Port Lincoln Fishing Report – Wednesday 23rd April 2025

Easter is done and dusted with some mixed fishing results. Generally, the fishing has been good with some great reports coming through, it’s just been the weather that’s made it harder but there’s some decent days coming up where you can get out there. Squid, Whiting, Flathead and Tuna are the main reported catch over the last week and there should be plenty more to be caught in the next week.

Here’s what has been biting.

Elliston

Offshore Tuna were a bit quiet, but there’s been some decent reports by a few crews where Tuna were in good numbers out from Flinders Island. Plenty of big Nannygai also were landed on the Vexed Bottom Meat Jigs which are excellent for this type of fishing. In closer there’s Whiting, big Snook and some Squid.

Beach fishers are finding some Flathead around Walkers Rocks and for Salmon we haven’t really heard of many mostly due to the wind and swell but once it settles it should be game on.

Coffin Bay

There’s been good numbers of Whiting and Flathead in the bays and that’s been the most reported fish in the area. Some of the Flathead are over 70cm which is a good size fish, soft plastics have been the best way to catch them with a variety of plastics working including Daiwa Bait Junkies, Panic Stations, Jackson Bone Baits and Squidgy Prawns which are just a few of the good ones working well.

The Whiting can be caught from the shore and by boat and you don’t have to venture too far from the boat ramp to find them. Salmon Trout, Garfish, Snook and Gummy Sharks can all be caught there as well.

Farm Beach reports have been also good for Whiting with most areas holding some fish. If you can’t find them just move around a bit and use Pilchard burley. Garfish, Tommies, Snook and some Squid can also be found in the same area. The deep water areas are good for targeting Gummy and School Sharks out from Coles Point and the odd Nannygai.

Offshore reports have been a little lean but there’s still some great fishing. Tuna are best at Greenly and Rocky Island where there are also some Samson Fish and Kingfish there. The reefs hold Nannygai, Blue Morwong, School and Gummy Sharks.

For Salmon it has been a bit harder but you are looking at Gunyah and Almonta beaches for the best catches of Salmon.

Port Lincoln

Squid have been pretty good recently for jetty and rock fishers with some really good reports from the last week. Early morning and late afternoon are the best times for the Squid, there has been all kinds of Squid jigs working but some of the good ones are the orange Haramitsu and the Shimano Flash Boost jigs. There’s been some excellent Whiting catches also from the rocks at Tulka and within the national park, with most fish all over 40cm. Flathead are in good numbers in the national park with some fishers catching up to 10 in session.

Boat fishers in the bays are finding good numbers of Squid and Whiting which are spread right throughout the bay and there are a few Crabs still around as well as Snook, Tommies and still plenty of big Garfish.

There’s been some good Tuna fishing around the Tuna pens and trolling outside of the markers is best, you must stay outside all the markers and that’s where the Tuna are anyway. Halco TNT and Dirty Harry Laser Pro lures are working well for them.  

Down the coast Whiting can be found at Carcase Rocks, McLarens, Taylors, Grindal and Thistle Island, the fish size has generally been quite good 36-47cm in most cases and Vexed Micro Meat jigs have accounted for many of these fish. There’s also quite a lot of Squid in the same area.

Offshore Nannygai and Blue Morwong aren’t too hard to find on the reefs and Tuna can be found at the Cabbage Patch. It would also be worth using big skirts now for Tuna as the barrels may not be too far away, this time last year they had already been sighted.

Tumby Bay

Off the jetty it has been very reliable for some big Squid with some good reports recently. Flathead can be caught from the beaches south of Tumby Bay for the lure casters. Garfish are good of the rocks at Moonlight Bay if you have the right wind. For boat fishers there’s some great fishing Garfish, Tommies, Whiting, Snook and Squid can be caught from just in front of town down to Bolingbroke and there’s plenty of areas to try in that area.

The Group is similar there’s some great fishing out there mostly for some big Whiting and Squid and well worth the trip out there.

Port Neill and Arno Bay

Jetty fishing off of the Port Neill jetty has produced some nice Squid and there’s also some good Garfish and Snook there for those willing to put in the time. Flathead are a good target in this area and there are some good Flathead fishing here.

Boat fishers will find Whiting, Snook, Garfish and Squid in both areas and good reports have come from both towns.

 

TW Port Lincoln Team

 

 

 

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