Montague Island. The fishing at Montague Island for the Yellowtail Kingfish has kicked up a gear. With most anglers getting more than they bargained for when on the other end of, these fish that punch well above their weight . We have had great catches of Kingfish over the the last couple of weeks with some nice Snapper being taken amoungst them. We have been catching them on live baits, Jigs and they have been taking fresh squid strips with gusto. We have also been heading out to the Fad, which is located about 2 miles N/E of the island chasing Mahi Mahi. The customers have had great fun pitching live bait towards the Fad, Hooking up and watching these acrobats dance around . We have managed fish up to 95cm out here. Offshore The Marlin season has also kicked up a notch with plenty of boats catching multiple fish for the day, it hasn't been uncommon to hear of some boats reaching double digits for tag and realease. We have done a couple of trips out to the shelf , and haven't disapointed, We boated a couple of nice Striped Marlin, tagged a few more, Caught and released a big Bronze whaler Shark, we kept an 80kg Mako and also caught a nice 50kg Shortbill spearfish..

The crew at The Sheriff would like to wish everyone a fantastic New Year and a happy 2018.. The prime fishing season for one of the prize fish that people come to Montague Island in January, February, March and April is just about to start. These dirty fighting, arm stretching,line pulling ,pound for pound in my opinion nothing else pulls like them the Mighty Yellowtail Kingfish season is about to start.. These fish are caught using various methods , live bait, jigging, trolling lures or casting poppers to fish busting up on the surface. Also from the end of January, February, March and into April, our Marlin season starts.. Striped, Black and Blue Marlin are on offer as well as Albacore and Yellowfin tuna are around as well as Mahi Mahi (dolphin fish). There is plenty of bait holding out along the shelf the water is pushing up to 22c which will increase over the next few weeks. Water is a brilliant blue . If last season was anything to go by, this one should be a cracker The water temp out at Montague Island lately has been between 20.5 and 21.5c...although the current has been stopping and turning around the opposite way overnight,or stopping totally for a few days, which turns the kingfish off the bite. None the less the reefs have been fishing well with plenty of Blue Mowong, Snapper,Red rock cod and we have also lately been picking up some tasty Long Finned Perch. Flathead have been in abundance out on the sand with every one been easily able to catch their bag limit to top of the box of fish at the end of the trip.. So if your heading down to the beautiful South Coast of New South Wales, and would like to go out and tussle with some of these fish, or have a snorkel with the seals out at Montague Island, or any one of the other tours we offer, Give Gail a call and she will take care of your inquires.. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.. Cheers Matt , the Skipper..

The Kingfish have arrived. !! With the weather last weekend cancelling out all chances of fishing last weekend, I ventured out on Thursday for a look. There was a massive school of kingfish on the North East corner of Montague Island... They were taking any bait from live bait, squid and jigs. Today we headed out with Tony and Jeanie from Canberra and Phillip from Sydney, the Kingfish didn't let us down... We caught 10 legal Kingfish, which were underneath the masses of undersized kingfish... They were caught on all baits ,live bait and jigs being their preferred choice. . A couple of nice snapper and Mowong were caught along the way.... The flathead proved hard to find this morning but I persisted and managed to find a school of them with fish up to 55cm.,. If your heading down to Narooma and would like to do a fishing charter , Montague Island Tour or a snorkel with the seals,Give Gail a call to discuss or book a trip , as to avoid disappointment as dates for January are filling up fast ..