How good is the fishing on the Sapphire Coast at the moment?

Again we are able to start this week's column with a beauty.

Shelly Taylor of Tathra caught a 20kg Mako Shark on a handline rigged up for flathead fishing.

Shelly said when the Mako took off it was hard to handle, then the Mako tail wrapped itself around her fishing mate, Rodney Pollard's, fishing line.

Shelly said it was tough going, but she bought the shark back to the boat and was very happy.

Outside fishing at Tathra and north and south of the township is producing good results, with sand flathead, some big tiger flathead, leatherjackets, mowies, and the odd snapper still on the bite.

Offshore fishing is producing albacore, yellowfin, and sharks and it won't be to long before the marlin are about.

Beach fishing has been a bit on the quiet side lately, with only a few reports of the odd salmon being caught, but this will improve when we get the bigger tides this month.

Estuary fishing is still great with anglers having a ball chasing flathead, bream, whiting, tailor, and trevally.

This weekend on the Bega and Pambula Rivers and Merimbula Lake is the Tri-Estuary Challenge put on by MBGALAC this is a great event where a digital photo, with the fish measurement is all that is required and the fish is released back into the water.

See the Merimbula News Weekly for details.

Until next week, keep those lines wet

Sidbo