A very windy weekend just gone, but those who got out early on Saturday caught some nice fish before the wind came in.
Local angler Glen with a couple of bream caught early on Saturday morning in the Bega River at Tathra.
A very windy weekend just gone, but those who got out early on Saturday caught some nice fish before the wind came in.
Those that got up early on Saturday caught a good feed of sand and tiger flathead from Tura Heads to down off The Pinnacles. The fish are a bit smaller in length, ranging from 36cm to 40cm. There is also and odd flying gurnard and occasional gummy shark being caught. The best depth to find these fish is between 35 and 45 metres.
The reefs were a bit slow on Saturday morning because the tides were wrong. I did hear of a couple of nannygai, sergeant bakers and morwong, but no snapper.
The beaches at Tathra and Tura Beach have a few salmon on them. Fishing the rising tide with pilchards and a surf popper on the line, this should catch you a feed. And lures around the sand banks where the waves are breaking into the deeper water is another option for those lure fishers.
The lakes are fishing better, unfortunately the crystal clear water is making it harder to catch a feed. The Merimbula Front Lake is very quiet at the moment, only the odd trevally being caught. But the Top Lake is fishing better with a few dusky flathead moving around and being caught on slow retrieved plastics and smaller swim baits. Look around the shallow edges with weed patches, as the fish will be laying in these areas sunning themselves. This is also the case in the Pambula Lake along with odd trevally being caught around the edges. The Bega River at Tathra has duskies, odd bream and odd estuary perch being caught by the lure fishermen, there is a lot of water between fish, but at least there are fish to be caught.
The trout fishing at Lake Eucumbene is still fishing well with some nice brown trout to 60cm and rainbow trout to 40cm. It is very cold so prepare for the worst if heading up there. All the trout at the moment are full of yabbies, so some slow rolled yabby-coloured plastics around the edges are worth a try.
This coming Friday at the Merimbula Big Game and Lakes Angling Club is the Monthly Species draw for September. Gummy shark was the species of September, which is sponsored by John Michelin & Son Earth Works, so get your captures onto the board by 7pm on Friday to be in the draw. There will be some hot food on offer as well, for a gold coin donation. The Club rooms are open at 6pm so come on down to catch up on the week’s fishing reports, support our raffle sponsored by Goodalls Butchers, and chat with the locals. Everyone is welcome, hope to see you there.
Fishy Fellow