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Bonville Creek

3.7/5 - (3 votes)
30°22'32.95" S, 153°5'15.19" E

Bonville creek is part of the Bongil Bongil national park, it is a beautiful creek system with a lot of drains, channels and structure to make it well worth fishing. Located just south of Coffs Harbour at Sawtell, Bonville Creek has some great fishing spots for the family and hard core anglers.

There are some fun land based fishing spots at Sawtell for anglers, the river mouth provides an interesting feature where anglers can target some good whiting. The headland also have Tailor and Mulloway, a run out tide can be great as bait fish get swept out into hungry fishes mouths. Trevally are also around, picking off small schools of bait.

To really experience the beauty of Bonville Creek fishing spots a small tinny or even better a kayak is essential. There are plenty of great fishing spots upstream where anglers can target Bream, Flathead, Whiting, Mangrove Jack and Trevally. Fishing the creek bends where there is deep water and snags is the perfect combination for Mangrove Jack and some big Bream.

Further upstream anglers can wrestle with Native Australian Bass with are absolutely fantastic sports fish, they can be targeted from about Pine Creek way bridge and upstream where the water turns brackish.

Where to go fishing near Bonville Creek?

  • Bonville railway bridge

    Deep hole around the rail bridge pylons which holds Mangrove Jack, Bream, Trevally and Flathead. Live...

  • Bonville Bend

    Deeper hole with some good structure generally holds Bream, Trevally and Flathead.

  • Pine Creek Bass

    Heavy structure around here, small Mangrove Jack and some good Australian Bass get caught here.

  • Pine Creek Jacks 02

    Some good deep water here with heavy structure, perfect for Bream and Mangrove Jack on lures.

  • Pine creek Jacks

    Some good snags and structure along the creek bank from here and upstream which hold Mangrove...

  • Bonville Flathead

    The channels throughout here produce flathead on the run out tide, soft plastics hopped along the...

  • Bonville Weed beds

    Fish these weed beds and to the west at the creek mouth for Flathead on a...

  • Bonville Yabbie Bed

    A good spot to pump for yabbies, head upstream around the first bend and to the...

  • Bonville Rocks

    Deeper water with some good rock structure holds Bream and Lurderick. All tides are worth a...

  • Bonville bend 02

    A good land based spot to live bait for feeding Mangrove Jack, best at night. If...

  • Connor Hurley Reserve

    Fish off the rocks on an incoming tide for bream, can be snaggy along here.

  • Bonville creek mouth

    Fish the deeper holes along the rock edge for Bream, Flathead and Luderick. Some good eddies...

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Recommended Lures for Bonville Creek

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Killalure Flatz Ratz 2

Flatz Ratz – Killalure

$12.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Mangrove Jack

Roosta Popper 160

$15.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Trevally

Skippy Surface Lure

$13.49
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Yellowfin Bream, Yellowfin Whiting
The Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow suspending lure has great constrast and is good for Barramundi

CRYSTAL MINNOW™ SUSPENDING

Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Mangrove Jack

Squidgies Pro Critter 55mm

$9.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Yellowfin Bream
Storm Fishing Jig for Snapper

GOMOKU SLIM JIG

$10.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Trevally

Squidgies Pro Wriggler – 100mm

$9.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Australian Bass
Squidgies Pro Wriggler - 100mm - Bloodworm

Pro Wriggler – 100mm

$9.95
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Australian Bass, Mangrove Jack, Trevally
Jackall Squirell 79 hank tuned

Jackall DD Squirrel 79SP Silent ‘Hank Tuned’

Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Mangrove Jack

Squidgies Pro Lobby

$9.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Yellowfin Bream
Berkley Gulp! Shrimp 2"

Gulp Shrimp 2″

Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Dusky Flathead, Mangrove Jack, Yellowfin Bream
Squidgies Pro Range Wriggler - 65mm

Pro Wriggler – 65mm

$8.95
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Australian Bass, Dusky Flathead, Yellowfin Bream

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