KAYAK CATCH: Steve Starling prepares to land a nice Coila bream from his kayak during the Tuross Head Fishing Club’s ‘Come and Try’ day.
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THE South Coast’s golden run continues as many anglers have actively carved out legendary snippets for their memory banks — to be drawn upon when the fish move on and cabin fever sets in.
“It’s pro-active maintenance of our mental health and we should all feel good about the investment,” Tuross Head Fishing Club’s publicity officer Jo Starling said.
Whether anglers’ penchant is for offshore or estuary, they shouldn’t have a problem finding fish at the moment.
The magnificent marlin and mahi mahi run continues all the way from Ulladulla to Eden.
The only notable change in proceedings has been a reduction in bait-balls off the shelf.
The dollies are marauding in good schools, both on the shelf and around Montague Island.
It’s important for fishos to remember that the minimum legal size for the species is 60cm, as most are just under this length.
Offshore anglers are spoiled for choice though, with snapper, kingfish and flathead also proving willing to play at the moment, so tackle preparation could make anglers’ feel a little indecisive.
The opportunities are not limited to the blue brine either.
The estuaries of the southern coastline are rewarding anglers with quality catches as well.
According to the Narooma fishing report, Wallaga Lake is generating the best catches.
However, the club has received excellent reports from all over.
In the far south, Mallacoota is fishing exceptionally well if fishos are keen to chase for bream on the flats, with both hard bodies and plastics producing the goods.
The Bega River is also providing awesome entertainment, with bream and flathead being keen to wrestle.
Merimbula’s top lake is also fishing well for all species, with decent legal snapper not uncommon.
Narooma proved it’s mettle over the weekend with the annual Narooma Flathead Challenge catching and releasing over 450 legal flathead, the biggest being 89cm.
“Members of the Tuross Head Fishing Club who competed said the competition was thoroughly enjoyable and very well run,” Starling said.
Tuross Lake is not excluded from the list of firing systems at the moment.
Even though it’s hosted two major competitions over consecutive weekends, anglers are still reporting quality captures throughout the waterway.
Getting accurate intelligence is difficult though, as local anglers prepare for the club’s big tournament and cards are being held tight to chests.
Whiting are still happy to take surface lures on the flats.
Choose a day with a bit of a wind riffle and be stealthy.
They are there, but they are proving wary.
Bream have proven strangely less wary than the whiting and anglers should consider giving the flats a go.
A whiting won’t take a paused lure, whereas a bream wants it to pause.
The wind should be behind anglers as a long cast is their best bet.
Flathead are still on the chew too, so things are still progressing well as the lake prepares for its big hoorah.
Coila has been hammered lately, with good numbers of quality flathead moving towards the front as the weather has pushed the saltwater in.
Captures are bound to slow up now, as dinner tables enjoy the bounty.
The only system that has been letting the side down of late is the Clyde, which is apparently not fishing well at all.
“The mulloway madness couldn’t last forever,” Starling said.
To connect with other keen anglers in the region, join the Tuross Head Fishing Club’s page on Facebook or visit www.turossheadfishingclub.org.