Port Lincoln 14/07/11

Elliston Salmon Fishing Competition Update.

This week’s winner of the $200 cash prize is Tony Beverage of Morphett Vale. Tony caught the 1.625kg salmon at Locks Well; it was closest to the mystery weight of 1.640Kg. Elliston Apartments sponsored the prize.

If you would like to compete in this competition and perhaps win $2000.00 cash for the largest salmon, then get you entry form from Spot On and other tackle & marine outlets in Port Lincoln.

Elliston

Boats working offshore are getting onto nannygai and morwong: whiting however are quiet.

Tommies still remain the best catch off the jetty especially at night.

Lock’s Well

Good numbers of mixed size salmon with most around the 2-kilo mark.

Sheringa

Trevally, whiting, salmon trout and mullet are coming in from the first beach and down at the salmon beach, some nice fish to about 3 kilo have been taken. A lot depends on the gutter as in some conditions it fills in very quickly.

Farm Beach

The shoreline along the Sandhill’s thru to Morgan’s is holding many undersize whiting, boats are better off working north up along the coast towards Frenchman’s.

Coffin Bay

Shore based anglers are getting some nice whiting off the rocks along the Ledge, Seal Corner and in Mount Dutton Bay; also in the same area are scores of salmon trout.

Port Lincoln

Despite average tides and weather, the Proper is still worth working around for King George but stick to the hard bottom.

For shore based anglers try for whiting along the southern shores of the proper and around Murray’s point.

The side arm at the wharf has been good for small to medium salmon. Yellowfin whiting have been quiet with the slower tides, as have the tommies.

For snook and squid try the town jetty and North Shields jetty and during the day some nice King George have been caught from the town jetty.

Early in the week and last weekend a school of salmon to about 2 kilo was in the marina and providing a bit of excitement on gear normally used for small fish. Salmon fishing on the south coast was good with fish around 2 to 3kg caught.

Port Neill

Early in the week locals and visitors were treated to a pod of whales in the bay, 3 adults and two juveniles.

On the fishing scene, squid and tommies are plentiful off the jetty and breakwater, the tommies are especially prolific at night.

Not many reports from the boaties except that whiting are good size on the northern grounds and that there are some rugger snapper on the wreck.

Arno Bay

The inshore reefs are holding numbers of rugger size snapper and with the added bonus of a few larger than usual king George whiting. In the deeper snapper grounds there are a lot of undersize snapper mixed up with the few big fish.

For those anglers specifically targeting the King George, mixed size fish are coming from both northern and southern grounds.

Other species being caught in the area include squid, trevally and a few tommies.

This report has been supplied by Spot On Fishing & Camping World - Port Lincoln