Thursday - 2nd of July, 2026
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for July 2026
Metro
Salmon have been the major drawcard along the metro coast during the past month. All of the local beaches from Christies Beach down to Sellick’s Beach have had fish. Majority of anglers have been soaking salted pilchards to get their fish up to 3kg at times.
Boaties fishing out of North Haven and West Beach have been bagging out on King George whiting using paternoster rigs. The best method to get onto them has been to drift the boat with the wind and tide to cover ground until you start getting fish. Anchoring up and waiting for the fish to come to you seems to be less productive at the moment as the whiting aren’t moving a great deal.
School mulloway remain a great reward for persistent anglers fishing through West Lakes and the Onkaparinga River. A lot of anglers have been putting in the time with livebaits and casting shallow running hardbodies to get fish up to a metre. Most are in the 50-75cm range.
Bream have started their annual run up the Onkaparinga River with some cracker fish over 40cm beginning to show up. Unweighted whole whitebait or cubed pilchards have done well for bait anglers. For anglers wanting to target these fish with lures, try to use lightly weighted Daiwa and Nomad soft plastics loaded with scent on light fluorocarbon leaders.
Yorke Peninsula
King George whiting have been the hottest species on Yorke Peninsula during the past month. Most major towns have had fish biting well but Port Hughes and Port Victoria have been dominant in customer reports. As the cooler weather hits, these fish begin to move into the shallow grounds down to the 5m depth. Even after stormy weather when the water discolours they can be caught landbased at places such as Point Riley Rocks and the Gap.
Down the lower end of the peninsula, the salmon and mullet are running rampant! Right from Berry Bay through to Hillock’s Drive has had salmon over the past month ranging from smaller trout sized fish up to 2.5kg brutes. Most anglers have been flicking lures and walking along the beach to hopefully find a decent sized school of fish. The mullet have been caught at Berry Bay and some of the calmer beaches through the Innes National Park.
Offshore from lower Yorke Peninsula has had boaties bagging out on nannygai, blue morwong and gummy sharks out from Pondalowie Bay. Still no news of big barrel southern bluefin tuna yet but we expect some of the fish that are around Kangaroo Island to move and travel through the South-Western side of Yorkes in the coming month or two given how previous years have gone.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
Anglers chasing flathead have been rewarded with some exceptional fish up to 70cm over the past months. Quite a few have come from the bays inside Coffin Bay and along the National Park but also up the coast towards Cole’s Point. Soft plastics in fluorescent colours such as chartreuse and bright pink have been working great.
King George whiting remain consistent throughout the lower EP with Tumby Bay, Port Lincoln, Coffin Bay, Farm Beach and Streaky Bay all great locations. As usual, cockles and squid have been the better baits on a paternoster rig. If you want to try something with a bit more bling, then add a Vexed Micro Meat to the bottom of the rig instead of a standard sinker. Recommended colours include blood worm, red worm and chilli mussel.
Wintertime is salmon time! Some huge fish have been marauding along the Western side of the EP with fish spread from Fowler’s Bay right down to Port Lincoln. These fish top 5kg at times and are great fun on the line when hooked up. Salted pilchards or casting metal lures will see fish get caught. There have been a few Gummy Sharks caught along Talia Beach by those soaking baits as salmon by-catch too.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
Huge Southern Bluefin Tuna continue to keep rolling through the southern cost of Kangaroo Island. There are plenty of fish out there and plenty of boats trying their luck on nice weather days. Trolling a mixture of skirts and hardbodies should see you hook into one! Customer favourites over the past month have been the Bonze Exocets and D-Shackles as well as the SLC Cruisers in the 8-10inch sizes.
A couple of nice barrels recently caught on Fleurieu Fishing Charters!
Salmon have been firing at Waitpinga and Parsons Beach up to 3kg at times. The average size down there has been 1-1.5kg fish and they have been caught on metal lures, stickbaits and salted pilchards. The best bite times seem to revolve around the high tide changes and early morning or late afternoons.
Mixed in with the salmon are a few yellow eye mullet and these guys are exceptionally tasty when eaten fresh from the surf. Parsons Beach has been the better option down there as has been Morgan Beach. Smaller baits of beach worm, prawns or cockles on size 8 baitholder hooks on a paternoster rig has been the perfect method to target them.
For those boats making the long trek out chasing the barrel tuna offshore, make sure you take a few medium rated combos along with you as there’s plenty of reefs to drift baits over on your way back to the ramp. You can easily rustle up a feed of nannygai, snapper, silver trevally, blue morwong and gummy shark.
South East
Bream and Estuary Perch keep on firing from the Glenelg River with some superb fish above 40cm on offer. With the water getting colder and colder, the fish generally move a bit deeper so fishing with blades and soft plastics are the go. Slow retrieves with some scent on your lures should see some fish hit the net. Otherwise, soaking small pieces of prawns, beachworms or whitebait will do well.
Port MacDonnell and Portland continue to dominate the tuna reports with redbait lure imitations getting fish. The Nomad DTX Minnow in the 220mm and 200mm sizes are a must-have along with Bonze and SLC Skirts in the 8-12 inch sizes.
Anglers hitting the sand have done very well on salmon and gummy sharks during the past month. Beachport has been a hotspot for both species for anglers throwing baits. Most have been catching a few salmon on pilchards and then using fresh salmon slabs to tempt a gummy shark or two. Surf Popper paternoster rigs have been very handy to get onto the salmon as well.
Freshwater
It’s getting colder and colder and we are running out of time to get stuck in the mighty Murray Cod for 2026. The South Australia Murray Cod season for the river closes from August 1st so there’s just one month left to get a few. Water clarity is slowly improving with clean water filtering through Renmark and Berri at the moment. I would be concentrating your efforts there but there’s plenty of Cod throughout the river right from Murray Bridge to Renmark and beyond.
In June, team member Leigh landed his PB Murray Cod measuring in at 127cm!
The callop have steadily bit well throughout the winter months as they begin schooling up at this time of year. The fish can take a bit of work to get them on the bite but once they fire up, the action can be red-hot. The Daiwa Infeet Metal Vibes have worked well, as have the Samaki Bladelicious for those vertical jigging. If you want to troll for them then running the Oar-Gee Plow 75mm and Barambah Deton8er 68mm slowly behind the boat or kayak should see results.
For the reservoir round-up, they’re all fishing well at the moment with some exceptional fish on offer for those prepared to rug up. Myponga has had plenty of callop and cod show up for landbased and kayak lure casters. The Warren has revived and has started to turn up some fat and healthy cod in the 50-60cm range, 30cm callop and small to medium sized redfin. Happy Valley has seen a few cod caught on live scrubworms. Bundaleer continues to fish well for silver perch and callop on baits and lures. South Para reports have been quiet but similar to the Warren, expect cod, callop and redfin at this time of year.
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Tuesday - 2nd of June, 2026
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for June 2026
Metro
Wintertime is salmon time! Plenty of salmon have been caught from Port Noarlunga right through to Sellick’s Beach on metal lures, soft plastics and pilchards. If you don’t want to get sand between your toes then there are plenty of salmon running through the Port River and Outer Harbor breakwall as well.
