What fish can you catch at Moira Parade Wharf, Hawks Nest?

Mainly yellowfin bream and dusky flathead year-round, with sand whiting on the flats through the warmer months and luderick (blackfish) in the deeper channel over autumn and winter. Leatherjacket and silver trevally turn up around the pylons, and there is an after-dark chance at mulloway in the deeper holes — 70cm minimum, bag of 1 per person, with a boat limit of 2 per boat per day. The Myall River is inside the Port Stephens–Great Lakes Marine Park, so check the zoning map or the FishSmart NSW app before you fish. A NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is required to fish anywhere in NSW, including off this wharf.

What is the best bait for bream and flathead on the Myall River?

Fresh nippers (yabbies) and live poddy mullet are the standouts, and both can be gathered for free on the exposed sandbars at low tide. Poddy mullet under 15 cm may only be used as live bait, with a limit of 20 per person. Peeled prawn and a strip of mullet also work for bream and flathead, while soft plastics and small surface lures take plenty of flathead on the run-out tide.

What is the size and bag limit for dusky flathead in NSW?

Dusky flathead must be within a slot of 36cm to 70cm to keep — anything under 36cm or over 70cm must be released — with a daily bag limit of 5. Releasing the big females over 70cm protects the breeders, so handle and return them quickly. Always check the current NSW DPIRD rules before you keep a fish.

Is Moira Parade Wharf good for kids and beginners?

Yes — the jetty and floating pontoon are metres from the car park with no real walk, and there are public toilets, a playground, picnic shelter and a small swimming beach right there. Bream, whiting and small flathead bite readily on simple bait rigs, which makes it one of the easier spots to start out on the Myall River.

When is the best tide to fish Moira Parade Wharf?

A moving tide around dawn or dusk is best. The run-out into the bottom of the tide is the prime window for flathead and bream along the channel edge, while the incoming pushes bream and whiting up onto the flats. Big run-out tides on the full and new moon move the most bait, though heavy rain can dirty the river and push the better fishing downstream for a few days.

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High Fish Activity

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Tide Moving

Wind SE 6 km/h

Moon new all day

Water temp 19.0 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

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Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:32 am Last light 6:04 pm

Low 1:30 am High 7:37 am Low 1:26 pm High 7:43 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:30 pm → 9:00 pm

3h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

11:30 am → 2:00 pm

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Good

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First light

5:32 am

Last light

6:04 pm

Sunrise

5:56 am

Sunset

5:40 pm

Moonrise

5:45 am

Moonset

5:46 pm

Low tide

1:30 am

High tide

7:37 am

Low tide

1:26 pm

High tide

7:43 pm

Hourly Wind

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Hourly Swell

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Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 19.0°

Tue

8 Sep

19.3°

Wed

9 Sep

19.2°

Thu

10 Sep

19.0°

Fri

11 Sep

19.0°

Sat

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19.2°

Sun

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19.2°

Mon

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19.3°

Tue

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19.4°

Wed

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19.1°

Thu

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18.6°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h S (189°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:30 pm → 9:00 pm

3h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

11:30 am → 2:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

1:00 am → 2:30 am

1h 30m

First light

5:32 am

Last light

6:04 pm

Sunrise

5:56 am

Sunset

5:40 pm

Moonrise

5:45 am

Moonset

5:46 pm

Low tide

1:30 am

High tide

7:37 am

Low tide

1:26 pm

High tide

7:43 pm

Nearby spots

Species at this spot

Yellowfin Bream
Dusky Flathead
Sand Whiting
Luderick
Leatherjacket
Silver Trevally
Mulloway (Jewfish)