It's hard enough to keep from tumbling in the drink, let alone catching fish.

Well done, Natasha.

With a rolling sea it has not been advisable to fish off the rocks, out of a boat or off the beaches.

Don't worry, says Salamander champ Graham Duffy: "There are heaps of fish inside the Port, just waiting to be caught".

Flathead are going crackers off Corrie Island, Shoal Bay beach and throughout the Karuah River system.

Plastics have been more successful than baits.

Flounder continue to bite over the sand bar at the heads - just be careful that there are no breaking waves.

Whiting are out of control chomping poppers off Mud Point, Jimmies Beach and Bagnalls.

Kingfish are still patrolling along the breakwall in Nelson Bay together with a few thumping bream.

Mulloway are hungry in the deep holes around Middle Island.

Finally, blue swimmer crabs are starting to tap dance west of Soldiers Point. After a few lean years it's about time that the blue swimmers showed up.

-Stinker