Fishing on the Hacking River

[khiemtran]

Early Saturday morning, and we're down at Swallow Rock Reserve, on the Hacking River.



When we got there, the fog was just lifting, but the sky and the river were both still and silvery. The fish got a good feed off us, but none them got hooked. Just about every time I cast, I ended losing my bait. I don't know whether that means the fish were all too small to fit the hook in their mouths or if they were just very good at not getting hooked. We did see some largish fish jumping out of the water (including once even right over my line).



Here's what it looked like after the sky had cleared a bit. As you can see, lots of paddlers came out early in the morning. It would be a lot of fun to explore the river on a morning like this. (The one we normally paddle on is the Woronora, which is just a few kilometres away, but which ultimately flows into the Georges River then Botany Bay, whereas this one flows to Port Hacking.)

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

The light's so ghostly! Plus, it looks rather like Liem's fishing in the sky. Catching ghost fish or sky fish.

… It still looks cold where you are, but you're heading into summer soon, no?

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's been quite wet lately (another Sydney trait - when it rains, it will rain for ten days in a row) and a cooler November than usual. That said, it feels like summer as soon as the sky clears.