Port Lincoln Fishing Report – Wednesday 15th January 2025  

The fishing has just gone up a notch and is just about firing on a cylinders and the fishing reports have been excellent. Tuna and Whiting head the list with some good reports from right around the coast. We just need the Blue Crabs to really start marching into all the crabbing areas and then we pretty much will have it all there to be caught.

Here’s what has been biting over the last week.

Elliston
Starting with Salmon, the most consistent Salmon in the area is Sheringa Beach. Salmon to 3kg can be expected here and also plenty of smaller fish like Tommies, Mullet and the odd Flathead. The jetty has Garfish, Tommies, Snook and Squid and many of the shallower beaches around Elliston also have a mixture of Tommies, Whiting, Garfish and the odd Flathead. Boat fishers here do not have to travel too far for some monster Whiting, Snook and Squid.

The offshore fishing is excellent with plenty of Tuna, Kingfish and Samson fish all mostly from Flinders Island and beyond. Many of the reefs are also holding big Nannygai that love scoffing down Vexed Bottom Meat Jigs, Blue Morwong, Gummy and School Sharks are also out there.

Tuna have also been going well out from Venus Bay and Sceale Bay with so many out there right now, you can expect the fish to be anywhere from 4-15kg. The Tuna fishing is also just as good all the way through to Fowlers Bay along with all of the other great SA offshore fish that we have on the West Coast. Most of the bays at Streaky, Smoky and Ceduna also have a mixture of Whiting, Tommies, Garfish, Trevally, Snook, Squid and Crabs so you should be able to catch a good feed.

Coffin Bay
There’s been some great fishing here in this popular area. Within the bays there’s a good mixture of fish that can be easily caught including Salmon Trout, Tommies, Garfish, Snook and Whiting have been the main catch but there’s also some Flathead and also some Gummy Sharks that have been caught here. Land based and boat fishers will all be able to catch them.

Farm Beach fishers have reported some great catches over the last week, Whiting have been good with some decent sized fish caught in the area and many areas have been reported to be fishing very well. The deep-water grounds off the fence line, Gallipoli and also the sandhill grounds have been the best areas but there’s fish all over the place. The full moon might slow the fishing down for a few days, but they are there in good numbers. Vexed Mirco Meat Jigs have been excellent for Whiting but there’s also soft plastics like Gulp Worms, Jackson Chino Craw Yabbies and the Nomad Squidtrex in the 55mm and 65mm have been a great alternative to the usual bait that’s used for Whiting. There’s also plenty of good Garfish, Tommies, Snook, Salmon Trout and a few Squid.

Offshore there’s plenty of action, Tuna have really picked up and there’s fish anywhere from 4-18kg that have been caught in the last week. Most are located at the Hummocks, Greenly and Rocky Island with a few schools showing up in closer but not really playing the game. Kingfish and Samson fish are also around at the island’s with rippers out there to be caught. JT Jigs have been excellent, live baits and even dead Squid and Pilchards will get the job done as long as the bait is fresh. Big Nannygai, Blue Morwong, Gummy and School Sharks are also out there on the deep-water reefs if you’re after something tastier. There’s a big school of Salmon at Greenly Island and these are all 4-5kg fish if you’re after Salmon.

For Salmon fishers off of the beaches there hasn’t been too much news and most of the Salmon reports have come from Gunyah Beach and have been decent sized fish around the 3kg mark.

Port Lincoln
Starting with land-based areas, at Axell Stenross boat ramp you catch Squid late in the day, some Whiting and big Snook for those casting metal lures with the Arma Twist a great Snook lure. The jetties have Squid, Garfish, Tommies, Snook, Mackerel and Whiting with Tuna still being sighted at the main wharf every now and then.
In the national park there’s plenty of rock areas with Squid, Tommies, Garfish, Whiting and Snook, from Cape Donnington to Taylors Landing is the best area. Boat fishers within the bays are finding a few Crabs and they will get better from now on, most that that we have heard of are the usual monster sized crabs that Port Lincoln is renowned for so you don’t need to many.

There’s plenty of Garfish, Tommies, Snook and a few Whiting also which are all spread out within the bays and for Squid have a look around Boston Island and the North Shore which is where the best reports have come from those areas and the orange jigs have been the best colour.

Further down the coast there’s been some excellent Whiting catches taken at Taylors and Thistle Island over the last week and many of the Whiting are in the 40-50cm mark, the deeper water grounds in the 12-15m mark have been the best areas. There’s also some big Squid on the same grounds.

Offshore the Tuna are getting better and better and fish to 18kg have been reported. Ligueana Island, Low Rocks and the Neptunes have been the best areas but they would also be in many other areas also. Some of the good lures working well are the new Buku Tuna skirts, they just catch fish, Zerek Speed Donkeys and the Halco Laser Pro in the Dirty Harry colour. There’s also no shortage of Nannygai, Blue Morwong, Sharks and also Samson fish from certain areas.

Tumby Bay
Some great fishing here and all mostly boat news this week. In close you find Whiting, Garfish and tons of them, Tommies, Snook and Squid. All along the coast in close right down to Bolingbroke you can expect good fishing.

The Group is the other area that is fished well and there’s good fishing there especially for Whiting with many areas going very well for them. You will also find Trevally, Snook, Garfish and some big Squid, most areas of the Group have been fishing quite well.

Port Neill and Arno Bay
Jetty fishing is good right now and there’s been some nice Squid. There’s also Garfish, Tommies and Snook. The Snook are good at night fishing around the lights. Zman Slim Swim Minnow soft plastics are deadly on those Snook.

Port Neill also has some nice Garfish off of the rocks and both areas do have Yellowfin Whiting off of the surrounding beaches and also further north at Cowell there’s plenty. Boat fishers from both areas have been enjoying good catches of Whiting, Garfish, Snook and Tommies. There’s plenty going on in this part of the world.

We are in for another great week of fishing with a couple of windy days to get past first. It is great to see so many people out and about enjoying the beaches and fishing spots all over the EP.

TW Port Lincoln Team.

 

 

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