Enjoy these conditions while they last though, as forecasts suggest another dose of wild winds plus possible heavy rainfall over the coming days.

In the estuary, blackfish remain consistent with the breakwalls in particular fishing well on most days.

For those not comfortable fishing the walls, the Lady Nelson Wharf, Settlement Point Road and around the Marine Rescue shed have all produced fish in varying degrees on weed and flies.

Flathead numbers remain excellent, with Blackmans Point and the flats around Pelican Island both worth a go on either whitebait or lures.

The walls are also producing a steady stream of bream, as are Limeburners Creek and around Rawdon Island.

We have also had numerous mulloway reports from the breakwalls, coal wall and around Hibbard over the recent good tide phase. Live mullet, whole squid and lures have all proven successful.

This is certainly a positive sign after a rather quiet year thus far in comparison to most seasons.

Still a few whiting around with Limeburners and Lake Cathie both worth a look, although just bear in mind the water quality issues recently identified at Lake Cathie have not been fully resolved.

The warnings by PMHC on eating seafood or swimming in the lake remain in place.

Of the rocks, a few of the more sanded-up gutters will likely have washed out again to some degree, which should lead to a continuation of our great drummer season.

If you are keen to tangle with some of these tough fighting fish, cunjevoi and plain white bread have been getting the better results of late.

Plenty of blackfish around too for those keen to toss a bit of cabbage, with Shellys producing the goods during the heavy swell as often is the case.

On the bream front, most headlands are still holding nice fish to around a kilogram, with mullet and tailor strips both working well. Tailor are also well worth chasing either at dawn or after dark.

On the beaches at present, despite most beaches being somewhat flattened, some reasonable action is again accessible now the swell has backed down.

Locally, both North Beach and Lighthouse have been producing bream and whiting, along with plenty of salmon. Look for tailor to pick up again once the deeper formations redevelop.

Offshore results over the past week have been limited with the seas only settling sufficiently for most vessels earlier this week.

Those who have been able to sneak out report snapper numbers and quality remain terrific, with the reefs in front of Port fishing as well as anywhere. Soft plastics, or anchoring and burlying have yielded the better results.

Pearl perch also remain terrific which is most pleasing. No reports on the leather jacket front, however I would suggest there will still be plenty around, particularly deeper than about 60 metres.