Abreezy but fishable weekend for the South East saw plenty of anglers hit the water.

There was news from the offshore guys, the surf fishos and up the river plus everything in between, so let’s get into it.

Tuna fever is still running strong for the boaties and the bulk of the news I head came from Portland and Cape Bridgewater.

The fish seem to be holding up behind the island in 30 to 50 metres of water, and from almost all reports, the fish have been all caught on blind strikes, away from the action.

There’s nothing wrong with that, boats are a bit more spread out and can cover a bit more ground.

It is still definitely worth trolling around bait work ups, but it’s not the be all and end all.

Port MacDonnell is still producing some nice fish, but they are more spread out, the same as over the border.

There are also plenty of school tuna still out there for those

not too interested in the jumbo-sized fish.

The size has ranged from 8kg – 15kg, though the odd bigger one could be mixed in.

Riley Haines boated a nice 15kg fish in 40 metres off Cape Douglas over the weekend in fairly average conditions while fishing with his old man.

I have also heard of plenty of others between 20 metres and 100 metres of water in all directions off Port MacDonnell, so keep an eye out for birds and bait out there, you should not struggle too much to find them.

Bottom fishing has been excellent when the weather has allowed.

The shark and reef species have been very good from 50 metres through to 100 and beyond, with school and gummy shark both copping a mention.

Other deep species have been terakhi, snapper and nannygai, which all seem to be in decent numbers.

The surf fishing has been good, with some decent salmon to six pounds being caught.

Canunda, like recent weeks has been the hot spot for those bigger fish, but the numbers at Cape Banks and the Salmon Hole are still impressive also.

The South East Amateur Surf Fishing Club held an open competition over the weekend and the boys managed some decent fish.

The winner this competition was Aumgmoe with a 2.51kg salmon, beating Graeme Ploenges by a couple hundred grams.

A few keen anglers have hit the Coorong over the last fortnight or so and I have had mixed reports.

Some anglers have been weeded out to the point where it’s unfishable during one tide, then an hour later there’s not a speck of weed on the beach.

Fishing has been good though, I have seen mulloway from “soapies” through to legal fish, along with some cracking salmon and a handful of sharks too.

Keep an eye on the conditions up there if you are heading, and also keep an eye on the beach, it chops and changes so much up there, and it can change dramatically even through one tide cycle.

Keep an eye on it and you will be fine.

The garfish have been having a chew over the last few weeks, and this past week has been no different.

The fish though the Petrified Forrest, Cape Douglas, Pelican Point and Livingston’s Bay have been in great numbers and excellent size, which is pretty typical of our South Eastern winter gar.

The waders have probably had the edge recently while a lot of the popular boat launching areas have been inundated with piles of weed, but those who timed it right or are properly equipped to launch in the weed have still found some great numbers.

As has been the case for previous weeks, the bycatch of mullet, trevally and salmon trout have been consistent again through the same areas, and I expect that to continue.

Until next week, safe fishing.