Casting with Coatsy

Casting with Coatsy

If you are anything like Craig and I, you have eaten and drank way too much recently, but hopefully you managed to hit the water and get stuck into a few fish.

Offshore news has been fairly patchy, but some nice fish were still caught.

The bottom bouncers have found some good numbers of gummy and school shark anywhere from the 50mt line, through to the 120mt area and beyond.

Hayden Sneath and Rob Wells found flathead in the 100mt zone, while there has also been a heap of other species caught too such as nannygai, morwong, snapper and knifejaw just to name a few.

At Portland and Victor Harbour we hear of school tuna to 30ish kilos, so fingers crossed we see a run of those bigger fish come our way soon.

Portland is also seeing a bit of a kingy run at the moment and although there have not been many real big fish mixed in, I’m sure they are not too far away.

The Port MacDonnell Offshore Angling Club is holding a free fishing competition for youngsters this summer.

All you must do is catch a legal sized fish, bring it down to us and weigh it in to go into the draw to win some prizes from Shimano.

The surf fishing has been a bit hit and miss locally.

Jerome Amoroso has found a handful of nice gummy sharks off the beach to the east of Browns Bay, rays and other bits and pieces in between.

The Coorong has been a busy area, but there has still been some nice fish caught.

Mulloway around a metre have been reported from just above the Granites through to the 32 mile.

The whiting fishing was a little quiet, but the sea was quite clear in most places and fish were still boated in.

Damien Kaczmarek and Roger Munn found a dozen whiting and a big sweep.

There have also been a few reports from the Carpenter Rocks area with silver trevally in good numbers and whiting even nudging the 50cm mark.

Garfishos have been getting a nice feed and are spread out again. Port MacDonnell Breakwater, Petrified Forrest, Cape Douglas and Livingstons are all fishing quite well for both the land based and boat fishos.

A few local lads found a big patch of tommy ruff with some near the 30cm mark, which is a thumper.

Jake Dowdy has got squid fishing them sussed out at Port MacDonnell and averages at least 10 per trip.

Graeme and Carly Ploenges have also been getting some crackers at Blackfellows Caves.

The Glenelg River has fished pretty well lately despite the increased boat traffic.

I have seen some impressive bream and estuary perch catches from the sand flats of the estuary, the rock walls and snags of the mid sections through to the narrow back waters and deep holes way up river.

There does not seem to be any miracle baits or lures at the moment, just mix it up a bit until you find what they are chewing on.

Mulloway have been caught, but there has not been anything huge that I have heard of, but a few nice catches of mullet occurred.

The forecast for the upcoming week appears the best we have seen for around a month, so hopefully we can get on the water.

Until next week, safe fishing.

Column by Jamie Coates of Spot On Fishing Tackle

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