A series of highs have kept the weather favourable for most of the week.

VMR logged on a heap of boats over the whole week.

It seems outside fisher folk are enjoying not just good weather, but also good catches.

There were rumours of mackerel off Arrawarra, kingfish at the lighthouse and cobia are still around.

I want to apologise for being too specific about local GPS marks and will pull my head in as kindly suggested.

The estuaries have come good this week with muddies.

Big Joe and Mal from Dimax have been cleaning up and generously gave one up for my dinner.

Another punter assures me there’s plenty of mud crabs in Sawtell Creek and Craig Smith tells me there’s also big numbers of tailor and luderick off the headlands down Sawtell way.

Craig’s been fishing the bottom with pilchards with great success. He also has one of the best fishing brains I know. Drop into Coffs Bait and Tackle on Mondays or Tuesdays to pick his brain.

Still in the estuaries, I’ve been throwing a lure down at Coffs Creek on the change from low to high and got amongst some nice flathead of the sandy variety.

On the beaches, it seems the whiting are making a last show at Boambee in early morning and sunset and bonito have been spotted off Park Beach and South Wall.

The salmon are just south of us now and the odd one was seen this week.

It seems the mullet have all passed on to the north, but bream of good size and luderick are in big numbers up and down the Coffs Coast right now.

Early in the week squid showed up on the North Wall, so get your squid jig out.

It’s been a little harder to catch a fish in the harbour this week because of the excellent visibility in the water.

Irish Jim has been doing well on the trevally, as usual, but assures me not to let the fish see you or hear you - it works for Jim.

Congratulations to Aaron Toms. He is this week’s fish picture winner with two lovely luderick from the harbour.

Hope you made it to recent marine park review meeting. If not, stay tuned.

For those fisher folk who chase bass, remember its closed season from June 1 to August 31.

Until next week.