NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekend report
September 3, 2010
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says there are still bream around and the flathead are improving quite well.
Blackfish running pretty well around the Prospect Bridge and the Porpoise Wall.
The sea has started to build but there have been tailor and a lot of salmon, especially around the walls and South Beach.
There should be a few jew around the walls on lures as the sea picks up further.
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekend report
August 27, 2010
Andrew at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says a lot of tailor and some big salmon have been chasing pillies on South Ballina Beach, with some jew and lots of flathead as well.
The closer reefs have been good for reds but too many jackets out wide.
The headlands also have good tailor and the occasional jew, with some big bust-offs on GTs off Lennox Headland. The breakwalls have tailor, salmon and school jew. Also a few bream about.
The Richmond River has plenty of small bream, flathead and the occasional jewfish. One or two blackfish but weed is pretty scarce.
Windy at Evans Head today (Fri) and the surf’s been flat as all week but is tipped to come up over the weekend.
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekend report
August 20, 2010
Rhonda at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says there are still a few bream around the lower reaches of the Richmond, with quite a few flatties as well.
Blackfish are still going pretty well at Prospect Bridge and in the main river along the Porpoise Wall and up around the ferry.
Beaches have a few bream and salmon, pretty quiet really.
A few school jew and flathead up the beach at Evans Head and I’m sure there are more jew around the headlands if you can find some whitewater – it’s pretty flat.
Tony Zann’s weekend fishing report
August 13, 2010
Everyone’s too busy at Dave’s Bait Shop but Squidge at Ballina Bait & Tackle says Rileys Hill has heaps of flathead and school jew, with bream in the deeper holes.
Broadwater has plenty of flathead but only small bream.
Flathead and school jew at Wardell. Pimlico has flathead and bream on the flats.
The Town Reach has blackfish in all the normal haunts on black weed, flathead in Mobbs Bay, small bream in the Bream Hole.
Outside there were a lot of nice snapper on the closer reefs with a red of 8.47kg and some nice jew and a pearlie or two from Riordans when the boats could get out.
Tony Zann’s weekend fishing report
August 6, 2010
Andrew at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says there have been some nice snapper in close and a few on the 32-fathom reefs but the leatherjackets have turned up out there.
Out on the shelf for blue-eye cod.
Jew, flathead and tailor from the beaches with the occasional bream. The walls have nice size tailor and the occasional jew.
The river has flathead, a lot of smaller bream and some school jew from the mouth to the back of the RSL.
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekend fishing report
July 30, 2010
Bruce at Dave’s Bait shop says there are plenty of little bream in the river but not much of a sign of any sea bream and the bigger resident bream are still biting mainly at night.
Flatties are hanging on in the lower reaches and are up in shallows on the cool days and down deeper on the hot days.
A few whiting are starting to kick around upstream above Wardell and there are some good fish among them, Bruce says. Blackfish are there along the Porpoise Wall and at the Prospect Bridge approach but they’re fairly patchy at times.
Tailor, too, are patchy but a few decent ones have been caught from the walls and headlands, notably Flat Rock, and especially at night. School jew around the walls are going OK.
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekend report
July 24, 2010
Andrew at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says that before the wind got up mid-week there were some nice snapper and pearl perch in close and the longliners were reporting some yellowfin well out wide.
Tailor, a few bream and flathead from the beaches.
School jew and better from the Ballina breakwalls along with tailor, blackfish and bream.
Lots of little bream in the river with some quality fish, especially at night. Some blackfish and flathead along with school jew up at Wardell but most are pretty small.
Not much up the beach at Evans Head earlier in the week despite some great-looking water, just a few small flathead and the odd lonely bream.
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s fishing report
July 16, 2010
Andrew from Dave’s Bait shop in Ballina says there’s lot of school jew on plastics and bait, run of fish averaging 6kg and some around 20kg.
Some nice bream and flathead, with big tailor at night. Anywhere from South Beach to Tallow has been good. Whiting and flathead.
Blackfish around the walls on cabbage and weed with some nice bream.
A few snapper on the closer reefs, with pearl perch on the 32s and blue eye trevalla on the shelf and yellowfin out wide.
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekend report
July 2, 2010
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says there are plenty of small bream in the lower river, along with flathead over in Mobbs Bay.
Up around Pimlico to Wardell there are flathead in deep water and some school jewfish.
Not much in the way of blackfish yet, which is lucky because there’s no weed available.
Offshore has been only fair during the week with not a great deal in close and some squire out on the 32-fathom reefs, along with pearl perch.
Tailor the main catch along the beaches.
Tony Zann’s weekend fishing report
June 25, 2010
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says bream have the major performers in the river this week.
Bottom reaches up to Pimlico best with soft plastics, hardbodies and blades working on the rising tide and bait, especially gut baits, working best as the dirty water heads down on the falling tide.
Still a few flathead in the same areas, especially on the shallow banks.
Just the odd blackfish but weed is scarce.
