REASONABLE weather over the weekend was welcomed by anglers across the Limestone Coast, plenty made the trip to the water and some lovely fish were boated as a result.
The offshore scene over the weekend saw some quality fish landed, with some nice shark coming from the 60-100 metre line.
Gummy shark to 15kg and school shark to 20kg were all on the chew, along with a few nice morwong, terakhi and latchet fish.
The guys on the flathead grounds picked up several nice fish, sand and tiger flathead were caught, along with a few smaller gummy sharks.
There have not been many reports of tuna being caught, but the amount of baitfish, dolphins and seal between Port Fairy and Robe tells us the fish are there if we are willing to invest the time.
The surf fishos along the Coorong have been landing some nice fish.
I have seen mulloway around 15kg from the upper stretches of beach and plenty of shark from the 28 mile and upwards.
The fishing locally has been pretty consistent, with the South East Amateur Surf Fishing Club holding their first comp for the year over the weekend.
There were plenty of fish caught, but Tyson Ploenges managed to take out the win with a nice snapper.
The other boys managed several mulloway, but unfortunately they all fell short of the 82cm size limit.
There have been more nice salmon caught through Canunda, with some schools now visible from the sand dunes, so it looks like we could be in for a great salmon season.
Snapper fishing has been excellent after last week’s big stir up, with Danger Point and Green Point starting to fire.
I have heard of several big catches, but the best was a lovely 84cm fish caught by Robert Sims on a line baited by Terry Sims.
There have been some nice school shark sneaking around in the kelp also.
Roger Munn managed a nice 13.9kg fish on 3kg line, along with several others.
There have been some nice landbased snapper caught, with Orwells Rocks, Jonses Bay and Blackfellows Caves all fishing well, so you do not necessarily need a boat to get into the snapper.
Everything must have lined up perfectly over the weekend, because the whiting went silly.
The Port MacDonnell breakwater produced several fish in the 40cm range and from the reports I have heard, the landbased guys on the jetty did quite well too.
Carpenter Rocks produced some nice fish over the weekend, some of the whiting nudging the 50cm mark and I have also heard there were a few snapper mixed in with them.
There have been some fantastic garfish caught, with the numbers good and the size even better.
Some anglers have managed to catch their 30 in under an hour, leaving plenty of time to catch a feed of mullet and tommy ruff.
The hot spots have been Livingstons Bay and Cape Douglas, although several other spots have produced well.
The Glenelg River has produced come excellent fish, with bream and perch being the targets.
From Donovans to the Caves, there have been some brilliant sessions flicking prawns or whitebait along the cliff faces.
Light fluorocarbon leaders will often mean the difference between a few fish and a heap of fish.
Soft plastic fishos have done equally as well, with a good number of fish taken on Gulp Nemesis and minnow lures, as well as Samaki Boom baits.
The perch on surface lures have been going well in the upper reaches, with plenty of fish around the 40cm mark caught and a few even getting close to the magical 50cm mark.
The mulloway were a bit quiet last weekend, but that is fishing.
The weekend’s forecast looks a little bit average, but no doubt the keen anglers will hit the water.
Until next week, safe fishing.
