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Monday 1st February 2010
Fishing for flathead on the grounds off Merimbula proved to be very tricky for all anglers. Not many were caught but fortunately some nice gummy sharks up to 10 kilo were caught. Inshore reefs were a bit patchy but excellent catches of salmon were caught from Tura Headland, Short Point and Haycock area. Always pays to fish for these with heavier gear than normal in case a kingfish turns up. All the local estuaries are firing with plenty of bream, dusky flathead, flounder, snapper, trevally, whiting and tailor all lining up to be caught. Gamefishing is good with striped tuna and yellowfin caught over the week. Even better news is the rise in water temperature above 20 degrees with marlin sighted and caught from 30 fathoms to the second drop off. Also good to hear that some crews were lucky enough to troll up dolphin fish and as usual the majority of fish were found wherever schools of bait were present. So true is the saying that you don't leave fish to find fish.
Monday 25th January 2010
Fishing at sea turned out to be a bit tougher last week through high winds and the disappearance of the hot water encountered over the last few weeks. Its not all bad news though as the warm water is now back and with it marlin have been hooked as close to shore as 40 fathoms in with the schools of striped tuna and mackerel.
Kingfish are also on the chew with Mowary and Greencape being the most consistent but fish have also been taken from the local Merimbula headlands. The big numbers of tiger flathead have moved on but anglers fishing in close to shore still managed to catch plenty of sandys up to a kilo. Gummy sharks are still being caught regularly and are a welcome bonus to all anglers when fishing for flathead or on the reef edges. The inshore reefs are also patchy with morwong and leatherjackets being the main species to take a bait and the estuaries are still firing with dusky flathead, trevaly,whiting and bream all keen to a bait or lure.
Monday 11th January 2010
Fishing is great with heaps of flathead on the chew caught in waters north of town and if anything has improved on last week as the inshore reefs are now starting to fire with reports of snapper hitting the decks when fishing Haycock and further south.
Gamefishing is starting to get into top gear as marlin have started to be seen in numbers and plenty of striped tuna and the odd mahi-mahi have been caught. Estuary fishing is great with all species on the bite and beach fishing is still firing with salmon and tailor on lures and pilchards and bream,whiting and flathead keen to take worms and cockles.
Monday 4th January 2010
Our 2010 Gala Weekend was held last weekend and thankfully the weather was picture perfect on the Saturday with boats finding quality sized tiger and sand flathead north of Merimbula from 20 metres to 80 meters of water.
Gummy sharks, gurnard and whiting were very quiet but the biggest downer was the presence of the gear pinching chinaman leatherjackets. Everyone lost plenty of sinkers, hooks and trace gear once the sun lifted over the horizon and again I will say that you must be early to not lose the gear as the mongrel pinching guys don't seem to come out till 7am or later.
The reefs are still very hit and miss with only a few snapper caught but morwong, nannygai and leatherjackets were all keen to take a bait. Estuary fishing is still on fire with plenty of dusky flathead, bream, trevally and tailor on the chew and yes the beaches are still producing salmon and tailor.
Gamefishing was a little quiet with the kingfish only turning up on the odd occasions down south and marlin and yellowfin were scarce. Striped tuna were caught from 40 fathoms to over the shelf and plenty of small mako sharks were found by anglers when drifting for bottom fish.
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