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Winter species are becoming more numerous numbers. However, given the inconsistent weather patterns of late, it would pay to remain flexible in your approach. Tight lines. • Fishing Sydney Tours takes pride in tailoring every trip to the customer’s preferred species, style of angling,
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With water temperatures still high at 21°C+, there’s still a fair mixed bag of species to be had just now. We are starting to see a few of the winter species arrive, indicating a temperature drop may not be too far off. The deeper reefs have been fishing well for the bread-and-butter species; snapper, mowies and the blue-spot flatties have been plentiful, and with a few days of light westerlies, the conditions have been good for a drift. Some quality snapper have also been starting to show up in the shallows in close, particularly in the afternoons. These fish have been taken on a combination of bait and soft plastics. The harbour has yielded a wide range of species lately – everything from kingfish, bonito, tailor and salmon to bream, trevally, blackfish and even a couple of teraglin. Squid strips are (as usual) the choice for the kings. A few very large squid have been starting to show over the kelp
are some excellent fishing spots that can be accessed straight off Sydney, and we will show you where. We offer harbour, wash and offshore fishing for species ranging from kingfish and mulloway through to snapper and mahimahi. For more info go to www.
Clint with a nice twilight red from the shallows. beds, and a larger jig in the 3.0# to 3.5# size range is a good choice for these. The kingfish will start to push up into the upper harbour reaches as the water cools. An all-round approach of fishing pilchards and squid strips with livies over any of the deeper structure
in the harbour will see you come home with a feed of fish. You can encounter any of the aforementioned species, with some very large bream and blackfish showing up in the shallows often in less than a metre of water. A berley trail of bread and baits fished
under small floats will see you with a feed. With air temperatures dropping rapidly and the water temperatures probably not far behind, next month should see a bit of a changeover as the winter species start to show up in greater
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penalty of $22000 and/or six months imprisonment. OPERATION CONUS NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries Officers from the Greater Metropolitan Mobile Fisheries Squad conducted ‘Operation Conus’ in Swansea between November 2022 and March You2023. can also The operation do your part targeted to the help illegal protect collection the State’s of intertidal fisheries invertebrates resources in by the reporting Hunter Region illegalover fishing the activity busy holiday to the period. NSW DPI Fishers The operation Watch phoneline reported on more 1800 than043300 536interactions or online at with dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/ NSW recreational compliance. fishers, detected – NSW over DPI 50 offences and resulted in more than 20 seizures, totalling over 450 invertebrates. Offences included: • Recreational fishers not paying the Recreational Fishing Fee (for more information on rec license fees visit dpi.nsw.gov.au and search for ‘fishing fee’)
• The possession of prohibited size fish/ invertebrates • Possessing more than the possession limit of fish/ invertebrates. During this operation, Fisheries Officers also prioritised educating recreational fishers on bag and size limits and other fishing rules in NSW. DPI Fisheries Officers provided advisory material including bag/size limit guides and plastic DPI measures for lobster, abalone, crabs and turban snails. Throughout the summer months, DPI Fisheries Officers noticed the uptake and use of these DPI measures down on the rock platform. For up-to-date information on closures, bag and size limits and other info, you can download the NSW FishSmart app on the App Store or Google Play.
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DPI crackdown on taking invertebrates Two women have been fined $2000 each, with a third woman incurring $500 in professional costs after collecting invertebrates in excess of
the bag limits from Hastings Point rocky shore. Following an Information Report received via the Fisherwatch 1800 number, Fisheries Officers
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apprehended three women (and one dependent) collecting invertebrates, including sea urchins and turban snails at Hastings Point (Tweed Shire). Sea urchins have a possession limit of 10 per person per day. Between the four people, 204 urchins had been collected and put into shopping bags and buckets. Thus, 164 excess sea urchins had been collected by the group. There is a minimum size limit of 7.5cm for turban
snails. Fisheries Officers measured the turban snails and found that 34 of the snails that had been collected were of a prohibited size. The unlawful catch was seized by Fisheries Officers and returned alive to the rocky shore. The three women were each issued with penalty infringement notices, which they later elected to have decided in court. Possession of prohibited size fish (including invertebrates) in NSW carries a maximum
