I normally fish between Wisemans and Bar Point and have been for the past 50yrs or more. Love pulling the big jewies out of those holes and even in 10' of water. Laughtondale which you know if one of my favourite spots. Nah you can have the breams, fun to catch though. Used to catch up with the Hannas at Spencer, distant rels. Three of my mates had shacks near Gunderman as used to get the gossip and fish with them, they were Jim Hall, Jim Gallen and John Smith. Long ago square hooks were the go to grab a feed of good mullet.Whistler wrote: ↑March 10, 2023, 8:58 amBest spots, off Kangaroo Point near the railway bridge, some big blue nose bream. I also used to catch heaps, a tad upstream on Mooney Creek at Spencer, but had the advantage of having my house and jetty at Wendoree Park. Check out the 'K1NG of the River' competition run about this time every year the Spencer General store can give you details. I started this annual comp in 2008 when I was president of progress association at Wendoree.
This area was the location of the Kate Grenville novel called The Secret River. Based on fact, it chronicals the slaughter of local aboriginals by the early settlers.
And if you want to do some research, have a look at place called Portland Head on the Hawkesbury. Aboriginals and whites were killed there in the early days, sad. Some of the new settlers, Everinghams, Lochs and Stubbs and a few others married sort of, with the local Aboriginal ladies and there relatives are still around the Hawkesbury are and my family are related to some of them.
Very interesting that you come from my neck of the woods. Probably passed each other on the river. I know of Kates book and have a fairly good knowledge of the early days of the Hawkesbury.
I know of Kangaroo Point, never fished there though. I did a lot of fishing around Montague Island for kings, gummy sharks and flathead.