Welcome to the column with all the hot tips for fishing around Yorke Peninsula; contact Greg by email at greg@gregjamesfishing.com.au.

Ask Professor Plankton about Cockles: Once used almost solely for fishing bait, South Australian cockles have now become a culinary specialty for seafood gourmets. Cockles are also known as pipis and they are synonymous with the Goolwa / South Coast region. Cockles are a member of the Cardiidae family of edible bivalve molluscs. Did you know: The Indigenous name is kuti? There are more than 200 cockle species around the world? Cockles feed by siphoning plankton from the sea water?

Wallaroo: Strong wind warnings were part of several days’ fishing conditions last week as the dry south easterlies continued to crack in along the coast. Boat crews had to go early mornings for a few gar, a few blue crabs and a few squid! The jetty has blueys and squid at night.

Moonta Bay/Port Hughes: Try either jetty for blue crabs and garfish. Boat crews also had to time their runs out to Tipara Reef for gar and squid, with King George whiting reports being of fish to 35cm from just north of Steamer Channel.

Point Turton: Gar and isolated but good size whiting are off the grounds from Minlacowie and Port Rickaby and then north to Chinaman Wells and Barker Rocks. The jetty has small gar, sprat tommy ruff (Australian herring) and the odd squid.

Stenhouse Bay/Marion Bay: Strong southerlies played havoc with offshore fishing plans over the weekend. Shore-based anglers chased mullet, salmon trout and even gar from Sturt Bay, Gym Beach and Daly Head, while the jetties have tommies and squid.

Edithburgh/Stansbury: Most reports of KG whiting came from Tapley Shoals and the Orontes Bank with gar, blueys and squid just off Klein Point, Coobowie and The Hut. The jetties have salmon trout and tommies after dusk.

Ardrossan: “Hope springs eternal” was the motto for several rakers over the weekend as they fished for blue crabs from Price, Tiddy Widdy Beach and James Well. Boat crews ran out before the south-east winds for KG whiting, garfish and squid, but the dreaded trumpeters are still taking baits.

Tight lines and see you next week!