Narrabeen Bait and Tackle Fishing Report 20 August 2026
Narrabeen Bait and Tackle
Fishing Report – 20 August 2026
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This report is compiled from reports from our customers and staff. If you would like to contribute reports and photos please contact us.
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Rocks
The rock fishing has been consistently good this week with plenty of drummer and luderick being caught along the coastline. We’ve had good reports from South Avalon, Warriewood Blow hole, Collaroy, Dee Why, and Curl Curl with drummer to 2kg and luderick around 45cm. Best bait for the drummer is peeled prawns fished in a good berley trail.
We’ve had reports of trevally being caught at Long Reef and North Narrabeen rock pool all taken on Hawkesbury prawns.
There have also been some decent snapper showing up on the rock ledges taking fish strip baits and pilchards.
As always, be extremely careful when rock fishing and have all of the appropriate safety gear and an exit plan should you get washed in. No fish is worth your life!
Beaches
Some good reports this week of large surf bream being taken at Warriewood Beach, and the Narrabeen to Collaroy stretch. Look for the deeper gutters and fish the edges where there is some foaming water. Another tip is to fish as light as you can with a small sinker. This allows the bait to move around to where the fish are feeding. Beach worms are the best bet for the bream and you may also encounter a few winter whiting.
The salmon, flathead and some tailor are still being taken with the best beaches are Curl Curl, Dee Why and North Narrabeen. Best bait is pilchards.
With the full moon on 28 August, it’s a great time to target jewfish a few days either side of the full moon. Green-eyed squid or large fresh strips of mullet or tuna are the best baits.
Narrabeen Lake
Luderick (blackfish) are showing up near the Ocean St bridge drop-off. Berley with chopped up weed mixed with sand to keep them interested.
There are also some decent tailor and trevally in the lake at the moment. They come in chasing the bait fish so look out for any surface activity and birds working. Small metal lures will account for both species as will a pilchard or mullet bait. Trevally are best targeted with peeled Hawkesbury prawns.
Offshore
The ocean water temp is still holding around 17 – 18 degrees.
Broken Bay Wide, Esmerelda and Boltons are holding decent sized snapper and some large trevally. Berley is the key to success with the winter snapper.
At the 12-mile, tuna have been in good numbers taking trolled lures.
There have also been some schools of big, long-tailed tuna, spotted by drones, moving along the coast fairly close inshore.
Pittwater
Schools of salmon are hanging around West Head, Flint and Steel, and The Basin. Fish are good sized and are up to 60-70cm sized so great fun on light spin gear. They are best targeted using small metal lures cast downwind. Always cast to the side of the school rather than into the middle.
There are flathead on the drift between Barrenjoey and Palm Beach with pilchard and mullet strip baits being the best bait.
Flint and Steel has produced some nice jewfish caught on fresh squid baits.
Metals, Metals, Metals
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