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Clovelly Bay (Clovelly, Eastern Suburbs): Yellowtail, Trevally, Bream, Luderick, Drummer. Best early morning, rising tide.
Ben Buckler (North Bondi rocks) (North Bondi, Eastern Suburbs): Tailor, Australian salmon, Yellowtail, Drummer, Luderick. Best dawn and dusk, low to mid tide, small swell.
Maroubra Beach (south end) (Maroubra, Eastern Suburbs): Whiting, Australian salmon, Tailor, Mulloway. Best dawn, dusk, night, rising tide.
Frenchmans Bay / Congwong (La Perouse, Botany Bay): Whiting, Bream, Flathead, Squid, Luderick. Best morning, run-in tide.
Yarra Bay (Phillip Bay, Botany Bay): Whiting, Flathead, Bream, Luderick. Best evening, rising tide.
Brighton-Le-Sands foreshore (Brighton-Le-Sands, Botany Bay): Whiting, Flathead, Bream. Best evening, rising tide.
Silver Beach (Kurnell, Sutherland & Cronulla): Whiting, Flathead, Squid, Bream, Luderick. Best morning, rising tide.
Oak Park rocks (Cronulla, Sutherland & Cronulla): Yellowtail, Drummer, Tailor, Luderick, Australian salmon. Best early morning, low to mid tide.
Gunnamatta Bay (Cronulla wharf) (Cronulla, Sutherland & Cronulla): Bream, Whiting, Flathead, Squid, Luderick. Best evening, rising tide.
Bundeena wharf (Bundeena, Sutherland & Cronulla): Bream, Tailor, Squid, Luderick, Whiting. Best dawn, dusk, run-in tide.
Captain Cook Bridge (Taren Point side) (Taren Point, Sutherland & Cronulla): Flathead, Bream, Whiting, Mulloway. Best night, tide changes.
Clifton Gardens wharf (Mosman, Harbour): Yellowtail, Squid, Bream, Kingfish, Luderick. Best night, any; tide change best.
Balmoral Beach / Baths (Mosman, Harbour): Bream, Whiting, Squid, Luderick. Best dawn and dusk, high tide.
Watsons Bay ferry wharf (Watsons Bay, Harbour): Yellowtail, Squid, Bream, Luderick. Best evening, any.
Pirrama Park (Pyrmont, Harbour): Bream, Kingfish, Mulloway. Best night, run-out tide.
Balls Head Reserve (Waverton, Harbour): Bream, Kingfish, Squid, Mulloway, Luderick. Best night, tide changes.
Cabarita Park (Cabarita, Parramatta River): Bream, Flathead, Mulloway. Best night, rising tide.
Gladesville Bridge (Huntleys Point Rd) (Huntleys Point, Parramatta River): Bream, Mulloway. Best night, tide change.
Mortlake Point Park (Mortlake, Parramatta River): Bream, Mulloway. Best dawn, dusk, rising tide.
Nepean River – Tench Reserve (Penrith, Western Sydney): Australian bass, Carp, Eel. Best dawn, dusk, n/a (freshwater).
Lake Parramatta (North Parramatta, Western Sydney): Australian bass, Carp, Eel. Best morning, n/a.
Glenmore Park Loch (Glenmore Park, Western Sydney): Australian bass, Carp. Best dawn, dusk, n/a.
Brooklyn – Hawkesbury River (Brooklyn, Hawkesbury): Bream, Flathead, Mulloway, Squid, Luderick. Best night, tide changes.
Mooney Mooney (Mooney Mooney, Hawkesbury): Mulloway, Flathead, Bream. Best night, run-out tide.
Wisemans Ferry (Wisemans Ferry, Hawkesbury): Australian bass, Estuary perch, Bream. Best dawn, dusk, tidal.
Palm Beach wharf (Pittwater) (Palm Beach, Northern Beaches): Squid, Bream, Whiting, Tailor, Luderick. Best dawn, rising tide.
Narrabeen Lagoon entrance (Narrabeen, Northern Beaches): Whiting, Flathead, Bream, Luderick. Best morning, run-in tide.
Long Reef (Collaroy, Northern Beaches): Tailor, Drummer, Australian salmon, Luderick. Best dawn and dusk, low tide, small swell.
Manly Dam (Allambie Heights, Northern Beaches): Australian bass, Carp, Eel. Best dawn, n/a.
Dee Why Head (Dee Why, Northern Beaches): Tailor, Australian salmon, Drummer, Luderick. Best dawn, low to mid tide.

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