Jason "One For" Nunn says it feel like the Melbourne Cup with starters waiting for the gun, but the next few weeks will likely be complicated he reckons.

"Everyone has itchy feet but the situation around what double vax and single vax people can do and how far we can travel and so on as far as fishing outside your LGA or offshore goes will probably be fluid for a while," Jason said.

"I spoke to Malcolm Poole, head of NSW Recreational Fisheries Advisory, this week and he said authorities issued 25 fines to boats between Port Stephens and Sydney for breaching LGA restrictions last weekend.

"I just know that all small businesses will be under pressure to work through the Roadmap out of Covid in collaboration with authorities and the general public and that we'll all need to be patient."

"Conditions offshore look tempting and there have been reports up and down the coast this week of marlin up at Coffs and yellowfin down south. There' s nice patch of water just north of Seal Rocks and water temp's looks around 21 degrees, but again I urge patience and caution."

Conditions for a fish this weekend look OK and anglers might do well to grab the chance as there is quite a lot of rain forecast for next week.

"Looks like 30mm to 40mm each day all next week, both along the coast and inland," Jason said.

"People venturing outside at the moment off Swansea report conditions generally average with a bit of current about and pockets of cool, dirty green water on the run-in tide.

"No big highlights in general - flathead over the gravel, some reds, trevally, the odd king and a few mother-in-law species like morwong."

Michael Walker fished the beach at Blacksmiths during the week and picked up some nice bream.

"Also a few whiting about too," Jason added. "It's all very dependent on what beach and what pocket of water temperature you encounter.

"Salmon have fallen away over the last couple of days along the beaches but there's still the odd tailor about too and inside the lake.

"Teralba Lakesiders Fishing Club members have been getting a few nice sized ones on the troll this week.

"Rocks are producing luderick and drummer and there's certainly a lot of mulloway being caught.

"Fish from 75cm up to a metre. With tides this weekend running high round noon and midnight, it might be a reasonable time to go night fishing for jew."

Jason said tube worm sales are on the up indicating that anglers are targeting whiting.

"The prawn run this week may also have triggered the whiting," Jason said.

"There wasn't a lot of prawns this run but there was good quality for those in the know.

"Following this rain next week, and the flush effect it will have, the November run could be quite special."

As far as a fishing tip this weekend, Jason reckons the run-out tide might be a better option because the water will be warmer.

Brent "Hammer" Hancock, from Tackle World Port Stephens reports some great flathead on the move in Nelson Bay.

"It's been really firing up," he said."I've been getting plenty of photos coming in this week of fish over 70cm.

"I got one myself through the week on the fly rod.

"The water is hovering round the 20 degree mark and we've been seeing a few jewies about too."

The new ramp at Little Beach, Nelson Bay is nearly complete and should be in operation for summer.

"There's been a few whingers thats it's three lanes instead of the old four," Brent said. "But I reckon it's just another positive option to put your boat in."

Inshore reefs off the Port Stephens coast have been producing some nice snapper this week.

"The water is still pretty cool and it's not very good looking - dull and green - but a mate of mine has been doing really well off Boat Harbour," Brent said.

"Been some big kingies too, fish up to 15kg."

Speaking of kingfish, DPI released some interesting info about two tagged kingies recaptured off Yamba recently by a commercial fisho.

One fish had originally been caught and tagged in Port Lincoln in December 2020 before being recaptured near Yamba on September 2.

Over 249 days it had grown from 14.5kg to 22kg and travelled some 1300 nautical miles (2405km).

The second fish, recpatured on the same day by the same commercial fisho near Yamba, had originally been tagged at Gannet Island offshore of Raglan on the west coast of New Zealand's north island on February 14, 2018.

In 1296 days at liberty it grew from an estimated 10kg, 97cm in length to 22kg and travelled 1165 nautical miles (2155km) from its place of original capture and release.