BREEZY conditions over the weekend made the going tough for anglers, but those who rugged up and braved the weather found some great fishing.
The offshore scene has been fairly quiet of late due to the weather, but the next few days look excellent.
Light winds and calm seas should see plenty of boats head back on the water for a crack.
The signs are still excellent for tuna, with bait and birds still very active in that 30-60m area, so it would not surprise me if we see some nice fish over the next couple of days.
The surf has been a good option for those who can not sit idle over the weekend, with salmon reports coming from far and wide.
Lighthouse and Redrock Bays have been consistently producing fish this week, with some lovely examples to 2kg beached.
The bigger fish are still coming from the beaches of Canunda and up to the Oil Rig and they are around the 3kg mark.
The salmon hole at Beachport has great numbers of fish also, although most have been around the 1kg mark.
Metal lures are still the way to go, but pilchards are just as effective.
There have been good numbers of mullet caught again this week, with Nene Valley, Pelican Point and Carpenter Rocks all mentioned.
Protected shallow bays are ideal mullet grounds and often all it takes to entice a bite is a handful of burley.
Best baits are gents, peeled prawn or cut cockle fished under a small pencil float.
Tommy ruff, trevally, garfish and even bream are a common by-catch in the same areas, all of which are great eating.
The garfish numbers have remained strong this week, although only a few anglers I know about went down and braved the wind.
Cape Douglas, Livingstons Bay and Pelican Point are all hot spots that have fished well and I can not see anything changing there for a while.
There have even been a few nice gar caught inside the Port MacDonnell breakwater by those in the boats, so it is great to see them spread out.
Lake Toolondo might be cooling down, but the trout action is definitely heating up.
The cooler weather is definitely the prime time to target these fish.
There are a number of different tactics anglers will use when targeting trout, but the most popular is lure fishing.
Sub surface lures or shallow divers are excellent ways to catch trout.
Keep an eye out for fleeing bait fish or trout breaking the surface and those are the areas to target.
There are still a few nice redfin being caught, although they will become harder and harder to find as the temperature drops.
The stocked lakes around Casterton, Coleraine and even in Hamilton have fished well for trout.
They are an excellent place to take the kids during the school holidays to introduce them to fishing.
The Glenelg River has cleared up considerably over the last few days, meaning the lure fishos have been having a tough time.
The bait fishos on the other hand have still been landing some nice mulloway in the 70-80cm bracket of an evening on a mixture of pilchard and squid baits.
The go-to area still seems to be from Dry Creek up to Hutchesson’s landing, although I did hear a rumour of a few nice fish in the Wilsons Hall area a couple of nights ago.
The bream fishing has been spread out.
The sand flats of the estuary are still firing on whitebait and prawn, while the guys upriver have been having their success on cut crab and whitebait.
The weather over the next few days looks quite good for those heading offshore, so let’s hope it stays that way.
