Located just 80km north of Sydney, Gosford, Brisbane Water and the complex waters of Broken Bay offer some of the best fishing spots in New South Wales. Broken Bay has been closed to commercial netting for over 50years and is known for its boating, scenic views and shoes, all of which offer some great fishing spots in and around Gosford.
Woy Woy, Ettalong Beach, Gosford and the eastern towns surrounding Brisbane Waters all have great facilities for land based fishing, kayak and boating. With great boat ramps, toilets, wash down facilities and parks dotted throughout Brisbane Waters this is a great area to fish for both locals and visitors. Hardcore anglers and families can enjoy the fishing on offer and a boat isn’t necessary to catch some great fish and enjoy the fishing spots around Gosford and Broken Bay.
Land based anglers can expect to catch fish species such as Bream, Flathead, Whiting, Leatherjacket, Luderick, and Mulloway, along with blue swimmer crabs during the right time of year. Boat based fishing in Brisbane Waters offers the same fish species however Mulloway are a common target species for locals. Kayaking fishing is very popular as it provides great stealth for chasing Bream and Flathead in the weed beds.
Umina Beach is a popular tourist destination but also has some great land based fishing spots. Woy Woy has some great fishing spots around Lions Park boat ramp, the wharf and at Spike Milligan bridge. Noonan Point and Gosford have some great places to flick fishing lures for bream around the countless jetties. Daleys Point and Wagstaffe can be quieter with less people making these great locations for fishing around Gosford.
Best fished around the turn of the tide or on a neap tide. Deep holes here...
A popular spot for blue swimmer crabs.
Good family land based spot for Bream, Flathead and whiting. Bait works the best along here....
A popular big flathead spot, fishes best of small tides. Fish the eddies north or south...
A shallow bar here is a good spot for drift fishing with bait for some good...
Good bream and flathead around the oyster leases. Bait, soft plastic and small hard bodies all...
Fishing the jetties for Bream and Flathead.
Some sharp drop offs that fish well for flathead.
Good weed beds around these smaller islands that fish well for Flathead, Whiting and Bream. Lures...
The jetties along here are all popular with anglers that love fishing with lures. Bream is...
Rocks around here and weed beds provide good fishing for flathead and Bream. Drops off into...
Rocks around here and weed beds provide good fishing for flathead and Bream. Drops off into...
Drift through the channel for big bream. Blue swimmers north in the broadwater.
Good flathead on the outgoing tide. Look for small gutters entering the main channel around Rileys...
Good bream fishing on the incoming tide that coincides with dawn or dusk.
A popular spot for Bream, Flathead and whiting. Night time produces some good bream and mulloway,...
Good deep water along the length of this channel. Best fished at night when boat traffic...
Great fishing on the run out tide for Luderick, Mulloway and Bream. Night is best for...
Good bream fishing around the jetties for Bream.
Great oyster leases fish well for Flathead, Luderick and Bream. Weed beds to the north east...
Good drop off here into deeper water fishes well for Bream, Flathead on the incoming and...
Flathead, Luderick and Flathead around the bridge structures. School Mulloway best targeted at night.
Best fished via Kayak with stealth, the weed beds have some great flathead and bream.
The creek mouth on the run out tide produces some good Flathead, bream and whiting. Along...
Along the beach flathead, whiting and Mulloway at night. Bait works best along here, beachworms for...
A good place to walk along casting soft plastics for bream along the breakwall. Luderick are...
Natural rockwall here with access to deep water. A good spot for bait fishing for Flathead,...
Flathead and Bream around the wharf pylons. Use bait, vibes and soft plastics.
Public wharf is good for land based fishing, use bait Bream, Flathead and Trevally.
Small area here with toilets and boat ramp, land based anglers are best off soaking a...
A great based fishing spot close to Gosford, weed beds, rocks and a public wharf provide...
Lurderick, Bream and leather jacket hang around the wharf here.
Good land based spot, mostly bream and flathead, best to just sit back and soak a...
Bream around the boat ramp jetty.
Good spots for land based fishing, Bream, Whiting and flathead are the main catches. Luderick around...
A great land based fishing spot near Gosford, Bream, Mulloway, Luderick are all common catches here....
Good access to a jetty, mostly bream around here, nice place to soak some local bait.
Public wharf provides access to some good land based fishing, rock patches offer mostly bream here.
Bream, Squire, flathead and whiting around the jetty. Blue swimmers are also all along this stretch.
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