Bega River enters the sea through Mogareka Inlet down from Hancock Bridge, the bridge being just 500m from the river’s intermittent sea entrance.
The river’s tidal limit is 11km upstream, about half way to Bega township, and it is navigable to the tidal limit, with depths up to 15m.
The river drops around 116m over its 48km length.
The Bega becomes the Bemboka River upstream, and the Brogo River is a major tributary that features stocked bass fishery Brogo Dam.
Tantawangalo Creek, Sandy Creek and Wolumla Creek are Bega tributaries.
A highly regarded fishing area in the lower tidal section of the Bega River is Blackfellows Lagoon off the Bega River at Kalaru, on Blackfellows Lake Road, where you can expect to catch quality bream and flathead.
Fishing is also usually good around Jellat Jellat, half way between Bega and Tathra.
Bega River sandflats usually hold plenty of flathead, including some trophy fish, with easy access and good spots to be found on the ocean side of the main road bridge.
The area around the bridge has deep water and most species.
The rocks on the north side of the sea entrance fish well for drummer, bream and other rock species.
There are usually bream around most Bega snags, but these fish will feed anywhere there is food.
Estuary perch and mulloway are always a chance in the Bega, with luderick in winter.
Pay attention to rainfall, which will push marine fish down the river.
The Bega is known for a good run of summer prawns, especially after a wet winter.
There are bass in the freshwater reaches.
Tathra Wharf is a great fishing spot that produces yakkas, slimy mackerel, flathead, tailor, salmon, luderick, trevally, squid and barracouta.
For boaters, the coastal reefs to the north and south have blue morwong, flathead, snapper, kingfish and mulloway.
White Rocks to the south is a known snapper spot, and also Goalen Head to the north.
Offshore, flathead fish well from October, with the 50m to 70m depth range north of Wapengo and south of Bournda producing tiger flathead, gummy sharks and gurnard.
Sand flathead are usually found in shallower around the 30m zone, with Tathra Bay as good as anywhere for them.
Tathra tides
Tathra coastline
NSW fishing regulations
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