Tackle Shops in Sydney

[Bwanna Surya]

Hi there...can anyone suggest any good tackle shops around Sydney?...I'll be stopping over there for 2 days on my way to Bali....Cheers for that

[Brandon Khoo]

What are you looking for? If you're looking for jigging or popping equipment, Sydney is a bit of a void. On the other hand, if you're looking for soft plastics or hardbodies for bream, it's pretty good!

[Bwanna Surya]

Brandon...jigging and popping gears mostly...but also keen on to see lures or tackles that local shops have on display..... 

[Brandon Khoo]

Sydney is a bit of a void when it comes to gear like that.I'd suggest that it really is not a worthwhile exercise.

If you just want to find a couple of tackle stores to wander around, there are a few decent sized stores but none in the city. There is a Compleat Angler in the city which is in the Dymocks Building on George Street but it is just a small store.

The closest decent sized store to the city is Otto's at Drummoyne.

[Andrew Poulos]

There is also Fish Outta Water in the Mick Symonds shop opposite the QVB(next to the Hilton). They have a range of lures and equipment as well. More so than the Compleat Angler store. Other than that , you will need to start heading out a little bit from town.

Local stores have loads of soft plastics from small sized things for bream ( Im not a fan of bream and reckon they should be used for livebait!) , to larger plastics like shads and sluggos. Plenty of rapala diving minnows, poppers like halcos, metals like raiders and snipers.

Like Brandon said though, specialist popper/jigging is a niche and not easily found. If you have 2 days in Sydney, then I would go to those 2 shops in the city.

[Bwanna Surya]

Thank you for the great info Brandon and Andrew;D....I'll try to look for them as I wonder around the city....