"We're putting it back a day due to the 20 knot nor-easter that's tipped to blow today and tomorrow," club vice president and member of the organising committee Jason "One For" Nunn, said.

"Sunday is looking the better of the days and we've made the call to defer.

"It's a one-day Shootout format this year due to Covid restrictions, as opposed to the normal two-day event, and the club has a very strong trailerboat contingent so we just felt it would be better.

"It would be a real shame if we couldn't hold the event this year after last year's got cancelled, first by weather and then Covid.

"A lot of organisation has gone into getting things ready this year.

"Entry remains open until 3pm Saturday - $400 per boat - doesn't matter if you have two anglers on the boat, or 22, and you can fish from your home port. It will be great to get lot of club members out there and kick off the season off on good note."

Water temperature out wide looks favourable for fishing and the the southerly predicted to kick in from Saturday should keep it warm.

"Plenty of stripe and black marlin appearing," Jason said. "There were some big dolphin fish caught last weekend. I weighed one for Ross Ireland that went 17kg. His offsider, Damo, got one 19kg, and a regular customer at Fishermans Warehouse caught one inside the ships this week that went over 20kg."

There's been a nice run of mulloway along local beaches this week, according to Sean Griffiths, from Fishermans Warehouse at Marks Point.

It's coincided with the appearance of healthy greenback tailor, upwards of 60cm being caught.

"A couple of guys I know, let's call them Richard, George and associates, have been getting into the jew, with one fish weighing in nearly 15kg this week," Sean said.

"Late afternoon has been the go - last hour of the light and first hour into the dark.

"They've been getting them on pillies and worms."

Meanwhile, there's been some nice whiting getting smashed on the breakwall at Blacksmiths and kingfish taking squid at the bridge in Swansea.

"Good numbers of arrow squid about at the moment, actually, which might explain why we've also seen some good-sized kings caught in the lake itself," Sean said.

"I can't give the locations away or I will risk personal injury, but let's just say there's been a couple of fish up to 90cm caught around the marker buoys.

"It's not giving away much, I know, but these people stumbled on them one day this week and went back the next day and got into them."

Heightened boat and jet ski activity in Swansea channel on Australia Day brings into focus the need for a safe speed in confined areas, according to Jason.

"Mate it was saturation point on Australia day, particularly that area from the bridge up to the Dropover, and from a safety perspective, everyone needs to slow down," he said.

"It was just manic and the channel is only so wide and everyone tends to go flat biscuit.

"It might sound 'thin edge of the wedge' but maybe we're getting to a situation where during the weekend and on public holidays we have a speed reduction to 10 knots so people can get where they need to go without fear of injury."

Talk of a shark cull in the wake of the attack at Yarrawonga last weekend left Jason cringeing.

"Sharks have been there forever and a day, and unfortunate as this attack was, we know there's a variety of sharks that inhabit the lake, particularly whalers and small hammerhead.

"They don't cause harm, but they do feed on tailor and mullet and at that time of day they will move into the shallower areas where mullet lurk.

"It was probably more a case of 'wrong place, wrong time' for the human - you can walk down the street and be just as unlikely to get bitten by a dog. The idea of a cull is just so out there, it's disappointing."

Wangi Fishing Club held their first event of the season last weekend, with 24 anglers in attendance.

The club operates two fishing divisions (Estuary and Deep Sea) open to men, women, junior and fingerling anglers.

Results were as follows:

Men's Estuary - Aaron Davis; Ladies Estuary - Donna Milne; Men's Deep Sea - Bob Todoric; Ladies Deep Sea - Ashley West; Junior (Deep Sea) - Eva Guy; Fingerlings - Jack Sunol.

Biggest fish went to Joel Wethered and mystery fish to Albert Gauci.