Moruya River
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There's been reports of bream, whiting, salmon and flathead being caught in the river.
Monday morning was a surprise this week, with big winds blowing straight down the river putting a lot of anglers off. The wind did drop off however, and the fish came on the chew around lunch time, with a couple of huge flathead falling to double clutches in the shallows.
The wind must have stirred up the water and muddied up the edges, as these big girls come out of a foot of water across from Preddie's wharf.
The bream have been active this week as well, with some hitting 44 centimetres in length, which makes them well over average for the river. Bream have been taking shallow crank baits slow rolled over the flats in water no deeper than half a metre. The trick is to find the flats with some breeze hitting them, and low light is always an advantage for these big blue-lipped bream.
Whiting have been schooling up around the bream, and are always a welcome catch. Try casting a top water, and you'll get the rewards.
If you're just after some good old-fashioned fun on light gear, then stay towards the front of the system as there's good-sized salmon hunting around the anchorage.
Tuross River
The action is still hot in Tuross this week, with most catching a healthy mixed bag of fish from tailor and salmon, to flathead and whiting.
The lakes in Tuross Head are holding up, with big schools of bait bringing the bigger fish into the system looking for an easy feed, so if you find the bait, you'll find the fish.
However, if you're more interested in the sporting side of fishing and like the challenge of pulling big bream out of hard to reach places, then now is the time to put your lures hard into the timber or under over hang.
The big bream are hungry, but they're not coming out to play - you'll have to go to them and literally knock on their door. If your lure is not hitting the timber, you're not going to get the bites.
Beaches
Pedro Point has fished well this week for salmon and whiting using pilchards and sand worms.
Not many reports of flathead coming in from the beaches this week, however they have been caught in tight to the break wall at north head, with a few falling to the humble old pilchard and tuna fillet baits.
Snapper have been caught off South Head Beach this week from the northern end of the beach.
The rocks have been the productive area, with squid heads the choice of bait. Using a burley trail always helps when targeting snapper.
Offshore
Snapper are still hanging around out the front of the surf club this week in water around 40 metres deep.
There are some nice morwong among the snapper, which is always a welcome sight, especially if you like smoked fish.
The sharks seem to have moved on from these areas, but they do have a knack of turning up when you least expect them, so have a setup ready just in case.
Kingfish have mostly been around Montague Island this week, and there have been some nice ones landed around the 15-kilogram mark. However, there are still lots of small fish to get through before you can snag the big ones.