Finally, the rain arrived and with it a big change in fishing conditions.
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During the period of prolonged drought, the salty water creeps further and further up into the tributaries and feeder streams that pour into the port.
Fish follow the salt and swim way up into the headwaters of the Karuah and Myall River systems.
When the systems are flushed, as they have been over the past couple of weeks, the fish follow the salt back into the Port.
The result is a gathering of fish and a cracker season for bream, flathead and mulloway.
Taking advantage of the conditions, Corlette champion Benny Guy, tossed plastics off the beach landing a 78cm thumping flathead.
As has been the recreational fishing way in Port Stephens, Benny released the big female fish to breed.
It is legal to keep one flathead over 70cm but local fishers have made their own unwritten rule that all flathead over the 70cm are to be released.
I'm sure that when the next NSW Fisheries bag and size limit review is conducted the legal size of flathead ill be reduced.
Surely an announcement on the future of the PS-GL Marine Park will be made - soon.
- If you've got a picture of a whopper, or a fishing yarn to share, you can email it to stinkerfishing@yahoo.com with your contact number and details about your catch.
