Its a very effective technique and loads of fun! Happy Valley reservoir murray cod continue to eat baits and lures all over the reservoir, when they decide to feed the action can be hectic! Bottom fishing is going well at Port Mac, with plenty of good sized hapuka hitting the deck for those venturing out to the shelf. Jason Smith with a nice feed of Yorkes yellowfin! Kayak anglers have been cleaning up on some monster redfin at Myponga and South Para reservoirs, jigging soft plastics and vibes in deeper water is a deadly technique once you have located a school. *Safari\/)', This months fishing report, brought to you by the team atTackle World Adelaide Metro! Callop up to 2kg have come from the Warren reservoir along with plenty of good-sized redfin and the odd cod up to 80cm! San Clemente Island. Redfin bags havent been hard to come by on both the Myponga and Warren reservoirs, with some thumping specimens up to 45cm turning up. Offshore fishing at Marion Bay has been excellent with blue morwong, nannygai, and school sharks hitting the deck along with plenty of big king george whiting. Garfish are still firing for boaties and shore casters alike, with Cape Douglas, Hutt and Livingstons Bay all producing good bags. . 2009; Stewart et al. Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report February 2023. The shallow reefs along the limestone coast have been fishing well for snapper, school and gummy sharks. Port Hughes jetty has been invaded by rat kingfish at the time of writing so if you are looking for a cheap thrill from the planks grab some lures and have a crack. Ferguson, GJ, Ward, TM and Gillanders, BM 2011, Otolith shape and elemental composition: complimentary tools for stock discrimination of mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) in southern Australia, Fisheries Research, 110: 7583. Annual age structures for Mulloway from the Coorong estuary have been stable since 2001-02 (i.e. Crabbing from the Yorkes jetties will only get better from here on, so make sure you pack the nets and get the kids involved these holidays. It will still be worthwhile to have a tuna casting outfit rigged and ready for metro launchers during March, as they are still around although they seem to be thinning out now. Port MacDonnell breakwater, Hutt Bay and Carpenters Rocks has also been firing for land-based kg whiting, and the fish have been of good size. Good sized salmon have also been regular visitors to Rapid Bay jetty and the beach, so its definitely worth packing a casting outfit and taking some lures or pilchards with you if venturing down there. Tuna have improved in numbers and size throughout February, with launchers from Victor Harbor, Cape Jervis and Wirrina all getting onto the fish. Good-sized school and gummy sharks are being boated across the SE, with Cape Jaffa being a standout location. Western Australia Indigenous (Management methods) Subject to the defence that applies under Section 211 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), and the exemption from a requirement to hold a recreational fishing licence, the non-commercial take by Indigenous fishers is covered by the same arrangements as that for recreational fishing. Salmon Trout, Mullet and Bream are also caught in the Coorong. Beach fishers in the recent Kingston SE Fishing Competition found the conditions tough, with only a handful of fish weighed in, of which the bulk was small salmon. Silberschneider, V and Gray CA 2005, Arresting the decline of the commercial and recreational fisheries for Mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus), Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project 2001/027, final report series 82, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Cronulla. Boat-based recreational and charter catches of Mulloway remain low, i.e. Whiting have also been caught from Farm Beach along with good numbers of garfish, tommies and snook. Bonze skirts such as the Weapon and Exocet are a must have in your spread when trolling but be prepared to try live baiting for these monsters if they are sitting deep under the schools of bait. The garfish run continues at Cape Douglas, Nene Valley and Livingstons Bay all producing quality and numbers. 0:00 / 16:24 Coorong Mulloway MADNESS! Prior to the barrages in 1938/1939 almost 600 tons of butterfish (mulloway) were caught in the Lower Lakes and Coorong. Gaughan, D and Santoro, K 2020, Status reports of the fisheries and aquatic resources of Western Australia 2018/19: The State of the Fisheries, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. The biggest fish have come from the Saunders Bank area, which is currently where most of the commercial fishing effort is taking place.