Port Lincoln 31/3/11
At 6-years-old Marcus Bianco is already showing how keen an angler he is. After watching his older brother and sister catch tuna he wanted to try himself. By trolling a skirted lure he was soon hooked up to his tuna.
As this was his first ever tuna dad gave him some assistance in guiding the fish aboard. The next tuna Marcus caught was without assistance and to cap of a rewarding day Marcus helped skipper the vessel back to the marina.
Large kingfish around Greenly and Rocky Islands have been testing some anglers, especially at night. Ash Bromley is shown holding up a large specimen that was quickly photographed and released. Anthony Kravinskis is holding his first Samson fish which was also released.
Venus Bay
Heaps of salmon, heaps of tommies, heaps of trevally and plenty of whiting; that’s the consistent message we are getting from anglers who have been fishing at Venus recently.
Mount Camel Beach
Salmon to 2 kilos plus are being taken on both lures and bait.
Elliston
The jetty has been good for a few good size tommies at night. The water has been very dirty so squid and other fish have been a bit quiet. A few whiting have been caught in anxious bay from land and shore.
Lock’s Well
Some good salmon were taken before the dodge tides in sizes ranging from 1 to 3 kg.
Sheringa
The First beach had whiting, tommies and the odd salmon, while the surf beaches had some big salmon up to 4kg.
Almonta/Gunyah Beach
Plenty of fish are coming from these beaches. Fish again range from salmon trout to 4 kilo size.
Farm Beach
Heaps of whiting mainly undersize are along the 7 mile beach and there are some snook, garfish and trevally in the same area.
Out wide of Pt Sir Isaac’s 14 to 18 kilo tuna have been caught well before you get to Greenly Island.
Coffin Bay
There has been some good catches of garfish but only a few legal whiting coming from the rocks. Out at the tape weed snook and salmon trout are the main catch.
Port Lincoln
Along the south coast there has been plenty of salmon schools together with shadowing sharks. Fish have been landed at Wisemans, Millers and the Salmon Hole.
There are whiting in the Proper with best catches coming at late evening into the night; whiting are also coming from Spalding Cove and Boston Island. Further afield there are whiting at Taylors Island and Thistle Island.
On the local jetty scene there are salmon large and small tommies from the wharf; the town jetty has a few mullet in the shallows, salmon trout and squid further up the jetty; there has also been a few blue swimmer crabs and king George whiting caught.
One place that has been firing for both shore casters and boats is the grounds in front of the North Shields Caravan Park. Limits of fat whiting have been caught.
Tumby Bay
A feed of whiting could be had in the bay in between the undersize ones along with heaps of tommies and good size garfish. Second Creek had mixed bags of small salmon, tommies and gar. Whiting were caught at the Group but anglers had to work for them.
Port Neill
Whiting bit well before the dodge tides with good catches on the Northern grounds. A few rugger snapper came from the wreck and yellowfin whiting off the beaches. The jetty and breakwater had tommies, snook and squid.
Cowell
Good news is that the trumpeters are quickly moving out of the bay enabling easier fishing for the garfish, salmon trout and whiting.
There are good feeds of blueys being taken from the jetty and from boats inside the harbour.
Outside snapper catches are going well and there are both rugger’s and large snapper being taken.
Port Lincoln Anglers Club
This Sunday members and visitors will be fishing the coast line south of Tumby Bay chasing a variety of fish including garfish, whiting, flathead, tommies and salmon trout.
It will be a maximum catch of 6 per species except whiting where 12 legal fish is allowed.
Members and visitors should meet at Spot On ready to leave promptly at 8.00am.
If anyone is interested in going out with the Club, they should contact Julie on 86830083 for further details.
This report has been supplied by Spot On Fishing & Camping World - Port Lincoln
