Port Lincoln Fishing Report – Wednesday 11th September 2024

There’s been some excellent fishing reports once again this week and the weather has been a bit kinder with at least a couple of good days where you can get there.

Salmon are going very well at Coffin Bay with excellent reports from there and also further west. Barrel Tuna have again been caught out of Port Lincoln with multiple fish landed and Whiting are going really well from Port Lincoln to Arno Bay.

For all the news read on and find out what has been caught in the last week.

Elliston

Salmon have been the most reported fish which has been caught from this region with Locks Well, Sheringa and Talia being the beaches with the best reports. Some gutters have been filled in with sand after the big blow from a couple weeks backs but there are still areas with fish.

Whiting news still hasn’t been outstanding from any of the towns further west and are still hit and miss a bit, hopefully it turns around soon.

Coffin Bay

Reports from within the bays are getting slowly better with each week now. Salmon Trout and Tommies are the most caught fish but the Whiting are getting better and most of the good ones have been caught by land based fishers in the area. It should be good fishing by the end of the month and Snook and Garfish should also be there in good numbers. Gummy Sharks should be there in the afternoons and into night and it should good right now while there aren’t too many Eagle Rays.

Farm Beach is fishing really well for Whiting with some decent reports once again filtering through to the shop, most areas have fish and sometimes you might have to move around until you find them but one you do it doesn’t take too long to load up. The Vexed Mirco Meat jigs for Whiting have been working brilliantly with many fishers having great success with these Whiting jigs, they are super effective and easy to use. Salmon Trout, Tommies and Squid have also been caught out there.

Offshore news has been quiet with no reports from the last week.

For Salmon there’s been some excellent fishing with the best reports coming from Gunyah, Almonta and Greenly beaches, there is heaps of Salmon here but they aren’t the biggest and most are around the 2-3kg range. Lure fishing has been the most effective way to catch the Salmon with Cast jigs, Jackson Metal Effects and the Arma Anchovy metal lures are some of the most popular lures to try.

Port Lincoln

In the bays its fairly average with reports slowly getting better and give it a few more weeks before there’s a decent improvement. There are some Squid and Whiting around for both boat and land-based fishers and if you stick with it, you should at least get enough for a feed.

The Passage has had some excellent reports for Whiting and Squid with some boats reporting very fast fishing for Whiting when you get the tide right. Most areas in the Passage are good and Thistle Island also is just as good with plenty of fish there and fast action fishing if you get the tides right. There’s some big Squid in this area and the Hisamitsu Squid jigs in the 4.0 size are great for them.

Offshore all reports are about the Tuna, there has been multiple fish over 100kg caught this week and it seems if the weather is good, you are in with a chance. There are many areas where the Tuna are located and once you get to Willams Island look for the sea life like birds, dolphins, whales and seals and get your lures out. The Bonze Exocet and D-Shackle skirts in the green reactor color has been one of the best coloured skirts all season.

Salmon are still around in large numbers along the Sleaford coast and it’s hard to miss out on Salmon here, just look out for Salmon schools and cast away with lures. It won’t be to long until the Bronze Whalers show up here chasing the Salmon which will give the Shark fishers something else to chase.

Tumby Bay/Port Neill/Arno Bay

There has been some consistent Whiting fishing here in all these areas for the boat fishers. Most good inshore grounds are good with Arno Bay one of the better areas with some big fish there.

 There is also some quite good reports of Squid for the boat fishers and also for the jetty fishers in the area. The Squid still seem to the best on the Shimano Flash Boost Squid jigs.

The Group off of Tumby Bay is still very good with a good variety of fish on offer like Whiting, Snook, Trevally, Salmon, Tommies and big Squid. Big Garfish shouldn’t be too far away and they will only get better in the weeks ahead.   

 

The weather looks like we are going to get a window to head out fishing up to Friday and then the wind picks up.

TW Port Lincoln Team

 

Listen live every Wednesday at midday on 5CC, All the latest fishing tips, top spots and new products weekly - get it first on adio 5CC every WEDNESDAY at Midday.