Moruya River.
Well the forecast for the weekend, isn’t looking too bad. Warm day time temps, not too much swell and a bit of wind on Sunday, makes for a reasonable weekend to get out and wet a line.
The river itself, is starting to cool off, with the front half of the system sitting around 16-17deg as a result of the current ocean temps. There will be a few flathead to be found down around the back of the hole in the wall and across the river at the airport flats. The southern side of the river from Preddy’s wharf down behind the hole and down towards Shelly beach will be holding a few bream deep in the holes along the southern breakwall. Metal blades fished and hopped slowly along this stretch can account for a few nice winter bream.
Luderick will also be a fairly common by catch with this technique, as they will readily take a bladed style lures also. For the baits guys, whitebait ganged on small hooks lightly weighted and allowed to drift down along the wall will account for bream, trevally salmon and tailor that will be in same areas.
While the top half of the system will see fish activity starting to slow down, there are still fish to be caught up here, you will just need to fish slower and deeper to find the fish. Look at the deeper holes, the outside bend of Yarragee has been known to hold large schools of estuary perch this time of year, while the hole in front of the hospital will hold bream, trevally and the odd winter whiting.
Tuross River.
With identical conditions in Tuross, the lower sections of the river will see the majority of the fish activity this weekend. Four ways, the boat shed hole, and the flats around the potato point side will be areas to look at this weekend to find a feed of fish.
Don’t be surprised to find schools of salmon that have made their way into the river this time of year. They can be huge amounts of fun on light tackle, with the fly rod guys enjoying them when they enter the system.
Bream and estuary perch will be available in amongst the snags throughout the system, but will require a more stealthy approach to get a bite as the water both cools and as a result becomes gin clear. Longer fluorocarbon leaders, smaller lures or soft plastics become the norm this time of year, as will blades fished deep.
Rock and Beach.
Salmon continue to be the mainstay along the beaches, with good reports of bream, trevally, drummer and the odd mulloway coming from the rocks this week. As we move more into the depths of winter, the guys that like to chase snapper from the stones will become more active. Carefully rigged and prepared squid or cuttlefish baits will become the norm, with visible signs of snapper actively feeding on cuttlefish carcasses triggering these guys to breakout their rock gear. The mixed ground where the rocks finish and the beach starts can also be a productive area to prospect for both bream, snapper, mulloway and salmon.
As the waters continue to cool, travelling reds will start to take up residence along the rocky coastline, and those that don’t mind getting wet will start to target a nice crayfish of three.
Offshore.
With fairly stable conditions offshore this last week, there were several games crews that left from the bay that had success on the bluefin this week. Initial reports had the fish out wide, but several have been taken in from the 151 line, saving travel times and fuel associated with a long trip out wide.
For the inshore crews, snapper and flathead have been readily available in around the 20m mark out to the 50m mark, so there is plenty of ground to explore if you are planning a trip out this weekend.
As I posted earlier in the week, our bait freezer has be restocked with all the usual suspects, mullet fillet however continues to be unavailable.
Now is the time to sock up on some hardbody lures, with 20% off all Atomic branded hard bodies till the 30th of June. Come in and stock up for both winter bream and summer fishing.
Stay safe everyone and remember, “every days a good day for fishing…”
Team Tackle World Moruya.
