Port Lincoln Fishing Report 12/11/09

Dion Watson & friends had a successful fishing trip out from Hall Bay recently where they landed a variety of good fish. The accompanying images show Dion’s son Cooper holding up a large blue groper, the Samson at over 50 lbs is held by Glen Murphy also of Tumby Bay.
Some times fishing is not just catching fish, it is just getting out and enjoying the time and also the anticipation that in the next few moments you will get a fish bite. 4 year old Brodie O’Reilly is one such angler. Brodie is shown sitting at the end of North Shields jetty keenly observing other anglers whilst waiting for a bite on his new fishing rod.

If you have or are intending to purchase a VHF radio or HF radio for your vessel be aware that you are required to have a Marine Radio Operators Certificate of Proficiency. Out local Tafe campus is running a course later this month. Check out the advert in this week’s paper for full details.

Two fish was all that separated Rolf Czabayski from first place in the recent game fishing tournament at Lizard Island in Queensland. It was only in the closing stages of the comp that Rolf’s boat was pipped for first place. Rolf was skippering for son Ralf and his team and the fish were co-operative with the biggest marlin at approx 850 lb.

Now for what was biting and where

Far West Coast
One party has just returned from a few days hard fishing. They report mainly small mulloway, a few big salmon, and some gummy sharks. Several snapper up to 90 cm were caught and released. They also reported that Fisheries Officers had been patrolling some of remote beaches.

Elliston
There are plenty of good size tommies and large squid being caught from the jetty. At Waterloo Bay 40-45 cm whiting are being landed from the beach. Good size whiting are being caught offshore by the boaties in Anxious Bay. At Locks Well a few 1-1.5kg salmon are hanging around taking baits and lures.

Sheringa
Not a great deal happening up here due to the dodge tide but a few small salmon coming from the salmon beach and some small tommies, mullet and whiting from first beach

Farm Beach
Beach launching conditions are good especially since the council did some work on the access ramp.
Plenty of whiting are on most grounds with good fish coming from Pt Sir Isaac’s and the deeper grounds.
Fish along the Sandhill’s and 7 mile beach are mixed in size.
Out wide of Sir Isaac’s and off Coles Point some good nannygai and morwong have been landed.

Almonta & Gunyah Beach
Last weekend gunyah had plenty of salmon from 1 to 3 kilo and some extra large tommies over 30 cm on the bite.

Coffin Bay
There is still the occasional kingfish being caught in the bays.
Shore based anglers have been inundated with lots of undersize whiting

Port Lincoln
There have been several schools of salmon in the bays with numbers of fish caught along the north shore.
Whiting inside the bays have been frustratingly quiet during the days and during recent poor tides; better fish came from outside the bays with Bolingbroke and the Group pretty popular.
Once again boats working the reefs around Williams and Smith found nice size nanny’s and blue morwong. A few samson’s have also been caught and released well south of the mainland.
Local jetties have a few squid and snook at night.

Tumby Bay
From the jetty a large school of salmon have been sighted and a few specimens caught in the early morning. There are still plenty of tommies, squid andsome 40cm plus whiting being caught by anglers from the jetty
In the bay there has been quite a few smaller whiting being released and amongst them are a couple of larger 40-45cm individuals. Snook and garfish have moved in to the seagrass areas throughout the bay.

Port Neill
Whiting have been a bit quiet, however most boats can still scratch up a feed, leather jackets have increased in numbers but plenty of squid, tommies and snook are around. The Jetty and breakwater was very good for large tommies and big squid.
Port Lincoln Anglers Club

 

This report has been subbmitted to 'Strike & Hook' by Port Lincoln Fishing & Camping World