Welcome to Greg James’ fishing column, featuring tips, ideas and recipes for fishing Yorke Peninsula. Contact Greg at greg@ gregjamesfishing.com.au.
Recipe, Seafood shashlik: Ingredients — cubed fish (salmon, swordfish, LJ), prawns, scallops, crab claws, onion, capsicum, button mushrooms. Preparation — marinate seafood and vegetables in oil, lemon juice, garlic, paprika and cayenne. Thread onto skewers and grill over high heat for 5ñ6 minutes.
Wallaroo: King George whiting, garfish and salmon trout have been the main catches for boat crews, while jetty fishers are also landing salmon trout. Bream are being caught inside the marina.
Port Hughes/Moonta Bay: As last week’s rain eased, boat crews found KG whiting and garfish off Cape Elizabeth, while jetty anglers caught snook, tommy ruff (Australian herring) and salmon trout.
Port Victoria: Catches of KG whiting came from the drops off Wardang Island and the Songvaar wreck, while salmon trout and tommy ruff were active around local jetties.
Point Turton: Salmon trout and mullet were caught from the jetty and boat ramp breakwater on the high tides. Sunday’s light winds saw boat crews fish north of Hardwicke Bay, outside the no-take zone, for whiting and garfish.
Marion Bay/Stenhouse Bay: Salmon to 1kg are being caught from Hillocky and Sturt Bay beaches. Inshore boat crews are reporting flathead and snook, while jetties are producing tommy ruff and salmon trout.
Edithburgh: Salmon trout and mullet continue to school off Wattle Beach and Sultana Point, extending north to Klein Point and Coobowie. Jetty anglers are catching tommy ruff, salmon trout and mullet, while boat crews are reporting medium-sized KG whiting and flathead.
Ardrossan: Jetty repairs are expected to be finished in July. Most local reports continue to feature salmon trout and mullet, with fish schooling around Pine Point, Ardrossan and Tiddy Widdy Beach on the high tides
Tight lines and see you soon!