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May Fishing Reports, 2012
Yorke Peninsula – A top fishing report weekly from Greg James at The Yorke Peninsula Country Times – click on Fishing Tips! Tight Lines!
West Coast/Spencer Gulf – Greg James now writes a weekly fishing report for the West Coast Sentinel – Elliston, Venus Bay, Streaky Bay, Smoky Bay, Ceduna, Thevenard, Fowlers Bay etc. – go to the West Coast Sentinel homepage to check it out!
Point Sinclair/Fowler's Bay - Anglers fishing both jetties are catching tommies, garfish, squid and salmon trout, while boat crews are reporting red nannys, sweep, snook and snapper.
Ceduna - Beach fishing is good with reports of mullet, salmon trout, yellowfin whiting and blueys all being caught in and around Murat Bay and Davenport Creek/Point Bell. Boats are returning with garfish, snook, snapper from the shipping channel and blue crabs south of Bosanquet Bay and Bob Bay.
Smoky Bay - Trumpeters are still prevalent with this mild autumn weather but whiting, gar, snook, blue crabs and tommies are being caught by boat crews getting out early mornings. Acraman Creek has flathead, yellowfin whiting, big salmon trout and mullet. The jetty has garfish, squid and tommy ruffs at night.
Streaky Bay - Snapper, red nannys, garfish and snook are in boat catch-bags from Olive Island and Cannan Reef while the jetty has squid and tommies. Dashwood Rock has big snook and a few larger salmon. Beach anglers are reporting medium sized mullet and a few salmon trout.
Venus Bay - A lot of small and undersize KG whiting are in the Bay itself along with garfish, tommies and yellowfin whiting, while boats are catching sweep, red nannys and snook outside the entrance. The jetty has squid, tommies and a few gar.
Elliston - Surf casters are catching salmon trout up to 1.5kg in the late afternoon southerlies, espe-cially at Mt Camel beach, while the boats are having mixed results with snook, sweep, snapper and big whiting in their catch-bags. Waterloo Bay has mullet, snook, small salmon trout and yellowfin whiting. Boats fishing the waters around Tumby Bay are catching trevalley, snapper & whiting. At Cowell we have snook at the harbour entrance, whiting near the island and end of season blueys north towards Cowled's Landing and Whyalla. Blanche Harbour shacks have gar, squid and blueys. Tight Lines!
Metro Waters & South Coast – Many of the early winter kg whiting are yet to school in large numbers but that does not mean they are not there to be caught! These great fish will swim to their mates in smaller numbers of just a few fish, so be prepared to move spots frequently to catch a decent feed. At the moment try working the grounds between Glenelg and Grange tyre reefs either side of the low tides to give you the best results. Snapper will still be off this part of our coast but many will be smaller fish of around 5-6kgs and the O'Sullivan's Beach artificial reef, Goannas and Star wreck drops will be well worth the journey. Snook are madly chasing garfish and tommy ruff schools this time of the year and the best locations are Hallett Cove, Christies Beach and the Moana reef. The bream are off the Pat and Outer Harbour breakwaters while for beach anglers salmon trout, mullet and yellowfin whiting can be caught at Southport, West Beach, St Kilda and Port Gawler. Metro jetties will have tommies, squid and salmon trout. Tight Lines!
South East – Boatswain's Point has mullet and flathead, Kingston & Beachport jetties have big ruffs and squid and salmon trout are coming in from the Surfer's Beach south towards Southend. Mulloway up to 12kgs have been caught at the Stinky Beach nudist beach rocks but large kelp weed lumps are breaking gear in the surge from the breakers. Carpenter's Rocks has sweep, flathead and leather jackets while Gerloff Bay has kg whiting, tommies and sweep. Large tuna are coming in from the shelf out from Port Mac while beach anglers further north at The Granites and Salt Creek are catching salmon, mullet and mackerel. Tight Lines!
