Salmon, tailor, bonito, kingfish and frigate mackerel are just some of the customers lured close to shore by warm water and concentrations of bait.

It's a particularly productive period for bonito and kings, which relish warm currents and an abundance of bait species like garfish, sardines, slimy mackerel and yellowtail.

Pelagics are constantly on the move, so your best option is to fish somewhere that allows you to intercept them on their way through.

Rock ledges, walls and jetties that jut out into deeper water and the flow of the current are prime possies.

In late summer and early autumn you'll find a lot of anglers perched on the tip of the Moruya Breakwall or ledges like Pretty Point, Snapper Point and even the rocks at Mystery Bay.

They'll be spinning with metal slugs or fishing with live bait under a float for anything that happens to be cruising by.

The wall at Moruya is fishing steadily as we speak for salmon and tailor. Just pay attention to the tides and swell as it can get hairy out the end in rough conditions.

Bonito are likely to show next month and there's always the chance of a king and even a big shark off this man-made structure.

The large wharves at Tathra, Merimbula and Eden also afford access to deep water and are famous for producing land-based tuna and kings.

A couple of kings have already been caught in the past week at Merimbula and Tathra, with more expected as we head into March.

A great feature of all three wharves is you don't have to look far for bait, with a ready supply of mackerel and yellowtail swimming around the pylons.