If recent weeks are anything to go by, we should see enough action in coming weeks to entertain the professional and punter alike.

The striped marlin fishing has been solid with most activity at Tuross Canyons and due east from the harbour.

Bait levels are high and certainly the best water has been above the 'Kink' where water clarity improves and sea surface temperatures are more to the liking of striped marlin.

Obviously, where bait holds is a key component and for some 10 days in a row Tuross Canyons and even the 'Kink’ to some extent have held bait sufficient to attract fish.

We've seen some bait ball activity with 2-3 fish on such patches of bait on the bottom end of TC up until Wednesday where Thursday of last week the mackerel had thinned out and you had to venture well north to find bait and greatly increase your chance of a fish or three.

The 12-Mile Reef has held fish and a number of striped marlin to 90kg have been taken there and toward the 'Bait Hole'.

Blue marlin captures to 246kg have been numerous this past week and a few more have been dropped or lost mid-fight.

They are certainly a worthy target for those with a couple 80's or 130's at hand.

The vast majority of fish have been taken in 70-110 fathoms as slightly cooler water (only perhaps 1/2 a degree cooler) with less current seems appealing to bait fish.

Water temps toward the end of last week inside the shelf were 22.5 and over the edge we are seeing 23-24.5 degree water.

The large eddy of water driven by the East Australian Current looks to be holding in place and shifting slightly lower week to week, it is quite clear the cooler patch of water south east of Bateman’s Bay and east of Bermagui is to the liking of most bait species and should continue to be so for some time.

The warmest water patches produced some nice dolphin fish to 12kg and the high level of floating debris moving past on the shelf provided some excellent sports fishing opportunities to those using stick baits and poppers across the surface to take such fish.