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..