Moruya River.
The river has been fishing really well this last week. Good schools of nice sized tailor have graced the buckets of many anglers this week. Fish up to 55-60cm have been taken using small to medium sized metals. The quarry wharf through to Preddy’s wharf has been the main area of activity on the top of the tide. Funnily enough the tailor have shunned baits in preference to spun up metals. This should continue this weekend. Eaten fresh, and not frozen, tailor is a tasty fish to fillet up and fry or smoke! Get amongst it while they are accessible in the river.
Flathead, Bream and Trevally have all also been taken this week, with all the usual haunts throughout the system holding fish. It is finally great to see the whole system starting to fire now that the dirt levels have dropped. Let’s make the most of it before we get more rain!
Tuross River.
The tailor have also taken up residence in Tuross this week, adding to the list of species this premiere waterway has to offer visiting and local anglers. Flathead continue to make up the bulk of the catches, but Bream, Trevally and the odd salmon are also being taken throughout the entire system. Working under schools of feeding Tailor is a great place to start looking for XOS sized Flathead and the odd mulloway. Both these fish will always take an easy feed option over actively hunting down their prey. Getting a soft plastic or bait below an actively feeding Tailor bite can be tricky. Try casting upstream of the bite and let your presentation sink in under the school to avoid bite offs for those that lurk below.
Rock and Beach.
Drummer, salmon, Tailor, Whiting and Bream all continue to be on the chew from the local beaches and rock platforms this week. Expect the Whiting to start slowing up as the water cools, although looking at the surface temp charts, the water seems to have gone up in temp this week a little. The salmon and tailor have been taken on both spun up metals as well as pillies on gang hooks. So options are available for everyone this weekend. The crays are starting to show up on the local ledges this week, and the will get thicker as the water temps drop even further. A placed lobster pot or diving are two popular methods of getting a feed.
Offshore.
Snapper, Flathead and Gummy’s have all continued to find their way over the sides of the local offshore crews this week. I did have reports of Northern Bluefin Tuna off of Durras this week. These fish move fast, and if you aren’t there at the right moment, finding them again is nigh impossible.
Below you will find the pin for the artificial reef, it’s co-ordinates can be seen at the top of the screenshot.
What are your plans for the weekend, drop a comment below and let us know. Even better still would be a pic of anything you catch.
Don’t forget that we are still looking for someone to join the Tackle World Moruya family as a weekend casual. If you think that is something you would be interested in, send us your resume to: gfmoruya@bigpond.com or drop it in to the store in person.
Stay safe everyone and remember, “every day is a good day for fishing…”
Team Tackle World Moruya.