Another popular target from the beach at the moment are mullet. A simple paternoster rig consisting of some size 8 baitholder hooks baited with cockles or beach worms is all you need to get stuck in. Popular locations to try are Southport Beach, Moana Beach and Aldinga Beach.
Chasing the mullet schools are some sizeable mulloway. These mysterious fish are a challenge but fishing with fresh baits on calm nights for reasonably long hours is key. At the moment the hotspot is the Onkaparinga River, especially in the late afternoon into the evening. Some anglers have done very well with lures and fishing on the move to cover ground to find the hungrier fish.
Yorke Peninsula
A few schools of winter garfish are moving around Port Victoria and Point Turton for boaties and off the jetties. Remember that a little bit of fish oil for berley makes a huge difference to the catch rate. The oil creates a slick that can stimulate them into feeding.
Boaties have begun their search out wide off Pondalowie Bay and Wedge Island searching for any signs of barrel tuna. We are yet to hear reports of barrel sized fish but have heard of quite a number of smaller school sized fish in the 10-15kg range getting around. Trolling around bait schools with smaller skirts and hardbodies such as the Halco Laser Pro 160DD should see some interest.
The annual autumn mullet run is still running hot with vast schools of fish spread throughout the lower Yorke Peninsula. All the beaches in the Innes National Park plus Hillock’s Drive are worth a try.
Plenty of salmon in the 1-3kg range have been marauding through Brown’s Beach and Berry Bay. The majority have been targeted using metal lures or surf paternoster rigs baited with salted pilchards.
Flathead are another great landbased target in the coming months. The sheltered beaches from Point Turton to Corny Point, and in Innes National Park are great options to try. Size can vary from undersized right up to 70cm if you’re lucky. If you want to find these trophy sized fish then we recommend casting larger lures such as the ARMA Skip Doctor 130mm and Nomad Live Ops Dozer 5” Minnow.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
King George whiting have been fishing very well all around the lower Eyre Peninsula. Coffin Bay, Farm Beach, all the bays around Port Lincoln and Tumby Bay have been popular spots for boaties. Chasing them landbased is worthwhile as well with quite a few rock ledges surrounding Port Lincoln and Coffin Bay that hold fish.
The salmon fishing continues to be good with fish up to 4kg rampaging through the surf right along the West Coast. Almonta Beach, Wanna, Convention Beach and Sheringa are all holding good schools of fish.
The flathead are on fire along the EP with some cracker big fish caught on larger soft plastics and surface lures. Walker’s Rocks, Streaky Bay and Coffin Bay are all hotspots. Don’t be afraid to throw lures up to 6” around as the bigger 60cm+ models will happily take them down.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
The most talked about species at the minute is the news of some massive Southern Bluefin Tuna roaming around the back of Kangaroo Island. Boats have to make the long haul from Cape Jervis, Victor Harbor or Penneshaw to get out to Saunders Bank and across towards D’Estrees Bay to find the barrels. Majority of these fish have been caught on skirts and we have a huge range of Bonze, SLC, Buku and Zacatak to cover your spread. We also have everything you need regarding combos and terminal tackle to gear up for these huge fish!
Yellow eye mullet are still schooled up in the surf gutters in their thousands through Waitpinga, Parsons and Morgan Beach. A simple paternoster rig consisting of some size 8 baitholder hooks, a 2oz berley sinker and some beachworms or cockles for bait is a dynamite combination.
Carrickalinga Beach, Morgan Beach and Waitpinga Beach have been firing for salmon up to 2.5kg. Plenty of fish have succumbed to salted pilchards but anglers prepared to walk the beaches casting metal lures like the Jackson Gallop Assist Long Casts have also done quite well.
Good friends of the store Houli and Jonesy with their catch just off Victor Harbor.
South East
There have been plenty of gummy and school sharks offshore from Port MacDonnell and off the sand around Beachport. Paternoster rigs baited with pilchards, squid or sauries have done well.
The barrel Southern Bluefin Tuna have kept on fishing well down at Port MacDonnell and over the border to Portland during the past month. Crews heading down for a few days per trip have eventually been able to work them out and get stuck into some fish over the magical 100kg mark. Redbait imitation hardbodies such as the Nomad DTX and new Shimano Ledge Runners have been popular choices, as have the Bonze Exocet Skirts in Paris and Karma.
Another species firing from the sand is the salmon. Again, reports have come from Beachport at the Salmon Hole right through to Canunda and Nene Valley. Most anglers have tried their luck casting metals and surface stickbaits to get fish up to 3kg.
The Glenelg River continue to fish well for bream and estuary perch on lures and bait. Small surface lures used on low light periods of the day has done extremely well for the EP’s in the middle and upper reaches of the system. The bream are spread throughout the system with fish taking a liking to the Daiwa Reflex 38’s and Daiwa Bait Junkie Wave Minnows.
Freshwater
Callop fishing really turned on during May and should continue to do so through June as well. As the water temperature drops down, the fish begin to school up hard and it can make for some exciting day on the water. Bowhill through to Mannum has very clean water at the time of writing and has been fishing well on smaller TT Switchblades and the Samaki Bladelicious.
Tim & Leigh with a couple of nice callop caught in May.
Cod fishing has been a little tougher with the water clarity decreasing but as usual, the anglers that keep persisting and keeping their lures in the water have eventually found a couple to bite. Trolling large White Crow Warthogs and Australian Crafted Invaders has been successful as has casting the Bassman DT spinnerbaits through timber.
Team member Leigh & a beauty of 94cm Murray Cod caught on a Bassman Scope Bait.
Bundaleer Reservoir continues to fish well for callop and silver perch. The Warren Reservoir turned up a few 50-60cm cod and smaller redfin. Myponga has been the most consistent reservoir over the past month with plenty of callop, cod and redfin on lures for landbased and kayak anglers. The South Para reservoir has turned up a few callop as well.
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Friday - 1st of May, 2026
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for May 2026
Metro
The autumn yellow eye mullet run is well underway with a lot of fish coming from the metro beaches. Seacliff Beach right up to Grange and Tennyson has held fish throughout the past month. Beach worms and cockles have been popular baits.
The same locations have held good schools of salmon as well, even further south down to Aldinga and Sellicks Beach. These fish do move about daily so packing light and driving from beach to beach searching for signs of a school is vital. Rigging up a 9-10 foot graphite rod, a 4000 or 5000 reel loaded with some 20lb braid and a handful of metal casting lures is all you need to get stuck into some fish. Remember to bleed your salmon too as it will improve the taste on the plate.
There are still plenty of King George whiting out off West Beach and North Haven ramps with customers coming in with bag limits using cockles on paternoster rigs. The addition of a Vexed Bottom Worm or TT Y-Ting system is a fun alternative to standard whiting tackle should you want to try something different.
The crabs are beginning to thin out in numbers locally but those that keep coming into the nets are full of meat making for a great feed. Flathead and whiting heads remain the best baits.
