Amb232 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Hey everyone. I’m looking to fish land based at a private jetty in September. I have been successful in catching legal bream plus a few undersized snappers. However I’m really hoping for a Jew fish. Has anyone caught any here? If so, what are your tips for bait etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Up here you are better off with a boat. You can move around more. Jewys are caught in Newcastle Hbr. Some have been caught at the various beaches at night. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 A boat would allow you to cover a larger area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 2 hours ago, bessell1955 said: A boat would allow you to cover a larger area. Have to agree when i went there years ago to look for Jewfish it was in a boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marks1984 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 mate only one way to find our have a crack get some fresh squid and or yakkas and fish at night see how you go. good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koalaboi Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Hi, Seems to me that your trip up will be to stay at a place with jetty. I used to have a boat but got rid of it as it was too much trouble launching, cleaning, storing it etc when I could get as many fish as I wanted land based here on Tuggerah Lakes. I’m close by (a few minutes) and so it’s easy for me to dart down and have a quick fish and if no good head back home to try later. So how to catch good fish land based. In the situation you are looking at I reckon you could not do better than using some form of live bait…poddies, nippers, bloodworms etc. I suggest live poddies as your best option. Good luck and let us know how you go! KB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volitan Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) I can’t speak for Woy Woy Bay exactly but people I know catch some good mulloway off a wharf in Brisbane Water nearby. I’d sum up their approach as use live bait, use a free swinging line as the mulloway drop very quickly if they feel something amiss, fish at night, expect the best results from one hour before to one hour after high tide. Judging by their experience the main thing is putting in the hours. They often do all-nighters - barbecue, sausages, beer, comfortable chairs and then sit back and calmly wait through a 2 or 3 am high tide. I’ve fished with them a few times but I don’t do the hours and so don’t get the result. Alternately, you could hire a boat from Andersons Boatshed in Blackwall and fish. Not expensive especially for the open 16 footers which are old and slow but comfortable. They may let you keep one overnight. Alternately, they will get one ready for you the night before so you can pickup in the very early morning just before daybreak. I’ve done that two or three times and twice got mulloway downstream of the Rip Bridge. Edited August 7, 2022 by Volitan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertW Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 9:04 PM, Amb232 said: Hey everyone. I’m looking to fish land based at a private jetty in September. I have been successful in catching legal bream plus a few undersized snappers. However I’m really hoping for a Jew fish. Has anyone caught any here? If so, what are your tips for bait etc I don't know much about jewfish so take this likely but If it was me I would try to get some live poddy or yakkas and chuck them out at night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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