Sydney, Australia Fishing Report Today

Inception Point AI
  • 0.0 (0)
  • Wilderness

Tune in to the "Sydney, Australia Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing updates, expert advice, and the latest news from one of the world's most biodiverse urban fisheries. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a fishing enthusiast, our podcast offers tips, weather conditions, and the best spots for a successful fishing trip. Stay informed with the freshest insights on Sydney Harbour's unique ecosystem—home to nearly 600 fish species ranging from yellowtail kingfish to endemic Sydney scorpionfish—and make every fishing expedition a memorable one. For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease.com Get all your gear before you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Episodes

  1. Jun 22

    Sydney Winter Fishing: Tailor, Bream and Flathead on the Fall - A Harbour Deep Dive

    Artificial Lure here with your Sydney fishing report. We’ve got a classic winter pattern settling over the Harbour and coast. Sydney’s sitting under cool, mostly clear skies with light westerlies this arvo, freshening a touch offshore. Overnight temps are cold, but the days are crisp and comfortable on the water. Sunrise was around twenty past seven, sunset just before five, so it’s a short window – prime bite times are that first light period and the last hour before dark. Tides in Sydney Harbour today are running a morning high, a decent run-out through late morning to early arvo, then a smaller afternoon high. That falling tide has been the pick for the estuary predators – plenty of bait pushed off the banks and the fish are sitting on the edges and drop-offs waiting to ambush. In the Harbour, tailor and salmon have been working bait schools around North Head, South Head and the main channel markers. Birds have been the giveaway – keep an eye out for terns dipping and wheeling. Metal slugs around 10–25 grams in silver or pilchard patterns, fast retrieved, have been doing damage. A few bonito still mixed in, especially wider of the Heads when the water cleans up. Kingfish numbers have thinned with the cooler water, but there are still school fish hanging around structure – the markers off Clarke and Shark Island, the Wedding Cake, and the deeper reefs towards The Spit. Anglers soaking fresh squid strips or live yakkas on the tide changes have picked up a steady trickle of rats with the odd legal. Soft plastics in 5–7 inch jerk shad profiles, worked mid-water around the pylons, are worth a crack if you prefer artificials. Inside the bays, bream and flathead have been reliable. Around Drummoyne, Iron Cove, Rose Bay and Blackwattle, bait fishos using peeled prawn and chicken thigh on light gear have reported good mixed bags – bream to 35 cm and flatties to mid-50s. Soft plastics in the 3–4 inch range – paddle tails and curl tails in natural or motor oil colours – hopped along the bottom on the outgoing tide are producing consistent flathead, especially along sandy drop-offs and channel edges. Luderick are starting to fire properly along the rock walls and lower Harbour. Cabbage and green weed under a float, fished along places like Cremorne Point, Bradley’s Head and the ferry wharves, has seen some solid bags for patient anglers working the run-in tide. Make sure your leader is fine and your depth set just off the rocks. Off the ocean rocks, drummer and groper are on the chew around Coogee, Maroubra and further north around Dee Why and North Curl Curl. Cunje, peeled prawn and fresh bread baits in the wash are the go, but pick your day and fish safely – winter swells can still surprise. A couple of hotspots to circle right now: - Middle Harbour from The Spit up to Roseville Bridge for bream, flathead and the odd mulloway on live bait at night. - North Head and the adjacent grounds for salmon, tailor and the chance of a late kingfish when the bait is up. Best overall lures this week: small chrome metals, natural-coloured soft plastics in 3–5 inch sizes, and squid jigs in pink, orange and brown for gathering fresh bait. Best baits: live yakka, fresh squid, pilchard, prawns and chicken for bream and flathead, plus weed and cabbage for blackfish. That’s your Sydney fishing wrap from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

