Tackle World Moruya Fishing report April 22nd 2022

Moruya River. Well, I hope everybody enjoyed a warm sunny clear Easter weekend, I know we did. With plenty of long weekend Easter holiday makers around, we finally managed a good school holiday period. We did get a short intense rain storm Tuesday night, but with a good forecast this weekend and the last long weekend for a little while, the weekend is looking the goods.

The fishing gods have been happy this week, with good catches of fish reported. Whilst the water is still dirty, the fishing has been concentrated towards the front of the system, it has none the less been productive. Good reports of flathead, trevally, bream and the odd salmon and tailor in the lower sections of the river are the norm. Preddy’s wharf, back of hole in the wall and the airport flats have all been producing this week, and will continue to do so this weekend. Try pumping some nippers on the Garlandtown flats for a good live bait, or give the tried and true mullet fillet a go. We are well stocked for all the major bait types for the weekend, so we have you covered.

Tuross River. Flathead a plenty have been reported this week, with a few more bream coming to the net this week. Again the lower sections up to four ways have been fishing the best, with the deeper holes producing more fish. You can expect to find a good amount of boat traffic this weekend on Tuross, as we have the Anzac Day long weekend and the Pirtek challenge running this weekend. Oily baits and soft plastics and hardbody lures continue to be working well this week, that trend will continue this weekend also.

Rock and beach. The southerly change did make fishing the beaches a little more challenging this week, but good numbers of bream, whiting, salmon and tailor have all been taken. Moruya breakwall has seen a very good run of tailor this week, with plenty of salmon, trevally, bream, Luderick and flathead also gracing the stones. The rock ledges around Broulee and further north have also seen a run of small but feisty bonito. We haven’t seen a run of bonito on the south coast for a good number of years, so get into while they are here, as they provide good fun on light to medium Tackle and are delicious to eat.

Offshore. The southerly change that came through I’d week has made conditions outside a little on the sloppy side, but hopefully they will ease for the weekend and those wanting to do so can get out for a bottom bash. Snapper have been holding a bit deeper this week, look around 40-50m, while the flathead have been in around 30-40m. I did here a report of a few Kingfish off of the Pedro point area, no doubt brought in by the warm waters and plentiful bait.

We will be open all weekend, Anzac day included, so if you need anything, we will be here to help.

Stay safe everyone and remember, “everyday's a good day for fishing…” team Tackle World Moruya.