Tackle World Moruya June 4th 2021

Moruya River.

It’s time to start exploring the river. With the water quality really starting to improve again, it’s time to start heading further upstream to search out the fish. As the water temps continue to drop, the fish will be bunkering down in the deeper holes. The area in front of the hospital has a few nice deep holes, that can hold good numbers of bream, trevally and whiting during the cooler months.

Expect to start seeing the Estuary Perch starting to school up over weed beds getting ready for their spawn run. Areas around the Moruya bridge, after dark can hold good numbers of fish. Just remember that at this time of the year there is a no take limit of both bass and estuary perch.

Further down stream, the quarry wharf has several nice deep holes both above and below it, that can hold good numbers of fish. Malabar creek has a good deep hole in front of it, and there are some good holes just upstream of Preddys wharf. Fish theses areas with blades, heavier headed soft plastics, or good old bait to entice a bite. If using artificial, slow your retrieve rates down to hold your presentations in the strike zones for longer.

Tuross river.

Reports from the upper reaches of the system have started to finally come forth, that good numbers of bream and some big flathead are starting to appear above the bridge at Bodalla. How far up, well that’s for you to find out

Areas in around 4 ways, traditionally at this time of year see good concentrations of Estuary Perch, as well as bream and Trevally holding in both the snags and deeper holes. The boat shed has a nice deep hole , that has been known to hold good fish at this time of the year. Don’t forget the flats sections adjacent to deeper holes, as flathead like the best of both worlds this time of year.

Rock and beach.

The salmon, and tailor continue to keep everyone entertained on the breakwall and the beaches this week. The squid have also arrived off of the local headlands. Try the areas around Broulee, South head, Bingie and Mullimburra point if you are keen on getting a feed of tubes and heads for the bait freezer. With the snapper moving into shallower water, you can expect that the chances of a red from the stones will improve as the season progresses.

Offshore.

Snapper in close has been the word for those that have got out this last week. Fish in as little as 6m of water have been reported. The flathead still also seem to be in good numbers, with reports of nice fish coming out of 20-30m of water. So there are plenty of offshore options for the weekend.

If you get any nice fish, please feel free to tag a pic to this report, we love seeing your captures, Large or small.

Stay safe everyone and remember, “every days a good day for fishing...”

Team Tackle World Moruya.