Port Lincoln Fishing Report – Wednesday 24th July 2024

The last week has probably been the worst week for fishing this year so far. Strong winds, rain and big swells have made many areas unfishable and it looks like the weekend will be the next good weather window to get there. Fishing reports have been very low in the last week as a result of this but one of the best things about the West Coast is there are plenty of areas to be able to get out of the wind and get for a fish.

Just about all the reports this week are from fishers that have found areas that have been safe to fish from out of the wind and big swell and most all caught some good fish.

Here’s what has been biting or what you can expect when the weather calms down.

Elliston

It’s been battered by the wind and swell so there’s no reports from this area at all this week but there should be some excellent gutters formed on the surf beaches and the Salmon should be biting their heads off come this weekend. Some of the beaches might still be a bit weedy but if you move around you should be able to find areas that are clear of weed. The big Salmon should now be just coming into the best biting period and beaches like Talia and Mt Camel should be at the top of the list if you’re after the big ones.

We have the new Samaki Range of metal Salmon lures in store that have recently landed, and they do look like Salmon slayers with some great colours in the range.

Furter up the coast this wild weather should have really fired the Whiting at Venus Bay and Streaky Bay.

Coffin Bay

Fishing in the bays has really only been producing some big Tommies, Salmon Trout and even some Salmon to around 2kg which don’t normally come into the bay that often. The small Nomad Squid Trex Vibes have been killer lures for these fish and also catch plenty of Whiting.

Farm Beach has been hard going with the weather and before the blow the best areas for Whiting were around Point Sir Isaacs and Pool and also in close to Gallipoli. Most of the fish were good ones around 36-38cm which is not bad for this area. Squid have also been active in these areas to with the Yo Zuri in the HS colour working well. When the weather does come good the fishing should be much better in this area and there should be plenty of other fish there to catch.

Offshore if the weather holds out it should be excellent, most areas haven’t had any fishing pressure for quite a few weeks now so there should be plenty of Nannygai, Blue Morwong and School Sharks.

Salmon fishing should be excellent again once the swell backs off with Gunyah, Almonta, Greenly and Convention beaches all should have Salmon and there were some great catches of Salmon before the blow.

Port Lincoln

All reports from around Port Lincoln have pretty much come from the National Park this week and there were some quite good catches. There are some good areas that have been out of the wind, nice and calm and loaded with fish. From Donnington to Taylors Landing there are plenty of areas with rocky headlands which can be fished in the wild weather and those that fished in these areas were rewarded with Salmon, Tommies, Snook and some big Squid. There are also Whiting from some of these areas and the odd Flathead can also be caught off the beaches.

Those launching boats over the last week stayed quite close to shore and caught some Whiting and Squid mostly all along the North Shore. When the weather calms down on the weekend the Whiting should be firing down in the Passage and all good areas are sure to be looked at by local fishers and there should be plenty of Squid there.

Offshore like Coffin Bay all the favourite reef fish should be hungry and lumps hopefully loaded up and there’s a good chance of Samson fish as well. The big Tuna could also be around and it’s been a few weeks since anyone has had a go at them and it will be interesting to see if they are still out there.

Salmon fishers will also be in luck along the Sleaford coast once the swell and wind backs off and there should be some excellent deep gutters along the beach now.

Tumby Bay/Port Neill/Arno Bay

The jetties have had Squid caught there over the last week but there’s been very little of any other reports from the area. The inshore grounds at all of the these areas will have some good numbers of  Whiting and Arno Bay should be one of the picks in the area with plenty of big Whiting biting.

Out at the Group it should be excellent as there’s been very little fishing pressure here over the last few weeks. Big Whiting, Squid, Snook and Trevally will be at the top of the list here and there might be a few Gummy Sharks lurking around.    

TW Port Lincoln Team 

     

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