Jervis Bay

Fishing places on Jervis Bay

3 publicly documented places inside this one, each with its own ground, catch and access.

• Longnose Point

  Headland

  A point inside Jervis Bay. The department names its reef as a hot spot for snapper and for kingfish, and as a reef worth trolling or spinning for Australian salmon.

  Documented here: Australasian snapper, Yellowtail kingfish, Kahawai

• Plantation Point

  Headland

  A point at Vincentia on the western shore of Jervis Bay. The department names its reef as a snapper hot spot and the seagrass beds inside it as proven squid ground.

  Documented here: Australasian snapper

• Point Perpendicular

  Headland

  The northern headland at the entrance of Jervis Bay. The department names its reefs as a kingfish hot spot and says a rock ledge inside the northern headland, known as The Tubes, is famous for black marlin taken from the rocks each summer by land-based game specialists.

  Documented here: Yellowtail kingfish

Fish documented nearby, not here

Nothing below has been documented at Jervis Bay itself. Each one has been documented at a named place on the same ground, and the places are listed with it. Treat this as what the water around here holds rather than as a catch list for this mark.

Named only as a group

The guide for Jervis Bay also names these fish by a name that covers more than one species here. It does not say which, so none is attached to this place.

• bream — could be Black bream or Yellowfin bream. Black bream and yellowfin bream overlap in south-east Australia and hybridise in Victoria; the working difference is the colour of the pelvic and anal fins.

How people fish it

Practised here: Sea fishing, Lure fishing.

Methods the sources name for this ground. Each one is explained in full on its own page.

• Drift fishing

  Letting the boat move with tide and wind while fishing, so the tackle searches ground instead of waiting on it — and the decision that determines whether a boat session works at all.

• Trolling

  Towing lures or baits behind a moving boat to cover large volumes of water and locate scattered fish.

• Jigging

  Working a weighted lure with a rising-and-falling motion, usually vertically, so it behaves like a wounded or fleeing baitfish.

• Livebaiting at sea

  Presenting a living fish where a predator will find it — the most effective method for many species and the one with the clearest welfare questions attached.

• Eging

  Jigging for squid and cuttlefish with a barbed, weighted lure worked in lifts and pauses — a Japanese discipline with its own tackle, vocabulary and competitive scene.

• Spinning

  Casting an artificial lure and retrieving it so that it moves like something alive — the most direct form of lure fishing.

Baits and lures for these fish

The baits and lures each of the fish above is commonly taken on, from that fish’s own page. This is what works for the fish, not a report of what people use on this particular water — local knowledge and the conditions on the day still decide.

The ground and the water

The ground

A large, clear-water bay on the NSW south coast, with seagrass beds, cliffs, headlands and reefs, inside a marine park that runs about a hundred kilometres from Kinghorn Point to Bherwerre Beach. The department gives estuary, beach, rock, sport and game fishing: snapper on the reefs inside the bay, kingfish on the reefs and cliffs, sand flathead drifted over sand, bream on the calm beaches and in Currambene Creek, Australian salmon off the surf beaches, and squid over the seagrass. Boats reach the offshore banks and canyons for tuna, dolphinfish and marlin.

Through the year

Rules and access

Particular to this water: The bay is a marine park: most of it is zoned to allow recreational fishing, but its sanctuary zones, including those at Bowen Island and the Drum and Drumsticks, allow none, and penalties apply. The southern shore is Commonwealth land in Booderee National Park, which has its own fishing rules and allows no spearfishing. Zoning maps come from the marine park office in Huskisson and the department.

Beyond what is stated above, FishingHQ does not know the current access position here. New South Wales requires its recreational fishing fee to be paid in all its waters, with exemptions the state lists. Marine parks and aquatic reserves have zones where fishing is not allowed or only some methods are, much of the shore is an intertidal protected area where shellfish and other invertebrates may not be taken, the state publishes advice against eating fish from some waters, and wearing a lifejacket is the law when rock fishing in declared council areas. Bag and size limits change. Check the current position with the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development before going.

Who holds the answer:

• The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, which collects the fishing fee and publishes the rules, closures and marine park zoning.
• The council, port or land manager, where the shore or wharf is theirs.
• The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, which sets the recreational fishing fee and its exemptions and publishes the rules, closures, marine park zoning and freshwater seasons.
• Service NSW, the state's service through which the licence is bought.
• The council, port or land manager, for wharves, parks, reserves and other land it owns or leases, which carry rules of their own.
• The NSW Food Authority, for advice on eating fish from waters with a contamination advisory, including Sydney Harbour.
• The managers of Booderee National Park, on Jervis Bay's southern shore, which is Commonwealth land with its own fishing rules.
• The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development: collects the fishing fee and publishes the bag and size limits, closures and reserve rules for this water.

Nearby fishing

Other publicly documented places within about 40 km, by distance. Positions are approximate public geography and are never exact marks.

• Plantation Point — 2–5 km · Headland
• Longnose Point — 5–10 km · Headland
• Point Perpendicular — 5–10 km · Headland
• Lake Conjola — 25–40 km · Estuary
• Narrawallee Inlet — 25–40 km · Estuary

Sources for this place

• Go Fishing — Jervis Bay — NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 2024 (Government fisheries body)Relied on for: The state fisheries department's Jervis Bay guide: the marine park, this place among its hot spots, the fish and methods, and the restrictions it states.States this directlyPassage read and verified
• Recreational fishing fee — NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (Government fisheries body)Relied on for: That the NSW recreational fishing fee must be paid, and a receipt carried, when fishing in any NSW water.States this directlyPassage read and verified
• FishBase: a global information system on fishes — Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. — FishBase Consortium (Scientific institute)Relied on for: That Arripis truttaceus ranges from Western Australia to Victoria and Tasmania and Arripis trutta from Brisbane to western Victoria, so 'Australian salmon' on this coast is Arripis trutta.States this directlyPassage read and verified

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