Welcome to Greg James’ weekly fishing column, packed with hot tips for fishing Yorke Peninsula. You can contact Greg at greg@gregjamesfishing.com.au.
Recipe: Risoni and prawn pasta with garlic and chilli. Ingredients: 500gm risoni pasta, green prawns, tomato and garlic sauce, 1 lemon, 1 chilli, chopped basil. Preparation: Cook pasta, sauce, water, chilli and garlic in a saucepan for 15 mins. Reduce heat, add prawns and cook for further 3 mins.
Wallaroo: Three weekends in a row of great on-water conditions saw boat crews run out for King George whiting, a few garfish and salmon trout. Salmon trout are also off the marina breakwater and Point Riley, while the jetty has an occasional tommy ruff (Australian herring) at night.
Port Hughes/Moonta Bay: Early morning high tides made for good fishing in the bay with crews trying for garfish, tommies and salmon trout. KG whiting are off the Cape Elizabeth grounds in the early evenings. The jetties have an occasional garfish and tommy ruff.
Point Turton: Small KG whiting are off Point Souttar with bigger fish further west, out from Corny Point. Garfish from Mindlacowie and Port Rickaby have been the other main reports. The jetty has some salmon trout and shore-based fishers are also catching salmon trout from just south of Barker Rocks.
Marion/Stenhouse Bays: Shore-based fishers walking to their favourite spot should take care as a couple of big brown snakes have been spotted across the bottom end just last week. Mullet and salmon trout are in Pondalowie Bay and from Daly Heads. Boat crews are fishing far and wide in pleasant weather for whiting, flathead, kingfish and red nannygai.
Edithburgh: KG whiting are biting well in the good tides, albeit in small numbers with Rocky Gully, Sultana Passage and Troubridge Light all holding a few large fish. As the jetty is closed, shore-based fishers are heading to Klein Point and Coobowie for the odd small mullet, tommy and salmon trout. The golf course beach is worth a try for flathead on dusk.
Ardrossan: Small blue crabs are in the shallows, but most are well undersized as boat crews, jetty fishers and rakers are all in on the rush. There is no excuse for taking small blueys, so please observe the rules. Snook and even a couple of undersize mulloway are off the jetty at night.
Tight lines and see you soon!