Offshore angling remains constrained as we go through patches of rain and wind associated with an Antarctic low pressure system that has brushed the SE of our Continent. Snow in the highlands even makes trout fishing very difficult!
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Reports confirm lots of humpback whales inshore as they continue their travel northwards for their breeding season in warmer waters. We expect to see them back in October and November.
We have been advised that Maritime Merimbula have removed the light from the port channel marker near Mitchies Jetty. "Its probably not much use as a channel marker as its surrounded by a football field of dry sand!" said Mitchie's Jetty owner Bill Deveril.
Bill sees the massive movement of sands and erosion of Merimbula Beach as a natural event and says the area should eventually return to how it was. However Bill has one important prediction that the lake will close like Back Lake and Wallagoot, adding it could happen in the next 30 years, but no one knows for sure.
Members repeat the advice to take great care exiting and entering the lake and also that Marine Rescue Merimbula will not cross the Bar more than 3 hours off high tide and two hours after.
An unusual member of the shark family the Australian swellshark or draughtboard shark has turned up in our waters and has replaced port jackson sharks as by-catch for gummy anglers. The Australian swellshark or draughtboard shark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps) is endemic to southern Australia. With visual similarities to a wobbegong this bottom-dwelling species can be found on the continental shelf down to a depth of about 70 fathoms. It is brownish to greyish in colour with a broad dark saddle behind the eyes, and a dense array of irregular very dark spots, blotches and saddles and should be released.
Offshore, ocean flathead are quiet and catches best reported as occasional.
Pambula River and Broadwater again remain the stand out fishing spots during the past week with Australian salmon on the chew near the shark hole plus trevally and tailor. The salmon will take silver lures, Rapala type hard body lures and fish baits.
In the Merimbula front lake the start of the run-in from the sea should provide some trevally in the channel and bream over the shallows. There are lots of "chopper" tailor in the Merimbula Back Lake mixed with some really nice fish. There are also occasional bream, trevally and dusky flathead.
The MBGLAC Club Room remains open on Friday evenings, commencing 6.30pm. with numbers limited to 20. MBGLAC Membership, renewals and more at the website www.mbglac.com.au. All inquires to Alan Wilkins 0412 149 998.