One Mile champion Noel Martin and Duffy fished the King Tommy swell through the week and berlied up with a rich mixture which attracted every fish within a kilometre.

Small snapper swarmed until the sun settled over the treeline, then the big boys came out to play.

The crew used fresh strips of bonito floating down the berley trail and the action was fierce with reds to 7kg swimming up to the boat.

Just around the corner Dave Flatt's gun Shoal Bay team was also tangling with big red and his mates. Dave Strong released a couple of thumping snapper well over 5kg.

Someone needs to tell Strongy that he needs to catch the fish first if he intends to release them.

A short distance to the north "Bluey" locked into a solid snapper bite with nothing under 3kg. Fishermans Bay, Rocky Point, Boulder Bay, the Outer Light, Boondelbah Island, Broughton and Seal Rocks are all on fire.

Big, scary mulloway are on the move and are sure to go haywire on the next moon. "Speed" O'Toole wrestled a 27kg thumper on deck while a couple of other 20kg plus jewies were allowed to swim away after being brought to the side of the boat.

The mulloway fishing will only improve until we get to the end of May.

Around the traps, bluefin tuna have entered the bay so hang on, dolphin fish have gathered around the FAD, teraglin have arrived in numbers over the popular reefs and giant squid are moving in all the quiet bays.

On the beaches, Laurie and Ray Chadder had a ball with cracker whiting on Stockton. Fingal and Kingsley have loaded up - all you need is a tin of lively worms and you are in business.

The "Crabometer" has crawled up to 2 after a few patchy reports from up the Karuah River. On the other hand the "Squidometer" has shot up to an impressive 6 with big, green eyed suckers hovering in most quiet bays.

Further to last weeks "Yabbies on Fingal Beach" story, I did receive information from Corlette champ Terry Tracey that he accidently first dug them there 25 years ago while cleaning his pump.

He immediately noticed that they were a different yabbie that are dug in the estuaries.

Estuary yabbies aren't tough enough to withstand the extremes of conditions on the surfing beach and wouldn't last until the next tide.

A sign was erected during the week to prevent bait collection from the Fingal ramp to the southern corner of the beach.

This does not prevent launching your boat or fishing in the same area.

STINKER