It’s been another windy week and there’s more of it coming for the next week, the good thing is that there are still places to fish even in the windiest weather and there are numerous areas on the Eyre Peninsula where you can go.
There’s been some really good reports again this week. Salmon, Garfish and Sharks have been the most reported fish around which can be caught in the windy weather without too much trouble.
Here’s what has been caught over the last week.
Elliston
Salmon are still very consistent off of the beaches around Elliston. Locks Well and Sheringa are the two with the best reports. There are some really big Tommies at these beaches also which are well worth chasing. Not too many other reports from Elliston.
At Streaky there’s Squid and Whiting and reports for both of these, sound pretty good. Fowlers Bay jetty has also been great for some big Squid. Off the beaches for Mulloway has been pretty quiet and we have only heard of small fish this week and nothing that’s legal, but Salmon and Sharks seem to be fairly consistent and fill the waiting period for Mulloway.
Coffin Bay
Garfish are in quite good numbers with Dutton Bay one of the hotspots with the jetty fishing really well, the fish are mixed size and you will have to throw a few small ones back. Tommies, Snook, Salmon and Whiting can all be caught within the bays there from both the shore and by boat. Gummy Sharks are around mostly during the night and there’s plenty of Eagle Rays that you will have to contend with, using circle hooks is a great option and you will avoid losing too many hooks to Eagle Rays.
Farm Beach Whiting reports have been generally good when the weather allows you get out here. Most areas have good numbers of fish but the best reports have come from the deeper water areas out from the fenceline and Gallipoli this week. There are bigger fish here and some well over 40cm from recent reports. Garfish can also be caught from shallower areas, there’s the odd decent sized Flathead also, Tommies, Salmon Trout and Snook as well.
Offshore reports have been few and far between but there have been a few brave fishers that have taken a break in the weather to head out from Point Sir Isaacs and get into the Nannygai, Blue Morwong and School Sharks all mostly caught on Vexed Bottom Meat Jigs.
Gunyah Beach has the best Salmon reports this week from around Coffin Bay and there are some good salmon schools here with the fish around the 3kg mark. Lure fishing has been the way to go when the schools of Salmon have been in close with the Arma Flash Harrys, Jackson Metal Effects and the new Wilson Zapplin Stick Baits also really good for the Salmon.
Port Lincoln.
Fishing has been a bit slower during the week but is steadily picking up with the better tides. Whiting fishing has been getting better again off the jetties with the town jetty and the main wharf both having fish. The town jetty does have Blue Crabs and there are also a few rat Kingfish now showing up. The numbers of Kingfish should get better in the next few weeks and there are plenty of good soft plastics that work on the small rat Kingfish. The Daiwa Bait Junkie Garfish will be excellent for them. Garfish and Tommies are also good and Snook at night off of North Shields are taking the Daiwa Double Clutch lures.
Boat fishers have also reported slower catches with the lack of tide flow but there’s still been some good catches. Whiting, Snook, Garfish and big Tommies have been reported from most areas with the North Shore, Boston Island, Spalding Cove and Louth Bay some of the better areas. The Passage also has been fishing much slower but the fish are there. Taylors and Thistle Island are the areas to be for the big Whiting. Snook are also good in certain areas here and also Garfish can be found in good numbers in certain areas in the Passage.
There’s been no offshore reports this week.
Salmon reports from the National Park this week has also been very few and far between this week mostly due to the weather.
Tumby Bay/Port Neill/Arno Bay
Slower reports here this week also with just a few good Garfish and Whiting reports. Tumby’s inshore grounds have Garfish and Whiting,
Port Neill has been good for Whiting and North of Arno Bay in the Port Gibbon area there’s been some good Whiting here and also small Bronze Sharks.
TW Port Lincoln Team
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