July 2021
Winter has been calm and sunny so far with cool frosty mornings. The keen anglers braving the elements have been rewarded with amazing catches of bream, luderick and tailor in the estuary. At the time of writing the entrance is still open.
The Happy Hooker Angling Club, who are a ‘catch and release’ group had some outstanding catches with bream to 47.5cm, these fish are caught, measured on their ‘brag mat’, photographed and immediately released back into the system. This is great to see as some of these fish pushing sizes like that are in the vicinity of 50 years of age and huge breeders. There were also good catches of perch around the weed beds and around the edges with a couple of these fish measuring 48cm (pictured below) We have seen some frosty mornings followed by beautiful sunny days with no wind. This has made is very enjoyable for the winter angler. The surf continues to produce great fishing with a couple of our regular anglers fishing daily catching anything up to 15 in a session species being salmon, tailor and sand flathead. No reports on the river as we are still experiencing heavy flows and discoloration of the water, but this does help to keep the entrance open and allowing plenty of ocean water entering the system on the rising tides. We are expecting August/September to be extremely busy months so if you are planning a trip to Bemm, get your phone out and organize your accommodation so you won’t be disappointed – because Bemm won’t disappoint you.
Winter has been calm and sunny so far with cool frosty mornings. The keen anglers braving the elements have been rewarded with amazing catches of bream, luderick and tailor in the estuary. At the time of writing the entrance is still open.
The Happy Hooker Angling Club, who are a ‘catch and release’ group had some outstanding catches with bream to 47.5cm, these fish are caught, measured on their ‘brag mat’, photographed and immediately released back into the system. This is great to see as some of these fish pushing sizes like that are in the vicinity of 50 years of age and huge breeders. There were also good catches of perch around the weed beds and around the edges with a couple of these fish measuring 48cm (pictured below) We have seen some frosty mornings followed by beautiful sunny days with no wind. This has made is very enjoyable for the winter angler. The surf continues to produce great fishing with a couple of our regular anglers fishing daily catching anything up to 15 in a session species being salmon, tailor and sand flathead. No reports on the river as we are still experiencing heavy flows and discoloration of the water, but this does help to keep the entrance open and allowing plenty of ocean water entering the system on the rising tides. We are expecting August/September to be extremely busy months so if you are planning a trip to Bemm, get your phone out and organize your accommodation so you won’t be disappointed – because Bemm won’t disappoint you.
