Although the weather has been a little mixed up of late, as often is the case during a change of seasons, plenty of anglers have taken advantage of the holiday break to wet a line throughout the Mid- North Coast.
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No doubt this long weekend will also attract the attention of anglers, so fingers crossed for some good weather.
In the estuary, blackfish continue to slow although fish are still available for those willing to put in the time.
Settlement Point Road has been worth a look, as has the coal wall. Both green weed and flies have proven successful.
Bream numbers have been a little quiet as is usual over the full moon period, however there have been some cracking fish well over 40 centimetres caught.
The breakwalls at first light have been worth a look with mullet strips, as has the area around Rawdon Island on all manner of lures.
Flathead numbers and quality are picking up with most parts of the Hasting worth prospecting. You will find plenty of active juveniles in among the better fish.
On the mulloway front the full moon phase saw quite a few nice fish taken from around the breakwalls in the Hastings and Camden Haven rivers.
Best results have been achieved by those throwing large soft plastics during the evening high tide.
Up river, there have been good numbers of fish between 70cm and a metre, with soft vibes doing plenty of damage.
On the whiting front, Blackmans Point and Limeburners are worth a look using either yabbies or worms.
Look for surface lures to begin to come into their own over the coming weeks as the waters warm and prawns become more active.
On the beaches, despite a bit of wind and swell earlier in the week, those who have persisted are picking up a few fish here and there.
Lighthouse, North Haven and around Lake Cathie have all produced a few mulloway along with bream and whiting.
Salmon numbers have also picked up once again, with some large schools on Lighthouse taking both baits and lures.
Tailor however have been only fair at best.
On the rocks, drummer are still well worth chasing with good reports again over the past week, particularly from south of Port.
On the tailor front, Lighthouse has been worth a look at first light, while evening sessions from around Crescent Head and South West Rocks saw a few nice greenbacks leading up to the full moon.
Shelly Beach has been worth a look for blackfish, and Miners has held a few bream.
On the offshore scene, despite a little more current over the past week than we would like, snapper action remains red hot.
Most reefs have been consistently productive on both baits and lures, with the 70m reefs off Lighthouse and 50m off Plomer attracting plenty of interest.
Apart from snapper, a few kingfish, teraglin and mulloway have been on offer, along with good numbers of quality flathead in around 55 metres.
