Welcome to Greg James’ fishing column with all the hot tips for fishing Yorke Peninsula; you can contact Greg by email at greg@gregjamesfishing.com.au.
Wallaroo: Boat crews made the most of the good fishing weather mid to late last week before the thunderstorms blew in on Sunday. King George whiting, red mullet, a few small blue crabs and garfish have been the main reports. Repairs continue on the jetty, making the fishing a tad slow. Mullet and salmon are off Point Riley, Myponie Point and The Magazine.
Port Hughes/Moonta Bay: KG whiting remain the go-to catch, plus a few garfish and snook for boat crews as they run out wide of West Light and Warburto Point. The jetties have late afternoon small gar and tommy ruff (Australian herring). Blueys are about but not crawling much.
Point Turton: Good tidal movement generally makes for good fishing but the baby leather jackets and pufferfish appear to be in plague proportions. A few KG whiting and garfish for the boaties and salmon trout for the shore and jetty-based fishers have been the main reports.
Marion Bay/Stenhouse Bay: Red nannygai have been caught from several deep-water offshore drops. Whiting and flathead are closer to shore and the jetties have a few tommies. Shore-based anglers are landing mullet and salmon from West Cape to Daly Head.
Edithburgh/Stansbury: Nice KG whiting and smallish snapper (which cannot be kept) came from Tapley Shoals and the Orontes Bank late last week. There are snook and flathead off the main channel marker, just north of Troubridge Island, and blue morwong off Troubridge Light. The Stansbury jetty is worth a try for salmon trout and flathead from the northern end.
Ardrossan: Try the revamped jetty for night-time soapie mulloway, flathead and even a few blueys. Boat crews are reporting blue crabs, small snapper (which cannot be kept), flathead and snook. Rakers have again been sighted at several local beaches just south of Ardrossan.
Tight lines and see you next week!