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A cool, mostly stable autumn pattern on the harbour today. The Bureau of Meteorology has light westerlies early, swinging northeast this arvo, 10–15 knots, and a slight chop on the open stretches. Overnight showers have cleared with a partly cloudy sky and temps sitting mid-teens to low‑20s. Sunrise was just after 6:45am with sunset around 5:00pm, so it’s a short bite window on the edges.
Tides from the Port Jackson tables show a predawn high, dropping through the morning to a late-morning low, then a building run-in through the afternoon. The best bite has lined up with the first of the run-out at dawn and again on the pushing tide mid‑arvo.
On the water, the cooler surface temps have pushed bait tight to structure. Local reports from Sydney Harbour and Middle Harbour indicate good numbers of tailor and salmon working small whitebait, especially on the main harbour markers and around North Head. Most fish are school-sized: tailor to 40 cm, salmon mid‑50s with the odd bigger model.
Bream and trevally are active around the washes and deep moorings. Anglers soaking baits around Bradley’s Head and Goat Island have picked up mixed bags: a half‑dozen legal bream per session isn’t unusual, plus plate-sized trevs and the odd pan snapper. Further west, the river arms are holding flathead on the drop-offs, with fish in the 40–55 cm bracket common from Drummoyne through to Gladesville.
Best lures today have been subtle and small. For the pelagics, 10–20 g metal slugs in silver or pilchard pattern, fast‑wound through surface bust‑ups, are doing damage. Soft plastics like 3–4 inch minnow styles in natural baitfish colours, rigged on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads, are picking up bream, flatties, and trevally on the flats and edges. Suspended hardbodies and small crankbaits worked slowly over rock walls and pontoons have also produced some nice bream.
For bait fishos, fresh is king. Pilchard cubes and strips of slimy mackerel berleyed lightly into the current are pulling tailor, trevally, and the odd kingie rat around the deeper points. Hawkesbury prawn and live nippers remain the go‑to for bream and whiting on the sand, while mullet strips and whitebait are solid options for flathead along the channel edges and drop‑offs.
Couple of hotspots worth a look:
1. North Head and Bluefish Point: Good salmon and tailor activity on the tide changes, especially the first of the run-out this morning and the afternoon run-in. Work metals and small stickbaits around visible bait schools and birds.
2. Middle Harbour – The Spit up to Bantry Bay: Consistent mixed bags of bream, flatties, and trevally on plastics and baits around moorings, bridge pylons, and rock edges. Fish the slower parts of the tide tight to structure, then move to the channel edges when the current picks up.
If you’re planning an evening session, focus on the last light around sunset and the early part of the night on the building tide. Quiet presentations, light leaders, and a bit of berley will make a big difference in the clear autumn water.
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