Most whales are well out to sea but as time passes more mothers and their calves will travel slowly down the coastline heading for their summer feeding ground.

There have been reports of good gummy shark and flathead being caught around 22 fathoms off local reefs.

Narooma Sport and Gamefishing member Les Waldock said he fished with club member Dennis Maggs off Mystery Bay on Monday landing some great gummy sharks.

"We used slimy mackerel and squid baits and landed six nice gummies, a couple of which were around the 8kg mark," he said.

"Last weekend I had the pleasure of taking young Cody Eddy of Mystery Bay out to Montague Island on Saturday in glorious winter conditions.

"We managed six snapper, morwong and 15 flathead on a tough fishing day where little or no current had the fish off the bite," Mr Waldock said.

The team at Moruya Tackle World are reporting the Moruya and Tuross River systems slow at the moment with cold water continuing to be the driving factor on fish behaviour.

As the water gets colder some fishes metabolism slows downs and they feed less often, though some fish like tailor and salmon prefer colder water temps and tend to become more active right now.

Tailor continue to school up chasing slower baits in deeper holes. Try using fresh bait and burley, light weights and long leaders will all help your fish catching chances.

Water in the Tuross and Moruya estuaries this time of the year can be crystal clear, making fish more spooked.

Trying the deeper holes during low light periods can all help when trying to find a feed.

Low light periods on the beach and rocks are the go at the moment with drummer being tempted from caves off the rock ledges. Rock fishers are reminded to be sure swell conditions are favourable.

Salmon are still around on beaches albeit in lower numbers.

As cooler offshore currents are being dragged up from down south, the barracouta have started to show themselves with bite offs becoming more common.

Tuross Head Fishing Club held their August Goblet Competition recently with 51 fish entered by 13 fishers.

Men's Offshore was won by Gavin Robinson with a snapper at 54.4cm. John Suthern caught a 45.2cm flathead winning the Men's Lake and Estuary and Bruce Kennedy took out the Men's Rock and Beach category with his 59cm salmon.

In the ladies, Rachael Kennedy caught a 22.2cm morwong to take out the Offshore award and a 32.6cm gave Pam Alexander the win in the Ladies Lake and Estuary. A 47.2cm salmon gave Rachael Kennedy the Ladies Rock and Beach win with Ben Dart winning the juniors for his 47cm flathead.

The Goblet was awarded to David Greenhalgh for a 47cm Morwong.

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