  2. Jun 21

    Sydney Winter Harbour: Tailor, Salmon, and Bream on the Turn

    Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Sydney fishing report. Light winter pattern around the Harbour today: cool, mostly clear, and a light westerly through the morning shifting nor’east in the afternoon. The Bureau of Meteorology has temps sitting in the mid-teens, with barometer steady and only a slight chop on the main harbour. Sunrise was just after 7 and sundown’s coming in around 5, so you’ve got tight windows of prime light. Tides from the Port Jackson tables show an early morning high, dropping through mid‑morning to a late arvo low, then pushing back in after dark. That easing run‑out this morning and first push of the evening flood have been the pick for most crews. Inside Sydney Harbour, tailor and salmon schools have been up and down from North Head to Bradley’s Head, pushing tiny whitebait. Birds have been the giveaway. Anglers running 10–20 g metal slugs, small white bucktail jigs, and 3-inch paddletails on 10 lb braid have done nicely. A few rat kingfish mixed in around the marker buoys and channel edges, especially near the Wedding Cake and down toward Rose Bay. According to local tackle shops around Drummoyne and Mosman, there’s been a handy run of bream and trevally around the moorings and wharf pylons. Best results have come on lightly weighted peeled prawn, pink nippers, and small pilchard cubes, plus 2.5–3 inch grub and minnow plastics in natural colours. Fish are a bit tentative in the clear winter water, so light leaders in the 6–10 lb range have outfished heavy gear. Up the Parramatta and Lane Cove arms, flathead have been holding on drop‑offs and sand patches near weed beds. A lot of fish are school‑sized, 40–55 cm, with the odd better model. Anglers have been boating solid numbers on 3–4 inch soft vibes, curly‑tail plastics, and small hardbody divers worked slow along the bottom. Pilchard strips and mullet fillet are still reliable baits if you prefer soaking a line. Off the rocks around South Head and further south toward Coogee, drummer and luderick have been on the chew on the wash. Regulars report good sessions using peeled prawn, cunje, and fresh cabbage, fished in close with just enough lead to hold. A few bonito and salmon have been taken on chrome slices and small stickbaits when the swell has backed off. For squid, Middle Head, Balmoral, and Manly side weed beds have produced a steady run of calamari. Size 2.5–3.0 jigs in natural prawn and brown/khaki patterns have been the standouts, especially on the top of the tide and first of the run‑out. If you’re looking for hot spots, two to circle on your chart today: - North Head to Quarantine Bay: surface action on salmon and tailor, with a chance of kings on live yakka or slimy mackerel. - The Drummoyne to Gladesville stretch: solid bream, trevally, and flathead along the drop‑offs, moorings, and structure, great for soft plastics and lightly weighted baits. Best all‑round lures right now: 15 g metal slugs, 3-inch natural paddletails, soft vibes around 65–80 mm, and 2.5–3.0 squid jigs. Best baits: pilchard cubes, peeled prawn, pink nippers, mullet strip, and fresh weed or cabbage for the blackfish and pigs. That’s your Sydney fishing wrap from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

  3. Jun 20

    Sydney Harbour Steady: Tailor, Salmon, and Trevally On the Bite

    G’day, it’s Artificial Lure here with your Sydney fishing report. Light westerlies and a cool, clear sky have made it a crisp, fishy sort of day around the Harbour and offshore. The barometer’s steady and the water’s sitting around the mid‑teens, which has pushed bait in tight to the headlands and structure. Sunrise came just after 7, with sunset not long after 5, and the bite has been strongest on that first light change and again on the late arvo run. Tides around Sydney Heads are running a decent mid‑range: an early morning high, dropping to a late morning low, then filling again through the afternoon. That flooding tide has been the prime window, with bait flicking on the points and birds giving away the action. In the Harbour, anglers have been doing well on **tailor**, **salmon**, and some solid **trevally**. Boats working from Clifton Gardens through Bradleys Head have reported consistent tailor in the 30–40 cm bracket, with the odd bigger chopper mixed in. Land‑based fishos soaking peeled prawn around structure are finding pan‑sized trevs and plate‑sized bream, especially in the deeper holes. Soft plastics in the 3–4 inch range – especially minnow and jerkshad patterns in natural pilchard and anchovy colours – have been the standout lures. Small metal slugs around 10–20 g cast into surface bust‑ups have pinned both salmon and tailor. Best baits have been fresh pilchard cubes, peeled prawn, and live yakkas where you can get them. Out around the Heads and along the inshore reefs, snapper numbers have picked up. Plastics slowly hopped down the berley trail and lightly weighted pilchard baits have produced pannies to about 45 cm, with the odd better red in the mix. A few rat kings are still hanging around the markers and headlands; live squid and small stickbaits have drawn the most attention from them. Squid fishers have done well at first light in the shallow kelp beds. Size 2.5 to 3.0 jigs in natural brown or pink have been the go. A good session on squid is still your best ticket to a bigger king when they’re about. Two hotspots to put on your hit list: - **North Head / Quarantine area**: working the washes with 20 g metals and small white plastics has seen consistent salmon and tailor, especially on the afternoon run‑in tide. - **Clifton Gardens and the nearby moorings**: great option for land‑based and kayak fishos chasing trevally, bream, and squid. Fish light leaders, small hooks, and plenty of berley. Overall, the fishing’s been steady rather than red‑hot, but timing your trip around the tide changes and low‑light periods has made all the difference. Pack a few metal slugs, some 3–4 inch soft plastics, a couple of hard‑body minnows, plus pilchard, prawn, and, if you can get them, live squid or yakkas, and you’ll be in the game right across the Harbour and nearby reefs. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