The local estuaries remain a hive of activity with bream, salmon and mulloway all firing. The Port River has had schools of 1kg salmon running riot for lure casters as well as a few decent bream. West Lakes has been the same with more bream dominated reports. The added bonus of West Lakes is there’s still a few school mulloway lurking as well.
A nice mulloway team member Steve caught at West Lakes.
Yorke Peninsula
The King George whiting continue to bite well off Port Victoria, Point Turton and Wallaroo on the Western side of Yorkes. We have had a few customer reports coming from Edithburgh and Stansbury that there’s fish kicking around there as well so great signs coming into peak winter whiting time!
Salmon schools keep raiding the lower Yorke Peninsula Beaches looking for an easy meal. Berry Bay, Daly Head and Brown’s Beach have all had customer reports come in this past month with fish up 1.5kg. As we move closer to winter, expect the size of fish to increase.
Mullet remain consistent along the foot of Yorke Peninsula with fish coming from Edithburgh all the way around to Corny Point. A little bit of fish oil mixed in with some breadcrumbs makes for an ideal berley to get these fish feeding.
The sheltered bays and beaches along the peninsula have started to turn up a few flathead for avid lure casters. The most common method chasing these fish has been flicking medium sized soft plastics such as the ARMA Flats Doctor 85mm and the Nomad Spectre 3.25”. Expect salmon and trevally as potential bycatch in the same areas.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
May is peak flathead time on the Eyre Peninsula! Fish up to 70cm are marauding through the shallow areas of Tumby Bay, Port Lincoln and Coffin Bay searching for small baitfish to prey on. Shallow running hardbodies such as the Yo-Zuri Mag Slim 90mm and soft plastics like the Squidgies 80mm Grub will be sure to grab the attention of a few.
There’s been a salmon bonanza right along the western side of Eyre Peninsula down to Port Lincoln. Fish of 2-4kg have been all over the place and eager to smash pretty much any lure or bait you get in front of them. Locks Well, Gunyah Beach and Sleaford have all been very popular.
The offshore scene is still going strong with crews getting stuck into nannygai, gummy shark and morwong on the reefs out from Coffin Bay and Port Lincoln. For those chasing something with a bit more pull, jig some larger knife jigs over the same reefs and you’re a chance of hooking into a samsonfish or kingfish.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
Salmon continue to be a constant source of fun along the Fleurieu Peninsula with fish caught all the way from Carrickalinga Beach round to Waitpinga Beach. Most of these fish are around the 40-50cm and a heap of fun! Salmon will eat a range of baits and lures with salted pilchards and metal lures the most popular with customers.
The mullet run is on! Myponga Beach, Morgan Beach and Parsons Beach has been producing quite a few fish for bait anglers. The best bait for the mullet at the moment has been beachworms and small pieces of cockle. Berleying the inshore gutter is a great way to attract a school of these fish right to where you’re fishing.
The Coorong has been fishing well for bream on baits and lures over the past month and should continue to fire throughout then rest of autumn as well. Anglers casting small lures like the Daiwa 2.5” Grubs and Minnows have done very well. If you want to chase something a little bigger, there are still a few late season school mulloway kicking around the system as well.
Kangaroo Islands fishing has been going well with some great sized salmon coming from Snelling’s Beach, King George whiting from the Bay of Shoals, snapper and nannygai out from Cape Willoughby and tommies from Kingscote.
South East
Port MacDonnell and Portland has been on fire for giant Southern Bluefin Tuna over the last few weeks. Fish over that magical 100kg mark have been caught with plenty of fish in the 50-80kg range on the chew as well. The majority of these fish have been caught on skirts such as the Bonze Exocet and Weapons. We just received a huge delivery of Bonze skirts and spreader bars in plenty of colours and styles. We offer in store rigging as well with high quality leaders and game hooks to suit.
If you’re after a feed of squid then heading out to the 5-10m mark off Cape Jaffa and Kingston is the place to be. Plenty of boats have caught their bag limit of squid whilst drifting through the weed patches searching for a feed of whiting. The Daiwa Jointed Amorous and Emeraldas Shine LC jigs have been very popular with customers over the past month in the Mango Shrimp and Keimura Laser colours.
Off the sand there has been plenty of salmon and sharks getting around. Canunda and Nene Valley have produced quite a few gummies for anglers fishing late into the night. The Salmon Hole at Beachport has been consistent for the salmon.
For the light tackle enthusiast, the Glenelg River continues to fish well for bream and estuary perch on lures. Small soft plastics like the Zman Grubs in bloodworm and motor oil colours always do well. Remember to add some Pro Cure or S-Factor scent to your lure and run very light 4-6lb leaders in increase your chances of hooking into fish.
Freshwater
The river is firing on all cylinders with plenty of cod and callop being caught right throughout the system. The callop are starting to school up preparing for winter and feeding on baitfish schools. The most recent hotspots for callop have been Nildottie and Walker Flat with fish eager to crunch a well presented Bassman Spinnerbait or Yo-Zuri 3DB Deep Crank. Vibing TT SwitchBlades in amongst the timber snags is also a great way to catch a few.
A nice callop caught on a TT Switchblade during the most recent LMLFC event.
Cod season is well underway with some great fish coming from Nildottie and Swan Reach. A lot of fish have been caught trolling hardbodies such as the AC Invader and the new Bassman Cod Kruncha. Find structure and bait and you can be sure that there’s a cod not far away. Casting Bassman and TT spinnerbaits through structure has also resulted in a few fish hitting the landing net.
A beauty of a Murray Cod caught at Greenway's Landing by Leigh!
The state’s reservoirs have continued to fish well. The Warren Reservoir has started to report consistent captures of 50-60cm cod and medium sized redfin. Myponga Reservoir has fished well for 60-80cm cod and a few callop, as has the South Para Reservoir. The majority of these fish have been caught on lures but throwing out a few live scrubworms will also see anglers get into fish.
This month’s fishing report, brought to you by the team at Tackle World Adelaide Metro.
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Wednesday - 1st of April, 2026
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for April 2026
Metro
Blue Swimmer Crabs remain the number one seafood species in Adelaide Metro currently. They have been running well over the past month with landbased jetty anglers and boaties all getting stuck into them. Henley Beach and Semaphore jetties have been firing well on outgoing tides and those out in the boats have found them widespread from West Beach all the way up to Outer Harbor.
Those boats sinking crab nets have spent time soaking cockles and squid pieces and slowly but surely accumulating a bag of King George whiting. You might have to shift a few spots as they’re not in thick schools but patient anglers have been able to catch their bag limit in between soaking the crab nets.
Salmon have been cruising around the Outer Harbor breakwall with fish up to 1kg caught in March on metal slugs and heavily weighted soft plastics. These fish have also moved into the Port River on the bigger high tides and are exceptional fun on light tackle.
