Welcome to Greg James’ fishing column, featuring tips, ideas and recipes for fishing Yorke Peninsula. Contact Greg at greg@gregjamesfishing.com.au.
Recipe, spicy salmon fish cakes: Ingredients — cooked salmon pieces; 2 eggs; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 2 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp ginger; half a red onion, diced; lemon juice; panko crumbs; sesame seeds; cooking oil. Preparation — combine salmon, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and onion in a bowl; add lemon juice and eggs. Mix panko and sesame in a second bowl. Roll and flatten each fish cake and coat with panko mix. Pan-fry fish cakes for 2 mins each side. Serve with spicy dipping sauce and chopped chilli.
Wallaroo: Strong to gale-force winds and high tides limited offshore fishing early last week. King George whiting, snook and tommy ruff were caught in the shallows, while large salmon trout were landed from the Magazine rocks and jetty during improved weekend conditions. Bream were caught in the marina.
Moonta Bay/Port Hughes: Conditions were too dangerous even for a walk along the jetty and several safety warnings issued midweek. As conditions eased, boat crews found whiting, snook and kingfish in the Steamer Channel.
Point Turton: Stormy weather produced salmon trout to 1kg in the surf at Corny Point and Port Rickaby. When conditions allowed, boat crews timed their runs for snook, red mullet and KG whiting north of the exclusion zone, while the jetty yielded a few mullet and salmon trout on the afternoon high tides.
Marion Bay/Stenhouse Bay: Fishing was slow until late in the weekend, when offshore crews found red nannygai, kingfish, snook and flathead off Marion Bay. Shore-based anglers caught salmon trout and mullet, with the jetties also producing flathead and mullet.
Edithburgh: Try the grounds off Klein Point and Coobowie for KG whiting but watch for undersized fish. The jetty is producing tommies at night and snook by day, while salmon to 1kg are being caught off Troubridge Point and Wattle Bay.
Ardrossan/Port Vincent: The weekend brought extra seaweed along the coast from earlier storms, while boat crews worked hard for limited catches amid poor fish stocks. A few salmon trout were landed on the high tides at Pine Point and Port Vincent.
Tight lines and see you soon!