The weekend saw so many Australian salmon all schooled up and feeding

Many tonnes of Australian salmon seen here feeding on small bait fish or possibly krill out off Haycock Point on Sunday morning.

The weekend saw so many Australian salmon all schooled up and feeding around the Tura Beach Bay on Saturday afternoon and then off Haycock Point on Sunday morning, the salmon ranging from 45cm to over 60cm in length. They will take a cast lure like a squidgee and will eat a pilchard, but they were very selective in what they were eating over the weekend.

The flathead fishing was a little quieter on Sunday. The water temperature is going up, with it being 15.3 degrees. Sand and tiger flathead were being caught a bit deeper, from 40 to 55 metres, the fish being caught from Tura Heads down to Leonards Island. Fish sizes are a bit smaller this week also, from 35cm to 40cm with odd larger fish. I did not hear of any gummy sharks or flying gurnard this week – that might be due to the water quality as it is a dirty green and gritty, the water does not look inviting.

The reefs fished very well over the weekend with some quality snapper up to 55cm. Also, some nice morwong, plenty of red rock cod and a few nannygai. Lures worked best for the snapper this weekend, and the fresh salmon caught everything else.

There could not possibly be any salmon left on the beaches after seeing what is out in the bays over the weekend, but I did get some reports of smaller salmon being caught off North Tura Beach and Bournda beaches. There has not been much swell lately, so there is not much to draw them into the beaches.

The lake fishing at Merimbula is very slow in the front lake but up the top lake, a few dusky flathead and trevally can be caught around the edges. I heard of plenty of small fish being caught in Pambula Lake, but nothing of size, also a lot of distance between each fish. The Bega River at Tathra fished the best over the weekend with a few dusky flathead, perch, and trevally on the bite.

The Merimbula Big Game and Lakes Angling Club is open at 6pm every Friday night. Come and meet the locals, catch up on the weekly fishing report, enjoy a cold beverage and support the weekly raffle. The Club’s annual trip away is on again in October, the weekend of 25th-27th – we are off to the Wonboyn Lake Resort. Contact the Club for details if you are interested in attending. 

Till next week.

Fishy Fellow