The weekend’s fishing happened early each day before the wind got up.
Small Fry member Riley Holley with a 1.2 metre gummy shark he caught whilst snapper fishing.
The weekend’s fishing happened early each day before the wind got up. An early start for the fishermen chasing flathead outside paid off. Good numbers of sand flathead were being caught off Tura Heads down to Long Point on Saturday and Sunday. With the water temperature dropping to around 14 degrees, fish to 45 cm were caught quickly with flying gurnard and the odd gummy shark.
The reefs are still fishing very well. Snapper, morwong, leather jackets and odd gummy sharks are being caught. Sunday saw a lot more small snapper being caught on bait and I heard of a 73cm beast snapper caught on a lure off Merimbula’s reefs today. A trophy fish for one lucky angler.
Our beaches are still holding plenty of salmon. Casting lures are the preferred way of catching these fish, walking the beaches, casting into the gutters and retrieving at a steady speed. Making your lure break the surface periodically, should excite the fish and will entice a bite.
Lake fishing is still slow at the moment with the cooler waters entering them this week. Even the dusky flathead have slowed up. The estuaries are only giving up the odd trevally, flathead, tailor and an occasional jewfish. Although, last Thursday afternoon at Tathra, heading up the Bega River, when the flying ants were on the move, the bream were seen out in the open sucking the ants off the surface of the water. Unfortunately, they would not take any lure presentations.
The MBGLAC clubrooms are open at 6pm every Friday night. Come on down and meet the crew, catch up on the week’s fishing reports, support our raffle, sponsored by Goodalls Butchers Merimbula and find out what’s happening within the club.
Coming events are, Gone Fishing Day at Spencer Park on October 13th from 10am to 2pm, watch this space for more details. Also, the annual club trip at Wonboyn Lake Resort from 25th – 27th October and the Tri-Estuary fishing competition 23rd – 24th November 2024.
Fishy Fellow