Landbased Spots

[paulmasinello]

Hello,

I was just wondering if anyone knew a great land based spot on the hamilton stretch where i can go and catch some good fish, also what bait or and lures i should use, any advice would be greatly appreciated

paul.

[AngGoLee]

breaky creek , newstead would be good .

[Feral]

Paul, Are you and Jack logging in from the same Computer?

Cameron's rocks and the wall along there just before Breakfast creek have a few good spots. Try floating out prawns for bait.

[Dan23]

Some guys including Angus used to fish off the Brett's wharf pontoon and catch monster threadies there.

[paulmasinello]

ohh a nice threadfin would be great but dont you have to go there at night for the threadies ?

and if i was to go to bretts wharf what bait and tackle would be suitable

paul,

[AngGoLee]

Dan23 wrote:

Some guys including Angus used to fish off the Brett's wharf pontoon and catch monster threadies there.

maybe Dan and kev can give u a head start by sharing their Thready spot with you :P

[Dan23]

A few guys have gotten them during the day fishing deep. No matter what the "experts" say, threadies will feed on the surface at night, even in winter.

Fish at least 60lb leader with minimum 20lb mainline. A heavy rod and reel with at least 15lb or drag. You can land them on less but if you want them to swim away fish that line class and they should be fine.

Good luck.

[Dan23]

AngGoLee wrote:

Dan23 wrote:

Some guys including Angus used to fish off the Brett's wharf pontoon and catch monster threadies there.

maybe Dan and kev can give u a head start by sharing their Thready spot with you :P

Not a chance :laugh:

[brisfisher]

hey mate,probs best to go for a drive n suss out a few streets that lead to the river n go for a bit of a walk around,ur bound to find a decent few spots if ur willing to go for a mission.never know mite find dan n kevs spot x:P

[Dan23]

brisfisher wrote:

hey mate,probs best to go for a drive n suss out a few streets that lead to the river n go for a bit of a walk around,ur bound to find a decent few spots if ur willing to go for a mission.never know mite find dan n kevs spot x:P

Exactly right. We only found our spots by spending many long cold nights on the riverbank covered in mud and sand flies searching for that pot of gold. It's out there, people just need to put in some effort and find it:cheer: If we told everyone it would ultimately ruin everyone's fun and sense of achievement.

[pinkey]

Under fishermans island bridge is also another good spot to soak a bait, Current runs very fast throught there so use big lead, some ripper fish including large mangrove jack, mulloway, huge bream, sweetlip, GT's, big cod ect have been all caught under there. Also there is a nice sandbank close to there wich holds a few flattys. But yeh, theres billions of good spots, and heaps of spots that get very rarely fished.

[Cowfish13]

Or that get fished using the wrong methods

Newstead Pk will always have a few Bream and Flathead around. Lures such as 3" bass minnows and ecogear SX40's are good and the ever reliable prawn is one of the best baits

[Mozza]

if you wanted to drive like 5-10 minutes up the road you could try the rockwall and pinkenba ... always produces some good cod and bream.

[pinkey]

At high tide the flats around pinkenba and boggy can hold some good flattys. Anywhere with rocks in the river will hold cod and bream.

[Angus]

Hey Pauly, Hows Franco?

Bretts wharf is good at night. Livies are my favourite, herring or prawns. These can be cast netted on site. One important thing to remember about Bretts is the current is a massive pain. Heavier lead than looks reasonable is often needed. However, dont worry. Once a 1m + threaddy takes the bait the lead weight becomes obsolete.

For info on lures best talking to Kev and Dan at the moment. But other members have had success with Jackal Masks and Jackal Trans Ams in the lower reaches.

Cheers.

Angus