of people fishing pittwater a fair bit for bream. But they also went up the hawksbury river and fished alot of the oyster leases. Plenty of big bream around them. Looking on google its such a huge system no wonder they use boats that run in excess of 110kph over there. To cover that expanse of water in a 7hr tournament is going to need alot of speed!

Post by **MISSED** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:19 pm

i have never fished it but My suggestion would be to anchor close in to oyster leases and cast so your bait/lure is under or really close to the racks.Drift the shallows for flatties just remember to keep the sinker sizes to a minimum just enough lead to get it to the bottom not anchor it there.

Post by **kjd** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:40 pm

Cheers fellas!

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