  4. Jun 19

    Sydney Winter Fishing: Tailor, Flathead and Jewies Firing in the Harbour

    G’day fishos, Artificial Lure here with your Sydney fishing report. We’ve had a classic winter pattern around the Harbour and coast today. Light westerlies early, building into a cool, dry breeze through the arvo, with mostly clear skies and just a bit of high cloud. Temps have been sitting in the low teens early, pushing to around the high teens on the coast. Barometer’s fairly steady, which always helps the bite. First light came in just after 7 this morning and the sun’s ducking out around 5 this arvo, so your proper bite windows are tight. The morning run‑in tide lined up nicely with sunrise inside the Harbour, pushing bait up around headlands, wharves and the bridge pylons. The afternoon run‑out is dragging that bait back off the flats and is worth a look for jewies and flathead along the drop‑offs. Around the Lower Harbour, schools of tailor and salmon have been busting up on small whitebait and pilchards when the tide pushes. A lot of anglers have been into chopper tailor with the odd better model to 45–50 cm mixed with bonito and the occasional rat king. Small metal slugs in the 10–25 g range, tiny white soft plastics, and 3–4 inch jerk shads in baitfish colours have been doing the damage. A fast, jerky retrieve has been key when they’re feeding high in the water. Bream and trevally have been steady around the moorings and deeper structure from Drummoyne through to Rose Bay. Peeled prawn, pilly cubes and chicken breast soaked in a bit of tuna oil have all worked. Light leaders, down to 6–8 lb fluoro, are making a big difference in the clear winter water. A few solid bream to 38–40 cm have come from the rock walls and ferry wharves for those fishing unweighted baits. Flathead are holding on the edges of the sand flats and drop‑offs, especially where there’s a bit of current. Anglers throwing 3–4 inch paddle‑tail plastics in motor oil, bloodworm and natural baitfish colours are picking up fish to the mid‑60s, with plenty of legal eaters mixed in. A slow hop along the bottom has been the go. For the jewie chasers, the bite has been patchy but rewarding. A handful of fish in the 80–95 cm range have come from deeper holes under the bridges and around harbour markers, mostly on live yakka and slimies fished through the tide change. A few have also fallen to larger soft vibes and 5–7 inch plastics worked slowly near the bottom after dark. Off the stones and beaches, salmon schools have been cruising within casting range. Pilchards on ganged hooks, metal lures around 40 g and small stickbaits have all produced. Early morning and late arvo, especially around a tide change, are best. There have also been some nice winter whiting and the odd legal snapper on the inshore reefs for those soaking fresh squid strips and pilchard pieces. Best lures this week: – Small chrome metals and micro‑jigs for tailor and salmon. – 3–4 inch paddle‑tails and jerk shads for flathead, bream and by‑catch snapper. – Soft vibes and bigger plastics for jewfish in the deeper water. Best baits: – Live yakkas and slimies, squid strips, and fresh pilchard for the bigger predators. – Peeled prawn, chicken and pilly cubes for bream and trevally. Couple of hot spots to try: – Middle Head to North Head: working the washes and current lines for salmon, tailor and the odd king. – The Spit and surrounding bays: bream, trevally and flathead on plastics and lightly weighted baits around the bridge pylons, moorings and drop‑offs. That’s your Sydney wrap from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

  • 4 Episodes

About

Tune in to the "Sydney, Australia Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing updates, expert advice, and the latest news from one of the world's most biodiverse urban fisheries. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a fishing enthusiast, our podcast offers tips, weather conditions, and the best spots for a successful fishing trip. Stay informed with the freshest insights on Sydney Harbour's unique ecosystem—home to nearly 600 fish species ranging from yellowtail kingfish to endemic Sydney scorpionfish—and make every fishing expedition a memorable one. For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease.com Get all your gear before you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Information