The boat ramp at the end of Lake Road Swansea, with the markers heading out toward Wangi Wangi Point. Autopilot support can be enabled during 'Goto WayPoint' and 'Route Assistance'. 1 0 obj Your digital subscription includes access to content from all our websites in your region. Known as one of the best places in Lake Mac to experience shore fishing, this spot is a local favourite. Larger fish such as mulloway, kingfish, big tailor and trophy flathead are targeted by some, usually in or near the entrance channel. Lareg. Jewies tend to hang over sand rather than rock, gravel or kelp beds, so clear sand that fronts deep ledges with adjacent patches of reef are a good starting point. The waters surrounding Speers Point are home to a number of species of fish, including Tailor, Beam, Whiting and Jewfish. Jewfish Mulloway on soft vibes, Lake Macquarie, NSW. 33 04.380S 151 41.891E. Tip:The average depth of Belmont Bay is 10 metres. The main species caught are yellowfin bream, dusky flathead and sand whiting. Mark likes the Samaki Vibelious Thumper Tail for jew that have aggregated beneath schooling tailor. Fishing Journalist And Flathead Enthusiast. Email us any corrections, additions, pictures or video here. Lake Macquarie is a vast estuary with 170km of shoreline. The largest island in Lake Macquarie, Pulbah is a place for the more experienced angler. It may take a while and you may not hook one for several trips but eventually luck will run you way and bingo, youre on. If you are looking for GPS coordinates of fishing spots for your GPS Unit, you have come to the right place. Tip: Before you go fishing, familiarise yourself with the Department of Industries, Rules and Regulations for fishing so you can keep safe and follow the rules. No 3. to 4 Bream, snapper and mulloway. Mark is not a sponsored angler, but would like to acknowledge some local businesses that have always been very supportive of Mark and his fishing efforts. The marketing brochure is on the councils tourist website. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ Lake navigation features include advanced instrumentation to gather wind speed direction, water temperature, water depth, and accurate GPS with AIS receivers (using NMEA over TCP/UDP). Hunter Marine is another central coast business and Mark reckons they are brilliant Hobie watercraft distributors with above and beyond customer service. Watch on. There are also some private (illegal) artificial reefs in the lake. Schools of tailor also love the bay, and trolling deep diving or weighted lures will produce a bag of smokers, and often a few of the larger greenbacks. She went back after a quick photo and swam away happily. of fish. Sure, not all jewies are big and fish up to about 6kg can be dealt with on quite average bream gear. Tip: Why not bring a picnic lunch, relax and enjoy waterfront views after your long day of fishing! Garret's Lake Mac Jewfish Lures Last blog I promised to tell you of my adventure into the Hawkesbury river fishing for jewfish . This influx of new water stirs up the food chain and brings in schools of baitfish. IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. No 13 through to No 4 These areas are excellent waters for blue swimmer crabs and squid during the warmer months. When you do start to reel in, lightly shake the rod so that it mimics the movements of a live worm. Autopilot support can be enabled during Goto WayPoint and Route Assistance. Contact us by email: info@TRMarineServices.com.au. Fish commonly found in the area include flathead, bream, tailor and whiting, the guide says. Obviously youll need tackle thats up to the task of dealing with big fish. Tip:Why not bring a picnic lunch, relax and enjoy waterfront views after your long day of fishing! Best of all, when you enjoy a coffee, or a meal at Sal's, a portion of the profits go toward supporting the local Salvation Army services in the community. This area is popular with boat anglers and can be a little overcrowded at weekends and holiday times. Yellowtail kingfish, snapper, silver trevally, mulloway, yellowtail and slimy mackerel exist around the reef. We remember and respect the Ancestors who cared for and nurtured this Country. A 7' 3-5kg or 4-6kg spin rod with a 2500 size reel, 20lb braid and at least 1.5m of a good quality 20lb fluorocarbon leader is a good outfit for most anglers. If youve tried Swansea Channel and are