Five southern bluefin tuna hooked off Merimbula last weekend portend well for the Broadbill and Southern Bluefin Tuna Tournament starting on July 6.
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With the fresh moon cycle, gummy sharks are expected to be active and good size fish can be taken from Bithrys north of Tathra to Haycock off Merimbula. Best technique is to anchor and burley beside the reef areas.
Great catches of ocean flathead have been taken from off Bournda Island with no significant chinamen leatherjacket problems.
Flathead remain a staple along the sandy areas off the reef edges. A great spot is out from White Rock near Tathra. Snapper and Morwong remain about the reefs. Both soft plastics and pilchard baits are very effective.
Salmon are plentiful at Haycock Beach as well as Aslings Beach at Eden. Try also north Tura Beach. Whole gang hooked pilchards achieve good returns, also try spinning with a 50gm metal lure.
Pambula is working well with bream, trevally and lower down salmon. The estuaries are cooling and estuary fish seem to be quieting down. In Merimbula lake trevally, tailor & bream can be taken but patience is needed. With the Bega River closed Mogareeka is the best place to try as fish congregate closer to the salt water.
The Clubs next event is the 26th Merimbula Broadbill and sixth Southern Bluefin Tuna Tournament scheduled over two weekends 6-11 and 13-16 July. This event features braid line allowing daylight fishing of the deep canyons for Broadbill. This is a new technique pioneered in the USA and now being successfully utilized by local anglers. As reported recently in the Merimbula News Weekly, on Facebook and TV we have Ulladulla angler Mitch Ryan landing Australia’s biggest swordfish. Taken approximately 75km offshore from Mallacoota deep fishing the base of the continental slope, the fish weighed in at an outstanding 436.2Kg. It was the world’s second largest swordfish ever landed.
Now that the “secret” of daylight Broadbill capture has been publicised, Merimbula’s tournament provides an excellent opportunity for keen anglers to successfully make daylight captures off the Far South Coast.
The Club is open every Friday evening commencing 6.30 pm. Visitors are very welcome.
Head along to enjoy the fishing report, the ambience, friendship and lovely views with very competitive bar prices Darragh Reynolds is your scheduled host.
All inquires to Lindon Thompson on 0411 873 880. Membership Application, Membership Renewal and everything you need to know about local fishing is on the club’s website: www.mbglac.com.au