Mulloway news remains strong in West Lakes and the Onkaparinga River. Plenty of anglers flicking smaller soft plastics aimed for bream have had some great surprises when they hook into a decent schoolie! The Daiwa Bait Junkie 3.2” Minnows and 3.75” Flicks have been two of the more consistent options rigged on 1/6oz jigheads. If you’re after a bigger model then be prepared to put in the long hours using a live tommie or salmon trout.
Yorke Peninsula
King George whiting are still plentiful for boaties launching out of Wallaroo and Port Victoria. At this time of year as the water temperatures begin to drop, you will find fish coming right into the shallows. Customers have done well over the past month in the 6-10m depths on cockles and the Vexed Bottom Worms.
Squid have been going okay in the Copper Triangle with Wallaroo producing quite a few for boats fishing the early or late hours of the day. Moonta Jetty has been the best landbased spot this past month. We just had a huge top up of IKA squid jigs in the shop and they have been ever so popular at just $10 a jig, they’re great value!
The crabs are still running hot on Yorkes with almost every town holding them. For your jetties, Wallaroo and Edithburgh remain the most productive options. Boats can head far and wide and will have results. flathead and whiting heads have been the pick of the baits.
As we move towards Autumn, one fish will begin to flood the beach gutters which is the yellow-eye mullet. These guys will shack up in their thousands right in close to shore along the bottom of Yorkes like Berry Bay, Brown’s Beach and Butler’s Beach. Pitching small baits of cockles and salted pilchards into the first beach gutters is the perfect method to target these fish. The addition of a small amount of fine berley/fish oil will help bring the fish in.
Port Victoria jetty has fished well for some late season garfish. Fishing the early morning on sunrise with a steady berley trail has been the key with anglers continuing to do well with the usual pencil float rig baited with live gents.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
This is the perfect time of year to get stuck into some flathead on the Eyre Peninsula. Walker’s Rocks, Streaky Bay and Coffin Bay are all hotspots for these tasty fish. For best fishing results, time your sessions during a run out tide where the baitfish get pushed out to deeper channels as this encourages the flathead to move around and hunt. Some of the better lures to cast around are the Daiwa Bait Junkie Flicks, Zman 3.5” Grubs and the Nomad Live Ops Spectre Minnows.
If you’re after a feed of squid then head for the western side of the peninsula. Over the past month all the jetties around Port Lincoln have been doing well for landbased anglers. Out in the boat, plenty have been caught in Boston Bay.
When the weather allows, heading far offshore has been a seafood bonanza and a sportfishing paradise. Rocky & Greenly Island have been fishing well for kingfish and samsonfish on jigs and livebait. Further south towards Neptune Islands is also worth a trip with the added bonus of dropping smaller lures searching for a mixed bag of blue morwong, nannygai, swallowtail and gummy sharks.
Salmon should begin to school up harder over the coming month as the water temperatures decrease. This past month they have been a little quiet but the usual beaches of Sleaford to Wanna and Almonta to Gunyah have a few fish. Further up the coast towards Greenly Beach and Convention Beach are also worth a shot.
For a feed of King George Whiting, look no further than inside Boston Bay at Port Lincoln and inside Coffin Bay. Landbased and boat anglers have been getting their fair share of fish. Tenderised squid strips and cockles have been the preferred baits fished on a paternoster rig.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
There has been a sprinkling of late season mulloway in the Coorong with fish as small as 20cm right up to the magic meter mark. A lot of anglers casting soft plastics in the 4 inch range have been getting amongst them from Sugar’s Beach and right up Mundoo Channel. Majority of the better quality fish have come on a nice outgoing tide mixed with sunrise of sunset where possible. There has also been some exceptional bream caught as by-catch.
Tim with a nice mulloway caught in the Coorong on a Daiwa Bait Junkie Flick soft plastic.
Small salmon have begun to show up at Morgan Beach and Waitpinga Beach down the Fleurieu coastline. Through Autumn into winter will see more fish school up in the gutters and fingers crossed the size will push towards the 2-3kg like last winter. Over on Kangaroo Island, Snelling’s Beach has had larger fish show up already with keen lure casters getting amongst them in the past month.
Speaking of Kangaroo Island, the King George whiting have been firing in the bays on the Northern side of the island. Kingscote and the Bay of Shoals has been reliable for fish up to 45cm. Also a few snook, salmon and trevally have been caught in the same areas to complete a mixed bag.
Another photo of the mulloway landed by Tim as well as one caught by his son, Cam!
South East
The beaches down the South East of the state have been hot property this past month with a mixture of Gummy sharks, school sharks, snapper and salmon all hitting the sand. Canunda and Nene Valley have been hotspots for the sharks with oily baits such as IQF pilchards and snook dominating reports. The snapper have been caught from the same areas as well as Piccaninni and Blackfellow’s Caves. Fish up to and over 60cm have been caught on the rising tides.
The salmon season is only just beginning but there’s been some solid fish getting around in decent numbers. If you want a simple method to chase salmon then grab yourself a lightweight 9-10 foot graphite combo and a handful of metal slugs like the Nomad Ridgebacks and walk and flick the beach and you’ll hopefully hook into a few. If you’d prefer a more casual approach then soaking salted pilchards on a surf paternoster rig is another great method.
The King George whiting fishing has been going off this past month with fish being caught all over the place! Landbased anglers have been getting amongst them from the Port MacDonnell Breakwater, Carpenter Rocks and Blackfellow’s Caves. Boaties have been drifting out in similar areas and regularly bagging out on squid and cockle baits.
The Glenelg River continues to rise with it’s mouth closed and bream and estuary perch pushing right up to the edges of the river. Flicking light lures tight to the edge around structure is almost guaranteed to see some action. The bream in particular haven’t been shy taking on small soft plastics and unweighted baits. Some of these fish have been over the 40cm mark. The mulloway news from here is patchy but anglers have been able to get a few on live mullet and casting larger soft plastics.
Freshwater
As the water begins to cool down, the Murray Cod begin to fire up! There has been some huge fish caught below Lock 1 this past month with a couple of fish over the 130cm mark and plenty of smaller fish in the 50-70cm range. Below Blanchetown through to Walker Flat has been the most popular spots to try your luck. Many of these fish have been caught by trolling larger lures such as the 90mm Australian Crafted Invaders and the JD/Eddy Super Bugs.
Callop remain steady throughout the whole SA section of the Murray. The water is still flowing slowly and fish are still feeding right in the shallows searching for shrimp, yabbies and small baitfish. Putting your lures or baits into these zones should see some great catches.
Leigh with a callop caught from Purnong during the recent LMLFC event.
Our regular reservoir roundup seems to be on repeat such is the consistency of them. The Warren Reservoir has begun to turn up small callop and redfin for lure casters. South Para reservoir also has turned up redfin, callop and Murray Cod for those prepared to walk a fair way from the carpark. Kayak anglers continue to do well in Myponga for callop and cod. For the biggest silver perch in the state, Bundaleer Reservoir is the place to go and drown some live scrubworms and get stuck in!
This month’s fishing report, brought to you by the team at Tackle World Adelaide Metro.
