Moruya River.
The river has continued to fish well this last week, with reports from throughout the systems very positive.
While the whiting are present in the system, they have been fairly selective on what they have been feeding on. There has been a definite preference towards worms as bait for those actually catching a few nice whiting for a feed.
The flathead are active everywhere in the system at the moment, from the airport flats all the way up past Yarragee, baits and lures have all been working on the humble flatty.
The bream have also been available in and a round the structure they like to hold on. That may be oyster racks, it may be snags and it may be weeded edges. The places that they like to hold is many and varied. Go for an explore and find your own secret spot.
There have been a few reports of good sized tailor back in the system this week, so don’t be surprised if a few choppers turn up. Ganged whitebait is a great way to to protect your self from bite offs with the toothy gang, and is also a good way to get a few bream and flathead also.
Tuross.
With the annual charity comp run by one of Canberra’s construction companies, Monarch, is on this weekend and you can expect to see plenty of traffic on the Tuross system this weekend. Tuross can easily accommodate the extra angler traffic as it is a big system with lots of fish holding areas.
There have been plenty of flathead as usual caught throughout the system this last week, with bream also on the cards again in and around structure.
The whiting have yet again been reported in good numbers, mostly falling to baits of squirt or beach worms. Now that the water temp on the beaches is nearing 23deg, fingers crossed they start hunting down surface presentations also.
The mulloway have have also been possible to find in the deeper holes this last week, although the size of them has been a little on the smaller spectrum.
Up in the fresh, the bass have continued to bite, both on surface presentation early or late in the day, and on deeper presentations during the brighter parts of the day.
Rock and beach.
Salmon and tailor have both been reported along stretches of the coastline this week, they are where you find them, which can be both frustrating and challenging if your spot isn’t where they are. A bit of burley in the water is a good start to hold travelling fish that are moving along the coastline.
The bream and whiting will also be available in the mixed ground areas at the ends of most beaches as well. Beach worms or live nippers will be the baits to look towards for the scrappy fighters in the surf.
I haven’t had any reports of Kings or bonito to date, but hopefully they will be around with the warm water that is screaming down along the coastline.
Offshore. As predicted, the snapper have moved out into deeper water, with good fish coming out of the 50-70m mark this last week. Fishing deep with the current that is coming down the coast brings its own challenges, getting baits down and timing drops so that baits are on structure to catch fish takes practice and time on the water. Use your marine electronics to chart the drift and mark fish, then motor up current to drop over likely looking ground. The flathead also have been plentiful in shallower for this that don’t won’t to head out after snapper. Start looking in 15-20m of water over most sand patches for a feed of sand and tiger flathead. Out wider, the game crews continue to enjoy the run of Marlin that the warmer currents are bringing. Look for temperature breaks to find the bait fish, and in turn find the predators.
We are stoked with most of the most popular baits as of now, and we have have a good range of everything else in store. Our kings range is still moving along nicely, and is well stocked for the most part. We are still looking for a weekend staff member to join the team here, so if this is something that might interest you, please feel free to drop in with a resume and have a chat with us.
Stay safe everyone and remember, “every days a good day for fishing…”
Team Tackle World Moruya.
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