Welcome to the column with all the hot tips for fishing around Yorke Peninsula.

Ask Professor Plankton: What should we do next about the algal bloom? So where is our statewide call to action? Here is what the rest of the world is doing: repairing some of the environmental damage with commercial water filtration, activating biological control techniques, using flocculation (water cleansing) strategies. We could also be innovative in the use of the Murray River barrage system, which can allow dual water flows. There is so much more the so-called experts should be doing. Waiting for a storm and a high tide is not one of them. Maybe we can start by taking action to protect our beloved Yorke Peninsula?

Wallaroo: Mid to late in the week saw boat crews launch from the ramp to run out for King George whiting, squid and even garfish from Myponie Point, Riley Shoals and off The Magazine. The winds picked up over the weekend and the jetty was a cold place to be. Results here were few and far between.

Moonta Bay/Port Hughes: Tourist numbers do not appear to be at the level of previous years and those cold northerlies certainly cracked with some rain and plenty of white caps out in the bay. The jetties had gar and squid at times, while boat crews caught whiting from Cape Elizabeth and West Light. Pannie snapper are in Steamer channel but they are still a protected species.

Port Victoria/Balgowan: I have a couple of rellies with homes in Balgowan and they managed to fish for several hours last Friday in the fine and reasonably calm weather. Squid, medium whiting and red mullet were their main catches. Big boat crews are also catching KG whiting from around the Songvaar wreck and the north west Wardang Island grounds. The jetty at Port Vic has been quiet.

Port Rickaby/Point Turton: Shore-based anglers braved the winds that were often onshore at Bushes, Bluff and Parsons beaches during the week as they tried for mullet, salmon trout and flathead. Down at Point Turton, a few mullet and salmon trout can be caught in small bays off Flaherty’s, Cockle and Collins beaches as well. Boat crews are finding the fishing slow with the adverse tides with only a few garfish caught off The Pines and Point Souttar.

Stenhouse/Marion Bays: Tommy ruffs (Australian herring) and squid were the main targets for jetty-based fishers during the week. Boat ramp problems still remain at Marion Bay as crews tried to run out for red nannygai, kingfish and large flathead on the inshore grounds.

Tight lines and see you next week!