Have a photo of your favourite recent catch in South Australia and want it featured in the Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for May? Email it in to: fishingreport@twadelaidemetro.com.au and we'll include it in next month's report!
Friday - 27th of February, 2026
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for March 2026
Metro
Blue Swimmer Crabs have been on the move along the metropolitan coastline. Plenty have been pulled up in nets dropped out of boats in the Grange to Semaphore region. The same goes for the local jetties but the size has been down so expect to sift through a few undersized models before you get a bag limit. As always, the smellier baits work best with flathead heads and whiting heads being very popular.
In February, team member Steve & his father-in-law landed a great haul of blue swimmer crabs!
Bream have been consistent in all three of Adelaide’s main estuaries. West Lakes, The Port River and the Onkaparinga River have all fished well in recent weeks. The Port and West Lakes in particular have been on fire in the early mornings with fish ambushing bait close to structure. The Daiwa Bait Junkie and Nomad Live-Ops ranges have been doing very well.
The Onkaparinga River and West Lakes has also been firing for school mulloway up to the magic metre mark. Plenty have been captured using small livebaits such as tommies or salmon trout. Anglers must be patient and fish long hours around the change of tide and change of light such as sunset to have the best chance for success.
Crews are still chasing King George whiting off the metro coast with crews launching out of North Haven and West Beach still having to bounce around spots to accrue a bag. They’re not thick in one spot but there’s plenty out there, so drifting with the tide can be an ideal method to find where they’re sitting on the day you’re out there.
Yorke Peninsula
King George whiting have remained consistent out from Wallaroo and Port Hughes for boaties. Fishing the 10-15m depth has been very successful for those drifting with tenderised squid or cockles for bait. To mix it up, don’t be afraid to run a Vexed Bottom Worm as a sinker on your paternoster rig as some days it can result in larger fish as the pickers attack your bait and the more aggressive fish attack the lure instead.
Blue Swimmer Crabs remain strong from Ardrossan, Wallaroo and Port Hughes jetties. Rakers have reported lean catches but there are still a few around on the beach flats around Tickera and Port Vincent.
The garfish and tommies continue to hit the planks on Moonta and Port Victoria jetties. A little bit of berley, a simple pencil float rig and some gents has been the dynamite method for success this past month. Just remember to not use too much berley in case you feed the fish too much that they don’t commit to your bait.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
There has been a huge amount of snook getting around Coffin Bay and Port Lincoln in recent weeks. Anglers fishing off the rocks and jetties have done reasonably well casting soft plastics and working them erratically on the retrieve. Boats have done a bit better with plenty caught out at the Sir Joseph Banks Group, in the bays of Coffin Bay and Port Neill.
Salmon are still chewing down along the Sleaford to Wanna coastline with fish in the 1-3kg range. There have been some decent schools around the place so if you’ve got a 4wd then follow the marked tracks behind the dunes and keep your eyes peeled searching through the gutters and you might find a big black mass of fish just waiting for a lure to be cast into!
King George whiting fishing has gone from strength to strength with some quality fish coming from Thistle Island and Farm Beach. Baits of cockles or tenderised squid have been very successful, with a few fish being caught on Vexed Bottom Worms and Zman Finesse Worms as well.
Walker’s Rocks, Coffin Bay and Port Lincoln National Park have turned up a few flathead over the past month with some fish up to 60cm caught on soft plastics. Flicking medium sized soft plastics such as the Squidgies 80mm Grub or the Nomad Live-Ops 4 inch Dozer Minnow in natural colours should see good results.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
There’s been plenty of tommies caught from Rapid Bay and Second Valley jetties. A simple float rig comprised of a pencil float and some size 12 long shank hooks with gents for bait is all you need to get stuck into them. Use a steady berley trail to help bring them around your baits.
Salmon up to the kilogram mark have been showing up around similar areas on the Southern Fleurieu from Myponga Beach right down to Cape Jervis. Salmon will take a variety of baits and lures and aren’t fussy. We recommend casting out unweighted salted pilchards if conditions allow on a set of 2/0 ganged hooks. There have been decent schools of larger salmon on the north coast of Kangaroo Islands surf beaches too.
The mulloway news from inside the Coorong has been scarce with only the odd legal sized fish coming from Tauwitcherie Barrage. The occasional larger fish has come from inside the Murray Mouth for anglers casting for hours with Halco Max’s and large soft plastics.
South-East
The Southern Rock Lobster season continues to run hot for boats setting pots up out of Cape Jaffa and Port MacDonnell. Finding the sharp ledge drop offs where you can set your pots against is vital. Oily baits such as barracouta and salmon have been the most successful.
The garfish in the South East have been fishing the best in months during February and there’s no reason it won’t keep going through March. Livingston’s, Cape Douglas and Hutt Bay have been the most consistent locations.
For those wanting to chase larger fish, snapper have been going nuts out from Port MacDonnell and Cape Jaffa. Plenty of fish have been caught on the inshore grounds meaning you don’t need a big boat to get amongst them. Salted pilchards and squid have been the pick of the baits, with plenty of soft plastics accounting for fish up to 5kg. If you don’t have access to a boat, plenty of snapper have come from the beaches from Canunda to Nene Valley.
For the light tackle enthusiast, the Glenelg River has been fishing well as usual. There has been plenty of bream and estuary perch caught by lure and bait casters. If you’re after mulloway, there has been plenty of smaller models around up to 50cm but the big dogs continue to elude many anglers. Trolling live bait is the key for the bigger fish.
A nice estuary perch from the Glenelg River, caught by team member Leigh!
Freshwater
The river has been clearing up a little bit to improve fishing conditions and the natives have been fishing quite well in recent weeks. The callop in particular have been firing at Nildottie and Morgan, eating a variety of lures and baits. This time of year, cranking diving hardbodies across the bottom to mimic a yabby or freshwater shrimp is a fantastic method to get stuck into a few.
The Cod season is heating up with several big fish caught by persistent anglers fishing long hours. There have been a lot of small to medium sized models around mainly caught trolling hardbodies around the 100-140mm size such as the JD/Eddy Pythons and Oar-Gee Plows. To chase the larger models, be prepared to run XOS larger lures up to 190mm such as the White Crow Warthogs.
A beauty of a Murray cod landed by Simon in February!
The states reservoirs continue to fish well, with a huge variety of species available in each reservoir depending on what you’d like to target. Myponga has seen plenty of callop, cod and redfin chewing on baits and lures. South Para has fished well for callop and cod. The Warren Reservoir has seen plenty of small redfin and the occasional cod caught. Bundaleer continues to turn up huge silver perch and callop as well. Once again be aware of the potential for Fire Ban Days as all reservoirs close on these days if the temperatures and winds are high.
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Friday - 30th of January, 2026
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for February 2026
Metro
King George whiting are still being caught out from West Beach and North Haven with crews having to shift a few times to locate them but they are around in decent numbers which is a positive sign. Cockles and tenderised squid have been the pick of the baits.
