Hopefully we've turned the corner a bit and 'peak winter' is behind us.
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The signs look OK, with another mostly fine and sunny weekend ahead - perfect conditions for a late winter flick.
Just don't expect the action to be red hot.
August is a tough month to fish the freshwater. In saying that, the rewards can be immense.
As we count down the days until the Murray cod closed season, these fish, especially the big ones, become active in the region's rivers and impoundments.
The Murrumbidgee River, Googong Dam and Burrinjuck Dam are three spots close to home that can dish up monster cod.
They don't come easy, though. Thousands of casts are often required before you get a touch ... if you get a touch at all.
The cod season closes on August 31, so why not make the most of the next four weeks and have a crack at a monster?
As one season prepares to close, another is opening.
Bass and estuary perch season opens on September 1 but someone forgot to tell the fish.
Quite a few big estuary perch - or EPs as they are affectionately known - have already been caught around the snags, bridge pylons, boulders and other structures of late, especially at Moruya, Tuross and Mogareeka.
For the next few weeks, however, they must be promptly returned to the water, along with any bass caught.
It definitely augurs well for spring, though.
In the meantime, cold weather species like tailor, salmon, trevally and bream look likely to get us through the rest of winter.
All the estuaries are pretty clear and very cold, creating the toughest fishing conditions anglers are likely to encounter all year.
But if a school of chopper tailor or salmon cruises by, you're in business, with these fish likely to pop up in any of the southern estuaries right now.
Bream, trevally and even the odd flathead often feed below these schools, picking up the scraps, so it's worth fishing deep.
