Another windy weekend stopping anglers from hitting the water.

David Lee winning the first of the Goodall Butchers meat trays. Raffle on Friday nights at the MBGLA club rooms.

Well, another windy weekend stopping anglers from hitting the water to catch their feed of fish for the week.

Reports from a couple of boats that fished the end of the week and early Saturday morning found flathead of Tura headlands, Tura Beach and down wide off Haycock Point. Depth ranged from 30 to 45 metres and the flathead sizes were up to 45cm. No one caught any Gummy sharks, but there were a few flying gurnard caught.

There was also snapper being caught on the reefs at Haycock with a few Morwong and leatherjackets. The snapper sizes were up to 50cm but lots of undersized models were caught on bait with plenty of red rock cods. The water temperature is still sitting around 14 degrees Celsius. There are plenty of whales being seen, so take a bit of care if you are near them.

The beaches will fish better with the swells that have come up with the wind over the weekend. The salmon have been on Tathra Beach, Dolphin Cove and Quondola Beaches. 

The lakes fishing is still pretty slow. The water temperature is not helping the fishing. Did hear of a few trevally being caught around the edges on lures over in the Boggy Creek side of Merimbula Lake. The Bega River is still slow with only the odd tailor and trevally being caught. 

The Merimbula Wharf over the last week has had some large slimy mackerel hanging around, so there is an opening to go and top up the bait supplies if you are keen. There have also been a few squid caught in the late afternoons.

The Merimbula Big Game and Lakes Angling Club is open at 6pm every Friday night. Come on down and catch up on the week’s fishing by members, support the raffle sponsored by Goodall’s Butchers and catch up with the locals. This month’s species to catch is Gummy Shark: drawn on the first Friday night in October, fish must be caught in September to be eligible. 

Coming events: Club trip to Wonboyn Resort (October 25-27); Tri-Estuary Challenge (November 23-24).

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