What fish can you catch land-based at Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury?

From the McKell Park foreshore and the points you can target mulloway (jewfish) around the deep water and bridge structure, yellowfin bream on the pylons and oyster racks, dusky flathead along the channel edges, luderick on weed in the cooler months, and the odd tailor or silver trevally. Kingfish push up the lower river through the warmer months. A NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is required to fish anywhere in NSW, including here, and the receipt must be carried while you fish.

When is the best time to catch jewfish at Brooklyn?

Mulloway feed best after dark and through the early hours, and the cooler autumn-to-winter months tend to fish hardest. Time it around the top and bottom of the tide, and the bigger new and full-moon tides that move the most water through the bridge. Live mullet, yellowtail or squid fished on the bottom in the deeper holes is the proven approach. Keep one at most: the NSW bag is a single mulloway per person at 70cm or longer, with a boat limit of two per boat per day.

Can you fish off the Hawkesbury River rail bridge at Brooklyn?

No — the rail bridge is rail infrastructure with no public access, so it is not a fishing platform. Land-based anglers work the foreshore at McKell Park, the rock walls, oyster racks and points near the bridge instead. Boat and kayak anglers fish closer to the pylons themselves. Obey any posted signs wherever you fish around the bridges.

Is there parking and toilets for fishing at Brooklyn?

Yes. McKell Park at 12 Dangar Road has off-street parking, public toilets, a fenced playground, picnic tables, free barbecues and drinking water, and it's about a five-minute walk from Hawkesbury River railway station. The Brooklyn Baths sit next door. The flat foreshore path makes it one of the more accessible and family-friendly estuary spots on the lower Hawkesbury.

What are the keeper sizes for flathead and mulloway in NSW?

Dusky flathead must be within a 36–70cm slot — anything over 70cm must be released — with a daily bag limit of 5 and 10 in possession. Mulloway have a 70cm minimum and a daily limit of 1 per person, plus a boat limit of 2 per boat per day when two or more fishers are aboard. Yellowfin bream are 25cm minimum with a bag of 10 shared across bream and tarwhine, and luderick are 27cm with a bag of 10. Check the current NSW rules before you keep a fish, because limits do change.

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Now: 12 km/h NE (57°).

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:00 am → 7:30 am

3h 30m

Good

6:30 pm → 11:00 pm

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9:00 am → 11:30 am

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First light

5:40 am

Last light

7:39 pm

Sunrise

6:06 am

Sunset

7:13 pm

Moonrise

3:12 pm

Moonset

3:36 am

High tide

6:12 am

Low tide

11:54 am

High tide

6:00 pm

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