THE weather over the past week or so has been fantastic for all anglers and there are not too many who did not take advantage and hit the water.
The big tuna news has still been coming through thick and fast from Portland and Cape Bridgewater, with some cracking fish hitting the scales.
One crew on Tuesday morning had a double hook up straight off the bat.
One fish came unstuck, but the other was landed and weighed over 135kg.
I know of several others that have been hooked and either landed or lost, so do not put the gear away just yet.
There is still some excellent weather on the way that should let us have another crack.
The bottom fishing this week has also been excellent, with plenty of school and gummy sharks hitting the deck.
Sharks of both species over 20kg have not been uncommon at all this year and this past week has been no exception.
There have also been some nice snapper and nannygai caught, along with a few Tassie trumpeter that we do not see all that often.
The anglers making the journey out wide are finding some excellent blue eye and hapuka in the 400-450m depths, along with plenty of gemfish.
The surf fishing has heated up again this week, with some nice catches of shark and mulloway reported.
Piccininni through to Browns Bay has continued to fish well for elephant shark and gummys and although the mulloway have been a bit on the small side, the odd legal fish has been filtering through.
For guys who are not afraid to walk a little way, the fishing to the east of the Glenelg River mouth has been excellent, but not being able to drive onto the beach turns quite a few away.
We are hearing of sharks and mulloway from that area, along with great numbers of salmon.
There have been a few reports of gummy shark from the Canunda area this week and with the deep water and an abundance of baitfish, it is easy to see why it is a productive spot.
Whiting numbers have continued to slowly improve, with anglers now consistently catching a feed off the beach, as well as in the boat.
There has been no real hot spot as yet, but I have had reports from Carpenter Rocks, all the way back to the Port MacDonnell breakwater.
The land-based anglers have been having the most success using the whiting snatcher rigs, but they will also work extremely well out of a boat.
Squid numbers have been a bit hit and miss, with some anglers nailing them and some going hungry.
The best area still seems to be Livingstons Bay, but there are still good numbers in the breakwater for the boat and jetty anglers.
When the squid are a bit quiet, there are still excellent numbers of tommy ruff and mullet around and regardless if you are using them for bait or taking home for the table, they are exciting to catch.
Garfish numbers continued to impress everyone again this week, with some lovely catches coming from Cape Douglas and Livingstons.
The conditions can sometimes be too clear and too flat for gar, but the tommies and mullet will keep you entertained.
The inland fishing has been red hot again.
Lake Toolondo and Rocklands have produced some excellent redfin over the past week and it seems just about every lure will do the trick.
Fish over 40cm have been regularly boated in both lakes and even the odd one nudging the 50cm mark.
The bait guys are also catching plenty, using a mixture of scrub worms and small yabbies.
The Glenelg River has finally started to regain a bit of clarity and although the chocolate colour is still in the water, the sediment has settled.
There have been excellent numbers of bream caught right throughout the river, with catches as high as Pritchards Landing.
Prawn and whitebait seem to be the most reliable baits at the moment, but guys using pilchard and squid are landing a few also.
The estuary perch have played the game, with some guys fishing up river with surface lures doing quite well.
Mulloway reports have been a bit scattered, with the majority of news coming from Taylors Straight.
The weather this weekend looks a little bit unfavourable, but the keen anglers will no doubt find a place to wet a line.
Until next week, safe fishing.
