Despite the winds over the long weekend being annoyingly relentless, there was plenty of angling action to be had for those prepared to wet a line.
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In the estuary, flathead continue to improve with excellent numbers of fish becoming increasingly active from most locations.
Pretty well all lure profiles have been effective, with soft vibes and suspending minnows arguably the picks.
Along with the flatties, some terrific school mulloway have also been taken from several locations in the upper Hastings.
Larger soft plastics and soft vibes have been the winners here, although we have had a few reports of whole brined squid also seeing success.
A few fish were also taken from around the breakwalls although not in the numbers seen last moon.
Some reasonable whiting are also beginning to show up in Limeburners and the back channel, with live worms and yabbies being by far the best baits.
With the weather now warming and a few prawns starting to become active, look for the surface bite to pick up from this point on.
On the bream front, the breakwalls and Limeburners have produced a few fish at first light and after dark with mullet strips and chicken gut working well.
For blackfish enthusiasts, the breakwalls and around Westport continue to hold a few really nice fish, but overall numbers are tapering off.
On the beaches, some excellent bream remain in the surf with Lighthouse, North Beach and South Beach near Diamond Head all giving up some quality fish. Dawn sessions were the go with the big evening full moon.
A few whiting have also been on offer, with in front of Lake Cathie and the northern end of Lighthouse worth a look.
In front of Lake Cathie and North Haven also produced a few school mulloway with beach worms the stand out bait. Still plenty of salmon on most beaches.
Off the rocks, tailor have been reasonable with Lighthouse and Shellys locally worth a go, as too most ledges around Point Plomer. A few nice bream have been also extracted around the same locations.
Drummer reports have slowed in comparison to past few months, however a few anglers continue to manage a fish or two each outing.
We have also had a few reports of groper being around Diamond Head and Point Perpendicular in solid numbers, although getting the sea flat enough to access the better locations is paramount to success, and of course safety.
Offshore action over the past week has been very limited as you could guess given the winds. On the few occasions when the seas were reasonable, snapper continued to be excellent with pretty well all reefs producing the goods.
The reefs have also held a few reasonable kingfish and tasty pearl perch, whilst those content to drift the sand in around 55m report terrific results on flathead.
Hopefully our NSW Fisheries FAD will again be deployed in the near future, with mahi mahi enthusiasts keen to get into some early season action.
Until next time, tight lines and good fishing to all.
