What a funny old week it has been in the fishing scene.

First, we were all getting pretty revved up for a near perfect weekend forecast and then next thing we were not allowed to leave the house.

Luckily, Sunday was fishable once the restrictions were eased and there were some nice fish caught.

The offshore scene fished very well for most, I saw some real mixed bags of fish from varying depths.

Sharks, morwong, latchet fish, knife jaw and flathead were all caught, just to name a few.

Tim Carrison fished Blackfellows Caves on Sunday with the metal jigs in 100-150 metres of water and came home with a feed of gummy shark, queen snapper and latchets, all taken on jigs.

We’re hearing of plenty of snapper being caught, which is very encouraging to see, so let’s hope the buggers are still in close in February when we’re allowed to target them again.

Surf fishos along the Coorong had some cracking sessions over the past few days before the lockdown.

I know of mulloway from just legal, through to one horse at 65lb caught and everything in between.

There has been some great shark caught up there too, gummy and schoolie have made up the majority of numbers, but there have also been a few chunky bronzies.

Locally our surf fishing has been decent, Zac Currie fished a couple of hours down at Brown Beach Sunday afternoon and took home a nice gummy of around 6kg.

Plenty of salmon was also found from our surf beaches this week which has been excellent fresh bait for shark fishos.

Shane Smith landed a solid 30kg bronzie at the back of Beachport and lost a couple of others.

It’s an exciting time of year, we see some great fish from the beaches, the weather is nice and the days are longer.

The South East Amateur Surf Fishing Club kicks off its summer season this weekend.

Whiting fishing has remained fairly good despite the crystal clear conditions and flat seas.

The Port MacDonnell Breakwater has been arguably the most productive area so far with plenty of nice bags of fish being boated.

Jesse Davies and Joe Dunwell boated 10 crackers just before shutdown, meaning plenty of fresh fish for days.

Other areas producing nice fish are Hutt Bay, Cape Douglas, Nene Valley and Carpenter Rocks and they are all fishing well for boat and land-based anglers.

Tommy ruff and silver trevally are still in excellent numbers in the same sort of areas, so that makes for some good fun.

Squid fishos are still into some good fish.

Livingstons, Blackfellows Caves and inside the Port MacDonnell Breakwater are all producing solid fish in the South East, while Beachport, Jaffa and Kingston up the top have been the go-to spots for those a little more north.

Guys fishing baited jigs under floats are still fishing well and picking up the odd cuttlefish too, so do not be surprised if you see a few of those prehistoric looking beauties about.

The Glenelg River has been a buzz with activity since the easing of restrictions.

We have seen anglers landing excellent numbers of bream and estuary perch on baits and lures and a few smaller mulloway starting to turn up too.

Hopefully in the coming weeks we see things start firing up down there.

The forecast for the remainder of the week looks to be improving weather wise, but the wind and swell still looks a bit iffy for offshore anglers.

Keep an eye on it, I am sure we will find somewhere to wet a line.

Until next week, safe fishing. Coatsy.

Column by Jamie Coates of Spot On Fishing Tackle