Can you fish at Picnic Point Georges River National Park?

Yes. The Morgans Creek picnic area at Picnic Point is the national park precinct NPWS describes as popular for fishing, and it has a small fishing jetty a short walk along the bank from the boat ramp. Yellowfin bream are the main target, best in winter, with dusky flathead, luderick and the odd mulloway also about. A NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is required, and the park charges an $8 per day vehicle entry fee.

What time does Morgans Creek picnic area close?

NPWS opens the Morgans Creek precinct gates at 6am and locks them at 7.30pm during daylight saving and 6.30pm at other times. Plan to be back at the car before the gate shuts, because vehicles left inside after closing are locked in.

Is fish from the Georges River at Picnic Point safe to eat?

Picnic Point sits in the reach between Tom Uglys Bridge and Rabaul Road boat ramp, where NSW precautionary PFAS advice caps adults at two serves a week of dusky flathead or estuary perch, one of mulloway and three of silver trevally, and children aged two to six at one serve a week of any one of those, not one of each, because the limits assume a single species is eaten that week. Luderick need no PFAS advice for adults but are capped at four serves a week for children aged two to six. Yellowfin bream were tested and need no PFAS advice. Upstream of the Rabaul Road boat ramp at Georges Hall the advice is not to eat anything you catch.

Can you keep estuary perch or bass from the Georges River in winter?

No. Australian bass and estuary perch are catch-and-release only from May to August in NSW rivers and estuaries, including the Georges. Outside those months the combined bag is 2, with only one fish over 35 cm, and there is no minimum length. Fishing for them in winter is still allowed as long as every fish goes back.

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Morgans Creek Jetty (Picnic Point, Georges River)

Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Morgans Creek Jetty (Picnic Point, Georges River)

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Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 327° · 8 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 7 s S Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1018.8 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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Wind SW 7 km/h

Moon full all day

Water temp 18.2 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:35 am Last light 7:45 pm

Low 2:56 am High 9:25 am Low 3:53 pm High 9:56 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

7:00 pm → 9:00 pm

Good

12:30 am → 2:00 am

1h 30m

Good

12:30 pm → 1:30 pm

First light

5:35 am

Last light

7:45 pm

Sunrise

6:00 am

Sunset

7:19 pm

Moonrise

8:47 pm

Moonset

6:07 am

Low tide

2:56 am

High tide

9:25 am

Low tide

3:53 pm

High tide

9:56 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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165°

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200°

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238°

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253°

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232°

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246°

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262°

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243°

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18°

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326°

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327°

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Hourly Swell

Easing 2.0 → 1.1 m S

12am

2.0 m

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1am

1.9 m

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Moderate

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2am

1.9 m

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Moderate

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3am

1.8 m

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4am

1.7 m

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5am

1.6 m

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6am

1.7 m

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7am

1.7 m

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8am

1.7 m

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9am

1.6 m

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10am

1.6 m

@ 7 s

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11am

1.5 m

@ 7 s

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12pm

1.5 m

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1pm

1.4 m

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2pm

1.4 m

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3pm

1.4 m

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4pm

1.3 m

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5pm

1.3 m

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6pm

1.3 m

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7pm

1.2 m

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8pm

1.2 m

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9pm

1.2 m

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10pm

1.1 m

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1.1 m

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Moderate

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Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 18.2°

Sat

24 Oct

18.0°

Sun

25 Oct

18.1°

Mon

26 Oct

18.0°

Tue

27 Oct

18.2°

Wed

28 Oct

18.6°

Thu

29 Oct

18.8°

Fri

30 Oct

18.9°

Sat

31 Oct

18.9°

Sun

1 Nov

18.8°

Mon

2 Nov

18.9°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h NW (327°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

7:00 pm → 9:00 pm

Good

12:30 am → 2:00 am

1h 30m

Good

12:30 pm → 1:30 pm

First light

5:35 am

Last light

7:45 pm

Sunrise

6:00 am

Sunset

7:19 pm

Moonrise

8:47 pm

Moonset

6:07 am

Low tide

2:56 am

High tide

9:25 am

Low tide

3:53 pm

High tide

9:56 pm

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