Monday 5th July 2010
Report courtesy of Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol
MERIMBULA
What a difference the weather makes when travelling wide and far. Calmer conditions made for great results during the past week with anglers catching bluefin and yellowfin tuna out over the 1000 fathom line. Blake Buckland fishing on Jedi hit the scales with a personal best bluefin tuna weighing at 56.5 kilos. Most of the bluefin have been around the 40 to 55 kilo mark and hopefully a jumbo sized fish will be caught over the next few weeks. Yellowfin tuna have also been caught but unfortunately only small fish and not the 50 kilo plus specimens found earlier in the season. Flathead fishing is also great with plenty of fish north of Merimbula and reef fishing is still firing with legal sized snapper and morwong on the chew. Kingfish are about and can be found on any of our local reefs or headlands and a few bonito have also been found with them. Estuary fishing is good with bream, tailor and trevaly on the chew and Pambula River also has salmon some days keen to take a lure. Also squid are about and again any rock platforms or wharfs are the spot to try.
Photo below shows Angler Blake Buckland with his 56.5 kilo Bluefin Tuna
