It was wet and it was breezy, but that certainly did not stop local fishos hitting the water.
There’s some news from just about everywhere this week; offshore, off the sand, up the river and everywhere in between, so let’s get straight into it.
The offshore scene is still abuzz with tuna fever.
The good thing about this current run of fish is there are tuna from 10kg to 150kg in the same area, so you never really know what you might hook.
The go-to lures have been skirts in that 8 to 10 inch range, and a mixture of colours are getting the bites.
Deep divers are still getting the runs on the board also, DTX nomad minnows, Samaki Pacemakers and even the humble old Halco Lazer Pro have been productive, and all of those mentioned divers will troll nicely with skirts and will not upset the spread.
Tyson and the Want To Fish Charters crew have been right in the thick of it this week, the guys had Adelaide Crows young gun Ned McHenry and a few of his mates on board last week and put the fellas onto plenty of tuna, including one cracker a bit over 70kg.
Wilbur and crew on Southerly Fishing Charters have been finding their clients a nice mix of fish on recent trips, they have scored tuna, snapper, sharks and other delicious bottom species to take home for the table.
Inshore we’re still seeing plenty of snapper around the kelp beds.
Nathan Kilsby has been into them this week, managing fish to 60cm, and a few seemingly bigger models that made it back to the kelp.
There are still plenty of sharks down the coast too at the moment, both gummy and school shark have been caught, and even the odd bronze whaler cruising around too.
There are a few anglers reporting a heap of barracouta turning up in the burley trail, and while they are a fabulous bait, they have razor sharp teeth, so keep your hands away from their bitey bits.
Off the beaches this week I have seen a few more salmon caught.
The best have been from Canunda NP, the likes of Whale and Channel Rocks, but there has been some decent numbers also from the Beachport Salmon Hole.
Baits seem to be getting the bigger fish at the moment, but once the numbers become more concentrated, we’ll definitely see the lures take over.
There has been snapper caught again this week along Nene Valley, but it certainly does seem they are on the slow down.
The shark news has been a little quiet, but there are still gummies around, and we’ll see schoolies into the winter months.
Fishos targeting the garfish are still doing really well this past week, the size is very mixed from what I’m hearing though.
There seems to be a big influx of smaller gar in recent weeks, but fish through them and you’ll still find a nice feed of bigger fish.
The go-to areas at the moment seem to be the old faithfuls such as Petrified Forrest, Hutt Bay and Livingstons.
There are still a few whiting getting around as well for the boaties.
Tony Bell and crew had a good session last week boating over a dozen nice fish in the Cape Douglas area, while other boaties I know have had similar success.
The whiting typically taper off from this time of year onwards, so catch em while ya can.
The Glenelg River Angling Club held its last comp of the season over the weekend and despite a bit of rain though the night, the fishing was quite good.
Garry MacDonald boated a nice mulloway at 5kg, and the other anglers managed plenty of other fish between 50cm and 70cm.
The bream and perch were very spread out, and plenty of fish from both up and down river is an encouraging sign.
Lure fishos have been using 2.5 inch grubs in natural colours to get the bites, while bait fishos are doing well on prawns and whitebait.
The mullet are still cruising around in decent numbers, so keep the burley flowing and you’ll find yourself into them in no time.
This weekend’s forecast looks like an absolute dream for fishos.
Light winds, relatively calm seas and even a bit of sunshine will be very well received by all, so if you’re planning to wet a line, this weekend will be the best.
Until next week, safe fishing!