looking for something different, head round to the lakeside near Marks Point. Only accessible by boat, the fish varieties available are usually Bream and Tailor. The newly-built boat ramp at Bennett Park, Valentine, has a pontoon for the community to enjoy. Bear in mind that in jewfish terms, that could mean much longer than it would take to catch most other common species. This sort of outfit could also be used for some estuary work, especially from big breakwalls or bridges where a decent fish may dive for cover. Garret's Lake Macquarie Jewfish Lures Become proficient at catching fish like mullet, tailor and pike, all of which make first-class live baits for jewfish. If, however, the bright moonlight is obscured by thick cloud cover I wont worry too much about it. . The water from the boat ramp to the dropover into the lake is shallow, usually around one metre to 1.5 metres, with small sand islands on the starboard side and a large area of seagrass flats on the port hand. If you are new to Boating and feel a little overwhelmed, fear not! I have one simple tackle box reserved for jewie fishing. Don't see your area? The guide listed nine locations for fishing. Home to one of the largest salt water lakes in Australia, with 174km of lakefront, as well as more than 32km of coastline, Lake Macquarie is a veritable mecca for fishers. Most locals believe that kingfish come up the channel only as far as Swansea Bridge, but I have seen a school of kingies chasing hardiheads across the sand bar out from Marks point. & Meals: Belmont offers clubs, pubs, restaurants and takeaways. Palette selection is a personal choice but I like either the blue or yellow palettes for showing fine detail. Look for working birds and signs of tailor feeding near the surface, jewfish will usually be beneath the tailor schools. On an incoming tide the fresh seawater virtually floods across the sandbars that border the end of the channel. The Belmont pier and the swimming pool boardwalk are also popular fishing spots for land-based anglers. 455khz and 800khz both have their advantages & disadvantages depending on what your doing 800khz gives you more detail I find but doesnt have to range of 455khz. The Virgin Boaters Guide to Boating: Common Navigation Markers Explained. 4 0 obj He likes the Samaki Bomb Shad or the Z-Man MinnowZ on a to oz jig head, but the new Samaki Mega Bomb Shad 7 lures are proving to very effective too. Many fish like the higher water so those days are often most fruitful. See eBay listings here.Surf rods are needed to fish the beaches, 6kg to 10kg line is ideal for most surf fishing but for rock fishing and chasing surf mulloway a heavier rig is needed, see eBay listings for heavy-duty surf rod combos here.For boat fishing, a shorter, stouter rod/spinning reel combo loaded with 10kg line is ideal for general reef fishing in water to around 20m deep, and can also be used to cast lures to pelagic fish. From a boat I prefer a heavier baitcaster such as an ABU 6000 or similar spooled up with 8kg Schneider or 20lb Fireline. Mail Centre, NSW 2310, Phone 02 4921 0333 Catching poddies can be a hit and miss, but my best results have come from using the clear plastic traps available from tackle shops. Another popular land-based fishing spot, Belmont Bay features a pier and boardwalk with plenty of space to cast your line. See eBay listing here.Soft plastic paddle tail lures are popular and effective all-round lures for NSW estuary and freshwater species, see eBay listings here.Weighted jig heads are needed to rig most soft plastic paddle tail lures, although some have the jig head built in. The Bay has a few different areas to try when casting your line. " With a large waterfront area and jetty, there is plenty of space to cast your line. "NOAA" and the NOAA emblem are registered trademarks of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. THE best fishing spots in Lake Macquarie have been revealed in a new online guide that touts the area as fishing heaven. See eBay listings for ball sinkers here, see listings for star sinkers here and for snapper leads here.Hooks in mixed sizes (suggest 1# or #2 for whiting, 6# or #8 for garfish, 4/0 for tailor, salmon and flathead, 11/0 for large mulloway). Instead, in Part One of this location guide I will focus on some of the better known fishing spots of Lake Macquarie, north-east from Swansea. For most other fishing, ball