Moruya river.
The fishing this week, on the whole has been good in Moruya. Although the forecast for the next week, isn’t looking the greatest with rain on the cards for the next 7-10 days. There have been good numbers of flathead in the lower sections of the river in particular around the airport flats. My other half reports good flathead every morning that she takes the races horses for a bit of water work around the airport flats. Long casts from the bank, or wet wading will get access to these fish in around 1m of water. Try using hard body lures that dive to around 1-1.5m or soft plastics on 1/6-1/4oz heads for the added cast distance. Prawn imitation lures should be considered, as we have a dark moon tonight, and they will a prey source that will be on the flats over the next few nights.
In behind the hole in the wall will also be a good area to prospect over the weekend. It’s time to break out the surface lures!!
Tuross river.
This system has been flathead central this week, with lots of anglers reporting good catches of fish that have been concentrated over the warmer flats areas. Hard body lures, soft plastics and baits have all taken their fair share of fish. Live poddy mullet are a gun live baits, and can produce a better class of caught fish. Not to mention the chance of a Mulloway as a “bycatch”. Several anglers report being severely toweled over by unstoppable fish around the boat shed hole up this last week. There was a very good chance Mr Mulloway was the culprit. In amongst these fish, along the VRA shed, have been good schools of Luderick to 48cm! The system seems to be full of life at the moment!
The extensive oyster lease system that Tuross is famous for, will be holding good numbers of bream from now on, as will there be good flathead sitting just on the outside of the racks around any good weed beds.
Rock and beach.
The salmon have been a little on the quiet side this week, with fish there, but hard to find. Start looking to the close in gutters, scaling your rigs down, and targeting the whiting and bream that will will start be more prevalent over the warmer months. Beach corners that become headlands have mixed or broken ground that bream, whiting and flathead all like to patrol are good areas to start prospecting. A bit of burley can bring the fish to you will also aid you efforts.
Offshore. There continue to be good reports of snapper, flathead and gummy sharks all coming into the shop this week. The only hinderance to the offshore guys this weekend I think, will be the weather. If you don’t mind a bit of precipitation, then there are fish to be caught.
We have a Dark moon tonight, so you can expect to see a few prawns starting to run this weekend. Don’t expect any massive ones just yet, but you can look forward to a good prawn run this year. We have lights in stock, with drag nets ordered, and scoop nets about to land. Prawning is a heap of fun for the whole family, and has a really tasty reward at the end!!
The shop is starting to look full again, with both stock, and more importantly you guys! It’s great to see the old faces, and plenty of new ones coming to to say hi and pickup some gear. The bait freezer is freshly stocked, there are plenty of rods and reels to tempt you with, and the advise is always free.
Stay safe everyone and remember, “every days a good day for fishing…”
Team Tackle World Moruya
