By Jamie Coates
FLAT seas and calm weather was an absolute delight for anglers across the Limestone Coast over the weekend and it was great to hear so many reports of fish coming from far and wide.
The offshore fishing has been great again off Port MacDonnell.
The shark fishing has been brilliant, with some lovely gummy and school shark caught.
The 50-metre through to 400-metre-plus plus has produced nice shark, some even nudging the 30kg mark.
The reef fish such as knife jaw, latchet fish and nannygai have continued to impress, as have the flathead out on the flats around 100m.
Surf fishos have made the most of the calmer weather over the past few weeks and there have been a few nice feeds filling anglers’ eskies.
Piccininni beach through to Browns Bay has been good over the past couple of weeks, with the weed situation on the improve, which is always a good thing.
There is nothing worse than pulling up to a nice looking spot only to throw the rods in and get everything caught up with weed.
There have been some good salmon catches through Cape Banks and Canunda this week.
Just about all of the beach access points have fished reasonably well.
Baits are probably the best bet at the moment but if you find them schooled up, lures will be fine.
Whiting have started to show up the last couple of days, with some lovely fish from inside the Port MacDonnell breakwater, Blackfellows Caves and Carpenter Rocks.
Paul Bigg has put a few hours on his new boat over recent weeks and harassed the local whiting population, taking a few fish most trips for a fresh feed.
There are a few mullet around with them which are a very tasty side catch.
Anglers have found some nice trevally this week in Hutt Bay, with some of the bigger samples nudging the 2kg mark.
Matt and Alex Bell got stuck into them over the weekend, boating countless numbers and taking a handful home for a feed.
Garfish numbers have been brilliant again for boaties and waders.
The fish have been spread out from Port MacDonnell, through Cape Douglas and Hutt Bay and right through Livingston’s and Pelican Point.
Nathan and Mia Leggett tested out their new boat on the weekend down at Livingston’s and found a dozen or so big gar in a quick couple of hours.
Anglers also fishing Livingston’s over the weekend found some big squid while the sea was flat.
Baited jigs and prawn style jigs have both been popular and both catching plenty of squid.
The Glenelg River seems to be slowly coming back to life after the recent fish kill and dirty water event.
Ben Jeffrey and crew fished Sunday and found a few reasonable estuary perch on cranka crabs, which is an encouraging sign, especially so soon.
There have not been any Mulloway reports understandably, but guys have said the bigger fish are reappearing on their sounders, so let’s just cross our fingers the river gets back to full health nice and quick.
There looks to be a bit of weather on the forecast that might make offshore fishing a bit difficult on the weekend but all other anglers should be okay
Until next week, safe fishing.