Mulloway have continued to bite well in West Lakes across the summer with fish taking a liking to 3-5 inch soft plastics and live mullet. For best results, fish around the change of light at either sunrise or sunset and into the night as the mulloway tend to feed best at these times.
Blue swimmer crabs have been going steady for rakers out at Port Parham and Thompsons Beach, just be mindful to check for legal size and females without eggs. For those wanting to drop a few nets, Semaphore Jetty has been the pick of landbased locations this past month.
The Port River and West Lakes have been fishing well for bream on lures and ultralight tackle. Plenty of good fish up to 40cm have been caught on the Nomad Radiax Grubs and the Daiwa Flick 75mm rigged with very light jigheads. When the water is super clear, we recommend downsizing your leader to as light as possible as it will give your lure the most natural presentation possible.
A nice Port River bream landed by Leigh.
Yorke Peninsula
Yellowfin whiting have been fishing superbly on the upper Yorke Peninsula in recent weeks. Bird Island and Tickera have been the most popular locations but there’s fish all the way up and down the Western side of Yorkes at present. Most anglers have been fishing with tubeworms and bloodworms to great effect. If you want the gun bait though, grab a bait pump and pump for clickers as they are absolute dynamite when it comes to whiting fishing.
For a feed of garfish and tommies, look no further than Port Victoria and Port Hughes jetties. There have been some large red-billed garfish coming from the planks in recent weeks. The standard method of a pencil/berley float rig baited with live gents and a sprinkling of berley has been the best.
Blue swimmer crabs have been running well on the Copper Coast and down at Edithburgh with anglers dropping nets from the jetties and boats doing well. We have a huge selection of crab bait in stock with flathead and whiting heads the best of the bunch.
King George whiting remain consistent on the western side of Yorkes with Wallaroo and Port Victoria fishing very well. Paternoster rigs baited with squid or cockles and tricked up with a Vexed Bottom Worm instead of a sinker is a deadly combination. Expect the occasional flathead as by-catch when using this method.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
Garfish have been in good numbers right along the Eyre Peninsula with fish caught from Port Lincoln, Farm Beach, Streaky Bay and Tumby Bay. A little bit of berley will help bring them to where you’re fishing and encourage them to bite. It is important not to load up on the berley though and just sprinkle small amounts otherwise you’ll end up filling the garfish up and they won’t bite as aggressively.
Good numbers of yellowfin whiting have been coming from Cowell right down to Port Lincoln with fish pushing 40cm at times. A lot of these fish have been caught taking surface lures such as the Samaki Redic Skipping Prawn and the Bassday Sugapen.
There have been stacks of southern bluefin tuna caught right along the western side of the Eyre Peninsula from Fowler’s Bay down to Port Lincoln. Trolling medium sized skirts and divers has been the standard method. Our all new Halco exclusive colours of Nuclear Missile & Chartreuse Tiger Pilchard have been very popular choices so far this season.
Some large salmon continue to keep beach anglers busy with fish up to 4kg being caught from Gunyah Beach down at Coffin Bay and plenty coming from Fowler’s Bay for those chasing easy mulloway bait.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
Anglers fishing off the rocks at Myponga Beach and Carrickalinga have reported finding schools of salmon in the 1-2kg range. Most of the time these schools have been on the move so packing a couple of lures and rockhopping is the ideal way to find these fish. Once you’ve found the school, casting small metal lures such as the Arma Flash Harry or Shimano Coltsniper Aomono Blades will see instant action!
The mulloway news from the Coorong has been a bit hit and miss but there are still plenty of fish in the system, you just need to find them as they move spots daily. The most reports we’ve had over the last month have come from anglers soaking baits at the Snake Pit and those casting lures around the Goolwa Barrage.
Tuna are still a long way out down the bottom of KI. There’s quite a few schools of fish but it’s a very long distance travel from either Victor or Cape Jervis to get to them. Crews are still trying to find them in the passage on the good weather days and it shouldn’t be too far away before they come in as there’s plenty of bait swimming around at the present.
South-East
There have been plenty of tuna schools littered throughout the South East of the state from Cape Jaffa down to Port MacDonnell. Majority of anglers have been trolling skirts and divers to get onto them. Casting stickbaits and poppers is another tried and true method and is probably the most fun way to catch them as you can watch the fish explode on your lure before hooking up!
Plenty of crayfish are being pulled up in the pots in the same areas with some models pushing 4kg at times. Shoredivers have done well out from the small beaches south of Robe.
There’s been a heap of snapper caught out from Cape Jaffa and Robe by boaties fishing over broken ground and isolated reefs. Berleying up with crushed pilchard blocks has been a surefire method to bring them on the chew. Dropping pilchards or squid down on a paternoster rig will see you get on to them.
As ever, the Glenelg River remains consistent for the light tackle anglers. There has been plenty of school mulloway down the front of the system and lure casters and live bait soaking anglers have caught their fair share. There have been plenty of bream and estuary perch biting well throughout the system as well.
A great haul of salmon caught by Isaac and former team member, Will!
Freshwater
Murray Cod season has begun in full swing with some good fish caught by persistent anglers putting in the time trolling large hardbodies like the White Crow Warthogs and AC Invaders. Plenty of fish in the 50-80cm range have hit the net in recent weeks. You can catch cod throughout the whole SA section of the River Murray but the hotspots over the last month have been Blanchetown and Cadell.
The callop fishing has been going well with quite a few fish into the 50cm range hitting lures and baits. Plenty of landbased anglers have fished with live scrubworms to great effect at Swan Reach and Walker Flat. For those wanting to throw a few lures around, the Bassman Carl’s Compact Spinnerbaits and the 13 Fishing Jabber Jaw lures are ideal.
The reservoirs around the state continue to fire, although be aware that they do close during fire ban days if the weather gets too hot. Myponga has been very popular with anglers targeting cod with some exceptional fish over 80cm being landed. South Para has been fishing well for callop from both kayak and landbased anglers. If you’re after a mix of species then Bundaleer is your best option with some huge silver perch, callop and cod all viable options.
Team member Isaac and a Myponga cod.
If you want an easy option and just want to get out the house for a few hours and have a fish, then chasing a few carp could be your answer. The River Torrens and Mawson Lakes are both fantastic locations and are so easy to fish. Dropping a few corn kernels or live scrubworms on an unweighted hook is all you need to get a piece of the action.
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Wednesday - 31st of December, 2025
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for January 2026
Happy New Years to all our fishos! May 2026 bring you lots of angling joy!
Metro
The algal bloom has subsided for now with great signs of fishing improvement along the Adelaide Metro coastline. A few boats heading out from North Haven and St. Kilda have returned with bags of King George whiting. They haven’t been in thick schools so be prepared to shift a few spots to locate them but they are out there.
The warmer weather has finally brought in the blue swimmer crabs with rakers having luck at Thompson Beach and Port Parham, with Henley and Semaphore jetties being great options to drop a few nets. The smelliest baits continue to produce best results with whiting heads and flathead heads very popular.
Salmon have shown up right along the coast with a big school wreaking havoc along the Outer Harbor breakwall in the Port River and along a few of the northern jetties. Salmon are avid lure takers and a lot have been caught on metal slugs such as the Nomad Ridgeback Long Casts.
