Blain Sharman with his PB bass of 34cm, caught in the Brogo Big Bass weekend held Friday 28 February, March 1st and 2nd at Brogo Dam.
Fishing over the weekend has been pretty good on all fronts. The outside flathead fishing is giving up a good feed, fishing between Turingal Head and just south of Tura Head. The fish are being caught in 35 to 45 metres with flathead around 40 centimetres in length. There have been a few gummies in the mix also.
The reef fishing has improved a bit over the weekend with some better snapper to 50 centimetres being caught along with pan-sized snapper and morwong as reported over the last few weeks. There has also been an odd kingfish caught around the shallow Hunter and the Merimbula Wharf over the last week. The water is still cool inshore from south of Greencape to Tathra, sitting around 19 degrees.
The offshore game fishing on the shelf is a different story with reports over the weekend of water temperatures around 24 degrees and better in places. The fishing was exceptional. There were plenty of marlin caught and tagged out the front of Merimbula and one species you don’t see on the far south too often, a sailfish. Congratulations to all that caught fish. Job well done.
The surf fishing is still very good with some exceptional salmon to 70 centimetres being caught. The best beaches are Tathra near the river mouth, Bournda Beach, Tura Beach and they’re also catching plenty off the rocks at Tura Heads and on the Merimbula Wharf. Bait fishing with whole pilchards and lures are catching these fish.
The estuary fishing is a bit harder at the minute. The cooler water has slowed the dusky flathead and whiting bite down, but the bream and trevally are still feeding well. The entrance at Mogareeka at Tathra is nearly closed. It is very shallow, and people are walking across at any time. There were a few jewfish caught at Tathra over the weekend but not much else. Merimbula has bream, trevally and blackfish in the Front Lake and tailor, trevally and a few duskys in the Top Lake.
March Marlin has started with a bang with around a dozen marlin caught over the weekend. If you are considering going out and you are a member and want your captures to count, you MUST contact someone on the game fishing Committee to register before heading to sea. Corey, Lucas and Blain’s details are on the rules on the club website. They can add you into the Facebook March Marlin group, so you can chat and register you are fishing for the day in the competition. Don’t forget, the FAD is back out in front of Merimbula and Eden, so it is worth a look.
The MBGLAC is open every Friday night from 6.00pm. Come on down this Friday for the drawing of the monthly species, dusky flathead. Enjoy a cold beverage, support our raffle, sponsored by Goodalls Butchers and Bar Beach Kiosk and catch up on the week’s fishing activities.
Hope to see you there.
Fishy Fellow