Moruya River.
The river is still on the improve, with warming ocean currents pushing into the system, sparking bite activity, and reduce rainfalls having little to no effect on the water conditions.
Big tides this week as a result of last nights dark, will see fish being able to push up into water on the flats that isn’t usually accessible. A good opportunity to get onto the flats and fish the areas that doesn’t normally see fish. Shallow running hard body lures and lightly weighted soft plastics or even surface lure all work very well in tempting hunting fish in these areas.
There seems to be a small band of discoloured water that is hanging around mogendoura, that is unable to exit the system, with still good levels of fresh coming out of the mountains and the incoming tides holding it there. This will clear in time, but in the mean time it can be a good area to look for flathead or bream that are able to hunt a bit more freely under the cover of slightly discoloured waters.
Under the town bridge and up to the hospital, there have been good reports of both bream and flathead being taken.
Whilst towards the front the plague schools of small chopper tailor seem to be hanging around, making gear taxation a little higher than normal. With a warm weekend forecast and a slight chance of drizzle, it looks to be a good weekend to get out explore the area, and drown a bait.
Tuross River. The major news from the Tuross area, is the good prawning that is currently being experienced in Coila lake. Even though the channel is still open to the sea, reports of 4-5kg of prawn per person have come through the shop. With the mouth still open, fish the run out tide with your light and scoop net. Just be careful that the middle of the channel is still of a good depth, and big neap tides means more water running out of the lake on the run out tide. Particularly if you are wearing waders! Going for a swim in waders is a scary proposition. Tuross lake itself, is as usual a haven for good flathead as the season and waters warm up. From the mouth area up past 4 ways and even up past the metal bridge at Bodalla, good flathead and bream have both been taken on baits and lures alike. Don’t be too surprised if you find a mulloway in some of the deeper holes throughout the system. It has been known to happen .
Rock and Beach.
With the winds we have experienced this week, there haven’t been too many report from the breakwalls, headland or beaches, as a sandblasting isn’t the nicest experience you can have. I would expect that the salmon, bream and whiting will still be available on all beaches this weekend. So my advice is, you a guaranteed to catch nothing if you stay at home.
Offshore.
With swells under 2m this weekend and winds tomorrow morning, forecast to be very low, I would look at a early morning session, and be back at the boat ramp before lunch when the winds are set to increase.
Look at the magic 30-40m mark around the reefs for snapper, mowong, and gummies, while the shallow sandy areas around the 10-15m mark should be holding good flathead.
For the game crews wanting to chase something bigger, I’m don’t have anything to report from this last week.
As you will all have seen this last week on our social media platforms, we have had a new supplier come on board with Kings Adventure gear now in abundance upstairs and also down stairs. Just in time for Xmas shopping , there is something here for the outdoor person in your life in the shop. Please feel free to come in and check out our range. If we don’t have what you are after, we are happy to order gear in for you as well.
Stay safe everyone and remember, “every days a good day for fishing…”
Team Tackle World Moruya.
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