Can you fish off Speers Point Jetty?

Yes. Lake Macquarie City Council lists Speers Point Jetty among its top places to cast a line in Lake Mac, naming tailor, bream and whiting. The 83-metre public jetty was rebuilt and reopened in June 2020, with solar lighting, taps, handrails and ladders. You need a current NSW Recreational Fishing Fee receipt, and the lake-wide closure on digging bait with a spade or fork, and on any trap other than a bait trap, applies here — crab traps are governed by a separate DPIRD order, so check its current terms before setting one.

What fish can you catch at Speers Point Jetty?

Yellowfin bream are the year-round mainstay, with sand whiting over the sand from October to April, chopper tailor in schools and dusky flathead along the weed edges either side of the jetty. Bream are 25 cm on a bag of 10 shared with tarwhine, whiting 27 cm, tailor 30 cm on a bag of 10, and dusky flathead must be between 36 and 70 cm with a bag of 5. Garfish, mullet and the odd flounder turn up too.

Is Speers Point Jetty good for kids fishing?

It is one of the easiest family fishing spots on Lake Macquarie. Speers Point Park has parking, public toilets, a café, picnic shelters and the Variety Playground, the paths are flat and pram-friendly, and the jetty has handrails. The water off the end is deep enough to matter, so keep small children close and consider a kids' lifejacket on the deck.

Is Speers Point Jetty lit at night?

Yes. The rebuilt jetty has solar lights that brighten as people walk along the deck, which makes an evening bream or tailor session practical. Bring a headtorch anyway for rigging and unhooking, and keep the deck clear for walkers, who use the jetty after dark as well.

Is Lake Macquarie a recreational fishing haven?

Yes. DPIRD lists Lake Macquarie as a Recreational Fishing Haven, which means the lake is closed to commercial fishing. It does not mean relaxed rules — the normal NSW bag and size limits and the Recreational Fishing Fee still apply, along with the lake-wide closure on spade-or-fork digging and on traps other than bait traps, while crab traps are governed by a separate DPIRD order.

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Speers Point Jetty (Lake Macquarie)

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📍 Speers Point Jetty (Lake Macquarie)

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Weather: Rainy Wind: E 70° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 7 s E Water: 19.7 °C Pressure: 1027.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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Wind NE 16 km/h

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 19.7 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:43 am Last light 7:34 pm

High 3:36 am Low 8:40 am High 3:23 pm Low 10:30 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 9:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 9:30 am

4h 30m

Good

11:30 am → 1:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

1:30 am → 3:00 am

1h 30m

First light

5:43 am

Last light

7:34 pm

Sunrise

6:08 am

Sunset

7:09 pm

Moonrise

12:12 pm

Moonset

1:58 am

High tide

3:36 am

Low tide

8:40 am

High tide

3:23 pm

Low tide

10:30 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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52°

10 km/h

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50°

7 km/h

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6 km/h

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33°

5 km/h

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28°

5 km/h

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22°

7 km/h

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30°

6 km/h

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46°

8 km/h

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14 km/h

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Hourly Swell

Steady ~0.7 m E

12am

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1am

0.6 m

@ 6 s

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0.6 m

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0.6 m

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0.7 m

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0.7 m

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0.8 m

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0.8 m

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0.8 m

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0.8 m

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0.8 m

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h E (70°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 9:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 9:30 am

4h 30m

Good

11:30 am → 1:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

1:30 am → 3:00 am

1h 30m

First light

5:43 am

Last light

7:34 pm

Sunrise

6:08 am

Sunset

7:09 pm

Moonrise

12:12 pm

Moonset

1:58 am

High tide

3:36 am

Low tide

8:40 am

High tide

3:23 pm

Low tide

10:30 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

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