The weather looks a lot kinder this week for fishing right around the coast and into the start of the school holidays. There’s still plenty of fish out there and over the next few weeks there’s sure to be plenty of great fishing.

Offshore there’s Tuna and Nannygai and in close Whiting, Garfish and Squid seem to be the main reported fish. Land based fishers are finding good sized Flathead and Whiting from the Coffin Bay and Port land-based areas.

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

Elliston

Not much news from this area this week just a few fish from the beaches, some small Salmon, Mullet and a few Flathead from Sheringa and Walkers Rocks. With the better weather this week there’s sure to be some good fishing offshore. Tuna should be around here and also the grounds off of Sceale Bay. Nannygai and Blue Morwong are also sure to be on the offshore reefs and those using the Vexed Bottom Meat jigs should clean up on those fish. With the full moon coming up Whiting fishing might be slow during the day, but fishing later in the day and into the night will pay off.

Coffin Bay

There’s plenty of good fishing happening here right now with some great reports. Flathead will be an excellent target over the next month with some rippers already being caught, here’s plenty of areas to give them a go with Dutton Bay and along the national park shoreline being the most popular areas but there’s also so many other areas to try. Soft plastics have been the most popular method to catch these fish with the Panic Stations Mullet, Jackson Bone Baits, Daiwa Bait Junkies and the Chase Bait Prawns good choices. Salmon Trout, Tommies, Snook, Garfish and Whiting are also good targets with decent numbers of those fish around.

Gummy Sharks are another target which right now are around in fairly good numbers, late afternoon and into the night with the full moon is an excellent time to target Gummy Sharks. Farm Beach Whiting fishers might struggle during the day but late in the afternoon they should be biting strongly but the full moon might have an effect on the fish. There’s still plenty of Garfish there and Snook, Tommies, Salmon Trout and Squid.

 Offshore there’s good fishing around the islands with Tuna, Samsons, Kingfish, Nannygai, Blue Morwong and Sharks all on offer. Salmon fishing news has slowed down but it’s still worth going out for a look, they will be around and the best areas to look at will be Gunyah, Almonta and Greenly beaches.

 

 

Port Lincoln

Land based fishers are in for some good fishing at most locations. Whiting are along the North Shore and Tulka off of the rocks, a few can also be caught off of the jetties and Axel Stenross usually also has some this time of the year. Squid are ok off of the jetties and the Kirton Point jetty has the best numbers. Garfish and Tommies can be caught also off of the jetties and rock areas around town with Murrays Point a good spot for them.

Flathead fishers are finding some good sized fish on the beaches along the northern side of the park with casting soft plastics the best method to catch them. Boat fishers are finding some good numbers of Whiting in the bays with many areas now fishing well for them. Garfish, Snook, Squid and Crabs are also good targets. Around the ship yards there’s plenty of Salmon Trout there and if you want some fish for the smoker this is the area to go.

Down the coast Whiting will be on the move at most good areas. From Carcase Rocks right down to Thistle Island there’s many good spots. Using Vexed Micro Meat jigs are extremely effective for Whiting and easy to use and you will in most cases improve your catch rate. There’s also some big Squid and Snook in the area.

Offshore reports have been slow but with better weather coming up one area to try will be the Cabbage Patch for Tuna, Kingfish and Samson Fish. Nannygai, Blue Morwong and Sharks can be caught on the many deep water reefs here.

Tumby Bay

All mostly boat news this week with the Group and the inshore grounds all fishing well. Whiting have been the main target, they will slow down over the next month when the fish start to breed. It will be interesting to see if it is a late breeding season with the warm water. There are plenty of Garfish, Snook and Squid also around in both these areas.

Port Neill and Arno Bay

This area might also experience the Whiting slowing down over the next month but there will be plenty of fish here. Squid, snook Tommies and Garfish can be caught very easily in both areas. Port Neill jetty has some Squid and Garfish and the beaches around here do have a few Yellowfin Whiting around.  

TW Port Lincoln Team