The estuaries remain on fire with plenty of bream, flathead and school mulloway being caught out of West Lakes and the Port River. Fishing around the early morning and late afternoon has been the key times, especially for the mulloway. The bream have been taking a liking to the Daiwa Slippery Dogs in West Lakes early mornings and it’s great fun to watch the fish smash your lure from the surface on the strike!
Leigh & a nice Port River bream caught on a soft plastic.
Yorke Peninsula
Blue Swimmer Crabs have begun crawling their way to the Yorke Peninsula jetties. Wallaroo and Stansbury have been the major spots reported by customers dropping nets but they should be right up and down both sides of the Peninsula. For those who would like to go raking instead, the back beach at Port Vincent has been going well as has Tickera Beach.
Yellowfin whiting have begun to show up with this warmer weather with the shallower water heating right up. Tickera Beach and around Bird Island have been hotspots for surface lure casters with the Bassday Sugapen as always being very productive. If the weather is a little windy, then opting for a subsurface lure like the Zman Finesse Worms should produce more luck.
Squid and King George whiting continue to be caught by boaties heading out from Port Hughes and Point Turton. Plenty of squid have come from Moonta and Port Hughes Jetties during the late afternoons.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
The beaches on the far west coast are the place to go if you’re chasing some monster mulloway! Every summer sees fish up to 150cm hitting the sand from the Dog Fence and Yalata Beaches. These locations are rugged and require a fair bit of planning and preparation but the fish are a huge reward for the effort. For best results, fish the freshest baits possible around the tide changes and change of light.
Southern bluefin tuna are sitting out from Coffin Bay and Port Lincoln in some good sized schools currently. Plenty have been caught trolling shallow hardbodies and skirts. For some exhilarating action, casting surface lures into the schools and watching blue torpedos slamming your lure cannot be beat! The Daiwa Saltiga Over-There Stickbaits are a great option for this.
King George whiting remain steady from Farm Beach out of Coffin Bay and in the bays surrounding Port Lincoln. Fish have come from the rock ledges for landbased anglers and out in the boats. Expect a mixed bag of squid, tommies and gar over similar grounds.
Salmon are still around the western side of the Eyre on the surf beaches with Almonta Beach and Lock’s Well producing fish to 3kg on salted pilchards and metal lures.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
The annual southern bluefin tuna run has begun with a sprinkling of fish being encoutered out past Saunders Bank and Carter Knol out from Victor Harbor. To get right out there, you’ll want some low swell and calm winds. There’s been plenty of bait kicking around so it won’t be long and these fish will come closer to the shore as the bait schools move into warmer water. As per previous seasons, running smaller lures in the early season has been vital with the Bonze Skippy skirts a great option. Our all new Halco exclusive colours, Nuclear Missile & Chartreuse Tiger Pilchard are sure to be a hit.
If you strike out on the tuna, there’s plenty of reefs to try your luck for a feed of nannygai, blue morwong, swallowtail and gummy sharks. Don’t be surprised if you get onto a kingfish or two when chasing the tuna schools as they commonly mix in with each other.
Just one of the kingfish team member, Steve reeled in over December!
There have been a few nice silver trevally caught from the Screwpile and Rapid Bay jetties on small cutbaits of pilchards and soft plastics. The odd salmon and snapper have also been caught from the Screwpile jetty.
The Coorong has had a few mulloway show up around the Goolwa Barrage and Tauwitcherie Barrage around the 60-70cm mark. These fish can be caught on pilchards and squid or with 4-7 inch soft plastics. For those chasing larger mulloway, concentrate fishing around the Murray Mouth itself with fish around the metre mark hitting the sand for lure casters using the Halco Max and the 6.2” Daiwa Bait Junkie Minnows with a 2oz jighead.
South-East
The Glenelg River remains a great family option with so many fish on offer for anglers big and small. Bream and estuary perch keep lure and bait anglers busy, with fish over 40cm in the mix. Soft plastics and small hardbodies have been getting bites for the bream especially. The mulloway have been trickier to fool but anglers trying their luck with live mullet and putting in the long hours have done well.
Talking about mulloway, the beaches from Salt Creek down through to Robe and further south have all been turning up mulloway in recent weeks. Plenty of gummy sharks and small snapper as well. Fresh mullet baits or IQF pilchards have been superb baits.
For the ledge lords, southern rock lobster have been prolific down the Limestone Coast at Nora Creina and Cape Jaffa. Plenty have been caught in pots and from shore divers as well. Remember to fin clip the tail as per the SA regulations before coming to shore when keeping the tasty crays for the table.
Freshwater
Callop continue to fire through the summer months with fish up to 60cm caught from Swan Reach and Waikerie. The river water clarity isn’t the clean green water we all love to see yet but the fish don’t seem to mind and will happily feed throughout the day. Loud rattling hardbodies such as the Daiwa RPM and Oar-Gee Plow will do well. If all else fails, dunking a few live scrubworms is a surefire method to catch a few.
A beauty of a 43cm callop caught at Swan Reach by Leigh!
The South Australian Murray Cod season begins on January 1st 2026 and one can only hope that it goes similar to last season with lots of quality greenfish caught. Plenty of anglers will be heading out chasing these majestic fish over the summer months and it’s a great time to remind fishos to minimise handling time after capture to minimise stress level of the fish. Keep the fish in the water for long periods of recovery with the use of a large knotless net and have all your tools on-hand closeby including the camera to take a few happy snaps! We’ve had a top up of Australian Crafted Lures and Spin Wright Lures in recent weeks getting anglers ready for the season ahead.
For a laidback fishing option these summer holidays, a bit of carping is the way to go. Every riverside town, Lake Bonney and even the River Torrens are all great places to dunk a few kernels of corn on a paternoster rig and get a few mud marlin! Sight casting surface cruising fish with a fly or soft plastic is another exciting way to target carp as well.
The reservoirs remain a consistent option for those who want a freshwater fix within an hour of home. South Para has continued to fish well for Murray Cod and callop for landbased anglers casting smaller lures. Myponga has been similar with the additional catch of a few redfin. Bundaleer Reservoir in the states north has been the premier silver perch reservoir with fish over 4kg caught in recent weeks on small baits. Happy Valley has been a bit quiet apart from a few carp on baits for shorebased anglers.
A tasty feed of redfin from a local creek.
Yabbies keep piling into the nets soaked in the backwaters from Waikerie and Renmark. Oily baits have been working well, attracting some large bags of these tasty crustaceans. They also make some amazing baits for callop and cod.
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Sunday - 30th of November, 2025
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for December 2025
Metro
With the warmer weather coming in, the bream in our local estuaries have really fired up! The Daiwa Bait Junkie 2.35” Prawns have been dynamite on a lightly weighted jighead in the early morning dawn hours. Don’t forget to add a little bit of scent such as Pro Cure or S-Factor and keep your leader strengths to 6lb maximum. Going lighter can lead to more bites but less stopping power if you hook a brute!
