ANOTHER top week of weather and also another good week for anglers.

A bit of wind didn’t put many off and plenty of decent fish were bagged.

Outside, cobia are still around and it’s well worth a trip to Wide bait ground.

If you don’t have the GPS mark drop into Coffs Bait and Tackle or just look for the crowd.

Once you’re out there you might run into the fisher folk of the deep sea fishing club.

They’ve been catching plenty and Uncle Phil, ‘the slasher man’, tells me one of the lads landed a 20kg fish on 6kg line after a 45-minute fight.

Steve ‘the guru’ Abel has been out a fair bit this week and reports big shoals of bait fish hugging the bottom and not too interested in feeding.

So, if you’re going out take plenty of burley to inspire a fishy appetite.

Snapper fans are happy this week as good numbers of these tasty fish are being caught around most of the popular spots.

Young Sammy Cooper caught the fish of her life on Sunday while bottom bouncing at Pig Island with the family.

Apparently she’d just picked up the rod when a 9kg snapper took her plastic bait.

Well done, Sammy, you are this week’s fish picture competition winner.

Come into the shop to pick up a $20 bait voucher and you might want to bring in that reel for a service – sounds like it was smoking.

Mackerel also have made a comeback this week, just when we thought they’d gone.

I can’t be too specific about the location without getting into trouble, so I will just say have a troll around Arrawarra.

The rocks are still giving up tailor, and bonito also have shown up.

The bream are thick, as are the luderick.

Squid have been spotted at the South Wall of the harbour, so get your squid jigs ready.

Larger tarwhine and whiting have been caught around Red Rock and the Northern Beaches.

Kerrie Fahey bagged a 350g whiting up that way and was well pleased with her catch.

South around Sawtell there are rumours of monster mulloway stripping reels and breaking hearts.