Moruya River.
With last weeks rain, the river again is running dirty. This has again narrowed the window on fishable, or fish producing areas. Look towards the bottom of the system again. Preddy’s wharf, the airport flats etc.
There have been good numbers of salmon in the lower sections of the system, that are providing lots of fun for anglers on light gear. Mixed in with them, there have all been reasonable numbers of tailor also.
The dirty water looks like it will be around for the foreseeable future, given the rain forecast for this weekend.
Tuross River. The story for Tuross has been the same as Moruya this last week. Dirty water is the driving factor affecting the fishing. Try the potato point side of the lower part of the river for flathead and bream. The boat shed area’s also have the chance to find the odd flathead, estuary perch or bring lurking in the deeper holes. Again, the upper sections have been inundated with fresh dirty water.
Coila lake has been showing signs of a few nice bream also this last week.
Rock and beach.
This is where all the action has been reported this last week. With good sized salmon, healthy tailor, good bream and drummer all being reported this week. There is a nice gutter about 100m north of the Moruya breakwall that is producing all but the drummer. Ganged pilchards slowly retrieved, is working on the tailor and salmon. With the drummer coming from the ledges, or even the rocky corners that mix with the sand of the beach. Beach worms are accounting for good numbers of the drummer and the bream in these mixed ground areas. While off the rocks, cunjie or peeled prawns are working for the drummer.
One switched in angler has been getting nice tailor on a high tide during the middle of the day on small metal blade style lures just cast into the white water on the local beaches.
The beaches and rock ledges are the best chance of finding fish this weekend and next week. Just be sure to make sure that the swell conditions are favourable if you are going to fish from the stones.
Offshore.
The Malua Bay fishing club had their Snapper comp on last weekend. The turn out was good given the less than ideal conditions on the weekend, with some nice fish being caught, and competition was hot for the $1000 biggest fish prize.
With that being said, snapper and flathead continue to dominate the catches this last week. Look in the magic 30-40m mark this week.
There has been a flurry of tuna activity with several nice yellowfin tuna being caught out of the bay this last week. Fish to around 60kgs have been reported.
If you are feeling the cold, maybe come in and have a look at our range of Daiwa hooded jumpers that have landed in store this week.
Stay safe everyone and remember, “Every days a good day for fishing…”
Team Tackle World Moruya.
