What started out as a wet and wild weekend actually shaped up to be quite a lovely day by Sunday.
The sun was back out, the wind died off and we saw plenty of fishos back on the water, and it looks like that weather will continue into this week as well.
There has been some nice fish caught, so let’s get into this week’s wrap up!
The offshore news from this week has all come from Sunday, with plenty of boats and anglers making the most of the settling weather.
Hayden Sneath boated some thumping shark offshore in what was his first run in a week or so.
The offshore shark fishing this time of year is unreal off Port MacDonnell, and anywhere from 15mt to 100mt+ is worth a crack.
There are still nice fish on offer for the bottom bouncers, with snapper, nannygai, terakhi and flathead all reliable options this time of year.
Anywhere from the 60mt line should see you run into a few of those species, or who knows what else.
The shelf for a tough of deep dropping could definitely be on the cards again this week, with the weather looking good enough for a few of the days.
Hapuka, blue eye, pink ling and gemfish are all possibilities out there, so get out and have a crack.
We should see a few boats out again having a crack for tuna after the big seas, it’s usually the few days after that we see them spurred back into gear.
I have not had any news yet, but will definitely keep you posted!
The beach fishing has again been dominated by the salmon this week.
With the wild weather that we saw over the last fortnight or so, that’s really all we could do.
The fish have been largely cooperative, provided you’re there at the right time.
Dawn has probably been the most reliable time for most fishos this past week, with the bulk of the bigger fish being caught then.
The calmer weather in the mornings has made conditions ideal for sunrise sessions, before the wind typically picks up in the mid mornings and afternoons.
The size of the average fish has been an impressive 1kg – 2kg fish, but there are definitely some bigger fish mixed in with them.
Fish are spread through Canunda NP and Beachport again this week, and fish of varying sizes have been landed in those areas from salmon trout, through to jackies of a couple of kilos.
Bait fishos are picking up some nice fish in the same areas, as well as Nene Valley, Browns Beach and Piccaninnie.
I mentioned Canunda’s soft beaches last week, I should also have mentioned around Pics and Green Point, they also get very soft this time of year, so air down and you should be a-okay!
With the settling weather we see the bulk of garfishos getting back out there and into them again.
A bit of stir then a day or two of calmer weather should see the gar really kick into gear, and if the early reports from the weekend are anything to go by, the big fish are still here and in good numbers.
I expect to see anglers back in Livingstons Bay now the weather has settled, and the boaties too should be back on the water.
There has been more nice fish caught in the Glenelg over the weekend.
Bream and perch are still making up the overwhelming majority of the news this week, with good numbers of both coming from both up and down the river.
Fishing the landings has been productive for plenty of anglers, using either worms, crabs or prawns, you should definitely get some nice fish.
The boaties using lures have found fish on just about everything they have thrown, the standouts being 2.5 to 3 inch grubs or minnow profile soft baits.
Mulloway news is again sitting at 0, but one encouraging thing to see is plenty of baitfish in the river.
There are salmon, mullet, tommy ruff and whitebait all throughout the river, so hopefully where there’s bait, there’s predators!
The coming week ahead looks pretty good at the moment, Friday could be a bit iffy, before the weekend settles again and looks good.
If you are heading on the water, just keep up to date with the latest weather reports so you do not get yourself into trouble out there!
Until next week, safe fishing!
