Port Lincoln fishing report 30/10/2014

Pictured is of Kurtis Bobrige visiting from Adelaide. 1st time in a boat and he landed 10 squid along the North shore. Squid continue to be caught in most areas around Port Lincoln.

PLEASE NOTE: The Closed season for Snapper in all SA waters starts at midday the 1st of November and ends at midday the 15th of December.

Just a quick note to announce that entry for the 2015 Riviera Port Lincoln Tuna Classic are now open. Entry forms and competition rules are available online or we have some at Spot On in Port Lincoln. The welcome / briefing night at the Marina Tavern is on Friday 10th April with the competition starting on the 11th.

Now for what was biting and where

Far West Coast

Reports of good sized Snapper and plenty of mid sized Mulloway have been filtering into the shop. Squid and fresh salmon seems to be the best bait. There are also plenty of big Salmon and Whiting available, so don’t restrict yourself to just using big baits.

There are also plenty of Bronze Whaler sharks in close if you really want to test your gear.

Elliston / Sheringa

Salmon continue to be the main focus, but a few anglers are also taking some nice King George Whiting in the area.

Almonta / Gunyah Beach

Salmon, Salmon and more Salmon are available. Most anglers are managing to find the schools along the beach, so keep moving until you see them, then try casting metal lures or big soft plastics for a bit of fun.

Farm Beach

King George Whiting and squid are improving in size for boaties. One Sampson fish around 30kg was landed well offshore from Sir Isaacs as well as one fish of similar size that was lost during the fight. Some big nannygai had been reported reaching up to 60cm in size as well as some rugger snapper.

Coffin Bay

Silver Trevally and whiting are in good numbers around the oyster leases and the Kingfish are still lurking about in non sanctuary areas for those that are patient and ready with a lure or live bait. The occasional legal whiting was caught along the rock ledges along with salmon trout, tommies and trevally.

Port Lincoln

Squid continue to be a good option for the land based fisho. For the boaties, there have been plenty of options including Salmon to 2Kg, Snook, Trevally, Tommies and bigger squid. Most people that have caught King George Whiting have reported that they need to move around a bit as most drops seem to produce 1 or 2 fish only. Mussel berley has proven to bring the fish on the bite.

Along the surf beaches, schools of Salmon have been seen between Sleaford and Wanna. Some of the schools have been huge, and if you are lucky enough to encounter them within casting range, almost any type of lure is successful.

Around these schools of Salmon, there are plenty of sharks, mostly Bronze Whalers, so be careful, but they are a good option for heavier gear with a couple around 7 foot caught and released.

There have also been a few reports of Blue Swimmer Crabs around, but keep it quiet……….

Tumby Bay

The Tumby Marina has seen a few good fish caught. Silver trevally have been the most consistent catch.

Good sized King George Whiting have been reported out at the group but are hard to find. Also caught was the odd Snapper, Red Mullet and Squid.

The Sand Hills area has been good for big Garfish when the wind is down.

Port Neill

Snapper, King George Whiting and a few Bronze Whalers have been reported north and south of Port Neill.

Arno Bay

Reports of Snapper and Whiting continue from in close. Blue Swimmer Crabs are also being caught in reasonable numbers.

Cowell

Blue Swimmer Crabs are being caught in reasonable numbers.

Port Lincoln Anglers Club

Results for PLAC outing to Halls Bay / Point Drummond on Sunday 26/10/2014.

15 members attended this event fishing in difficult conditions with increasing swell during the day & strong winds which stirred up the weed & sand. Overall winner on the day was John Peters.

DIVISION WINNERS

Veterans Division

1/. Winner : Leon Paterson with 1 species + 4 fish for 70 points

2/. Runner Up: Wayne Paterson with 1 species + 1 fish for 55 points

Mens Division

1/. Winner : John Peters with 2 species + 3 fish for 115 points

2/. Runner Up: Brad Bockman with 1 species + 4 fish for 70 points

Ladies Division

1/.Winner: Donna Peters with 1 species + 8 fish for 90 points

2/. Runner Up: Julie Bascombe with 1 species + 7 fish for 85 points

Junior Division

1/. Winner : Riley Peters with 1 species + 7 fish for 85 points

Heaviest fish of the day was a 1.15 kg Flathead caught by Julie Bascombe

Mystery fish

Seniors: 120 gm Trout caught by Brad Bockman

Juniors: 200 gm Whiting caught by Riley Peters

Fish caught included flathead, whiting, mullet, salmon trout, sweep, tommies, trevally, zebra fish & 1 Pike

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