Yeah, I’m getting soft in my old age I know … so plan B ... headed to Currarong, got some delicious fish and chips from Zac’s Place for lunch, sat down by the water with my lovely wife and watched fishing boats go in and out making the most of the upgraded boat ramp facilities the area has seen over the past couple of years.

It really is a great ramp now for two up. Keep in mind it still is an ocean ramp so be wary of the surge or you may end up with your boat sideways on the trailer. I did also notice a fairly large vessel doing circles a couple of km’s off Currarong but not quite sure what it was, Long-liner, trawler?

OK guys it’s marlin time! Yep that’s right some of the “stik face critters” have finally shown up off our coast. Over the past week there have been both stripes and blacks at the banks along with packs of whaler sharks making it hard to keep a bait in the water for the marlin.

There have also been a couple of beakies sighted in close around the mouth of the bay so it shouldn’t be too long before the land-based and small boat fishos start hooking a few in close.  Typically the first run of blacks at the banks is of larger fish and it seems this year is no different with anglers hooking and sighting fish upwards of the 150kg mark.

They tell me it’s a pretty cool thing to see a big black gray hounding across the surface in between all the boats at the banks … I have seen this a couple of times and I would have to agree, it is pretty mind-blowing. Most of the fish are being taken on live baits, but I have heard of a couple being hooked on lures and even kingy jigs! So get into it while they’re there and the weather allows you to guys coz who knows what’s gunna happen with this topsy turvy summer!

For the estuary fishos, St Georges Basin is slowly starting to come back into its own after the Christmas holiday onslaught. Bream, whiting and even a few nice jewfish are all being taken throughout the Basin although the whiting are proving hard to find for some anglers. From what I can get out of the guys catching the jewfish it seems as though these fish are hanging around patches of bait looking for an easy feed! On the beaches the big groundswell we had earlier in the week has moved a fair bit of sand around from last week and new gutters and holes have formed. Just when you find a nice gutter and plan to fish it one night for a jew good old mother nature comes and ruins your plans! Remember you can catch up with us on Facebook and Instagram at McCallums Tackle World Nowra for all the latest in fishing news and info, be good and stay safe.

Johnny out