sinkers are used, as part of a running sinker rig where the sinker slides along the line, allowing a fish to easily run with a baited hook. Here is the second instalment of The Virgin Boaters Guide to Boating covering navigation markers. If you fish the right spots at the right time using reliable techniques, it shouldnt take too long before you hook one. TACKLE Obviously you'll need tackle that's up to the task of dealing with big fish. This reef is 3.5km north-east of the Swansea bar, offshore from Blacksmiths Beach, at a depth of 28.5m. Hooks are generally a size 7/0 Gamakatsu Octopus for baits like live herring, yakkas, small mullet and strips of squid or tailor flesh. Hunting the elusive Mulloway/Jew Fish on Lake Macquarie. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. We have over 500,000 fishing spots in our database. 3 0 obj The deepest water in the lake is located just East of Pulbah island, and is home to some big Tailor and Jewfish! Lake navigation features include advanced instrumentation to gather wind speed direction, water temperature, water depth, and accurate GPS with AIS receivers(using NMEA over TCP/UDP). Episode 569: Lake Macquarie On Lures With Dan Guilfoyle. Reaching the end of the channel markers, turn to the north, along what is known as the drop-over into the deeper waters of the lake, from the end of the markers to the sand islands bordering the Swansea Channel. The waters surrounding Speers Point are home to a number of species of fish, including Tailor, Beam, Whiting and Jewfish. I may have given the impression that the only time to fish this area is on the incoming tide, but thats not the case. It is available as part of iBoating : Australia Marine & Fishing App (now supported on multiple platforms including Android, iPhone/iPad, MacBook, and Windows(tablet and phone)/PC based chartplotter. From the rocks, beaches, rivers and offshore, a good-sized jewfish is always a prize for the lucky angler and the envy of those who want to catch one. So in this feature were going to take a look at likely jewfish spots and how to go about catching these magnificent fish. A whole dead pike rigged up North Coast style. <> When you're out cruising around on the lake, be sure to visit this fishing spot which is popular amongst Lake Macquarie locals, particularly on the changing tide. If you're heading out on Lake Macquarie for a day of fishing, you need to be sure you've got the right gear. Let us know and we will see if we can export to the necessary format. The Drop Over and Pulbah Island You'll need a boat to get to these two angling hot-spots, whose deep waters are a haven for many species of fish. When you head out into Cockle Bay, you can guarantee you're in for a great day of fishing. The highest tides of the month align with the new or full moon. There is usually somewhere sheltered to fish in almost any wind, but the lake is shallow and can become rough, especially in a southerly. Advertisement. Summer prawns are taken at night on the run-out tide and dark moon. endobj About 42 species are known to live on the reefs. Blue swimmer crabs are plentiful in any areas of deeper water in the lake. Macquarie boasts some of the best fishing spots in the state, but the lake is so huge Id need to write a whole book to cover all the potential fishing areas. It is in their footsteps that we travel these lands and waters. Work this lure close to the bottom (less so if the fish are up higher) with large, slow lifts, being sure to let the lure sink between lifts and keeping in touch with a semi-taut line. Crab traps arent allowed in the lake but these crabs are easily caught using witches hat nets. If youve got the good gear and first-class bait and concentrate your efforts at known jewie spots at the right times you will run into a fish. http://traffic.libsyn.com/doclures/macquarie-jewfish-mark-williams.mp3, Episode 575: Jewfish Roundup With Greg Vinall. Here, the waters are home to schools of Flathead, Bream, Whiting, Jewfish, Tailor, Kingfish and Prawns. This is where the waves break and a popular spot for fish. Whiting and flounder also are caught in these areas but are more a by-catch when targeting other species. Dan Guilfoyle shares a lifetime of local knowledge for those keen to hit the water in the coming months. If you are new to Boating and feel a little overwhelmed, fear not! 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