The annual metro mulloway run is in full swing at the moment with fish being caught from West Lakes, the Port River and the Onkaparinga River. Plenty of fish have come in the 40-70cm range but there are some fish over a metre being hooked and occasionally landed, especially if soaking a live bait such as a mullet or salmon trout. Quite a few have been landed on small soft plastics as by-catch for the bream chasers as well.
A nice bream caught by team member, Leigh in the Port River.
Yorke Peninsula
Squid keep firing on most of the western side of Yorke Peninsula jetties and inshore grounds. A lot of landbased anglers have been favouring Moonta and Port Hughes jetties with some great results on the Yo-Zuri Aurie-Q jigs. Boats have also picked up their bags from Port Victoria and Wallaroo.
There are plenty of King George whiting for boaties and kayakkers in the same areas as the squid. Picking the right tides has been key with a little bit of run preferred to get your bait scent on the move. Slowly drifting through the 5-10m depth over broken bottom is a great method to fast track locating a school. From there, dropping the anchor and setting out a few paternoster rigs baited with cockles or fresh squid should see results.
For the full seafood banquet, there are plenty of blue swimmer crabs moving through as the weather warms up. Quite a few anglers have soaked their nets off the Wallaroo jetty for great results. Be mindful to return any females with eggs back to the water.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
Kingfish remain the major drawcard for the Upper Spencer Gulf with fish starting to spread out across Port Augusta, Point Lowly and Port Pirie. Depending on the location, certain techniques fare better than others. If you’re fishing Port Augusta then getting a healthy supply of livebait is paramount for success. Point Lowly requires a bit more mobility and active fishing so dropping heavy knife jigs and lures down through the moving schools is the way to go. We have just had a big re-stock of JT Jigs and assist hooks in store to keep you topped up with the right gear.
Team member Tim landed this absolute beauty of a kingfish in November!
The beaches on the far west coast of our state have begun to turn up some massive mulloway in recent weeks. Soaking fresh baits through the tide cycle has been key to results with some fish pushing 150cm at times. Expect a few by-catch species of gummy sharks, bronze whaler sharks and snapper too.
King George whiting remain steady from Port Lincoln and Coffin Bay for boat and landbased anglers alike. A lot of anglers have been fishing off the many rock ledges around both areas to get a bag. Expect a few squid, tommies and garfish in the same areas to get a mixed bag for a feed.
There are still plenty of decent sized salmon along the beaches from Streaky Bay down to Port Lincoln. The better days for lure casting are when the swell and winds are low. Throwing metal lures and surface poppers such as the ARMA Flash Harry and Radico is a great way to get stuck into some salmon.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
There have been a few schools of mulloway throughout the Coorong moving with the tide. A few boats soaking pilchards and casting blades have done okay down towards Tauwitcherie Barrage on the incoming tide. Fishing closer to the mouth at Sugars Beach has also been productive with fish up to a metre occasionally being caught on soft plastics.
When the weather has allowed, boats have been able to get out and scout around for early signs of tuna. Not much has come across the shop desk as yet but crews have been able to bag out on nannygai, silver trevally and gummy shark whilst out there on the offshore reefs.
South-East
Garfish and squid have been caught from Livingston’s and Hutt Bay for wading and boat anglers. The key thing with the garfish has been to berley them up just enough to attract and keep them in the area but not overfeed them. We recommend using a small berley float with some fish pellets in them to slowly trickle out small pieces of berley and oil. This will give them a sniff and keep them in the area but not feed the gar too much and make them harder to catch.
Anglers have been hitting the surf beaches from Salt Creek down to Robe in the search for mulloway and have been rewarded for their persistence and patience. Fresh mullet and salmon trout have been the baits of choice. A few snapper and gummy sharks have been tasty by-catch.
The Glenelg River continues to fish well for school mulloway, bream and estuary perch. Anglers fishing the front of the system on the sand flats have done well slow rolling minnow style soft plastics like the 2.5” Zman Slim SwimZ for the bream and perch. Further up the system, the Daiwa Reflex Vibe has been fishing superbly for the bream on the limestone rockwalls. Anglers wanting to chase the silver ghosts, be prepared to put in the hours soaking a live mullet and you will eventually get the rewards!
Freshwater
The Murray River has been fishing great for callop in the lower reaches below Lock 1 with Swan Reach and Mannum turning up catches for callop on bait and lures. At this time of year, the warmer water is right in the shallows which holds the shrimp and yabbies. These food items will encourage the callop to head in shallow during the early and late hours of the day so casting your lures right in tight is the way to go. The Daiwa RPM Crank and Monster Rollin’ Crank as usual work well, as does the 13 Fishing Jabber Jaw. If you’re wanting to soak a bait then look no further than the live scrubworms we stock instore!
The reservoirs have been fishing very well for the majority of species. Myponga Reservoir has seen huge amounts of anglers chasing that $10K tagged fish with plenty of callop and cod being caught by lure casters over November. The cod in particular seem to have shown a liking for larger presentations such as the Nomad Maniax 6” and the Spin Wright 7” Beast. Happy Valley still has a few cod showing up, mainly on baits of live scrubworms. Bundaleer Reservoir is the place to tangle with some exceptionally large silver perch, plus callop and cod. Some of the silver perch are the biggest in the state pushing over 4kg and 60cm! There are a few other regional reservoirs worth a trip including Aroona Dam and Beetaloo Reservoir which have plenty of callop, silver perch and cod in them.
A ripper of a Murray Cod that Leigh caught on a 7" Spin Wright Beast lure at Myponga.
Yabbies have begun their annual summertime run with plenty of pyramid nets being dropped in the backwaters from Morgan down to Mannum with some great results. These guys make some exceptional bait for callop or a great feed on the table!
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Thursday - 30th of October, 2025
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for November 2025
Metro
Mullet have been widespread throughout a lot of Adelaides estuaries and southern beaches over the past month. Quite a few have come from Silver Sands and Port Willunga with anglers hunting down early season yellowfin whiting, only to land mullet as by-catch. The Onkaparinga River and O’Sullivan’s Beach boat ramp are also locations worth trying if the weather isn’t favourable.
West Lakes and the Port River have remained consistent for bream with lures dominating the catch reports. We have had a few customers flicking the new Nomad Live Ops Switcher Shrimps with great success on ultra light jigheads in West Lakes especially. Be sure to add a little bit of S-Factor scent to make your lure more enticing!
Yorke Peninsula
Blue Swimmer Crabs have begun to show up on the Wallaroo and Port Hughes jetties. Crabbers spending a decent amount of time soaking nets with flathead or whiting heads have been rewarded. It is still early in the season but great signs for this coming summer!
The King George whiting continue to bite on the Western side of the peninsula with all major towns holding fish. Port Victoria undoubtably has been the pick of the spots, with plenty of bags caught inside Wardang Island on squid and cockle baits. Other locations that have fired include Point Turton and Wallaroo.
Squid remain steady on most of the Yorke Peninsula jetties with anglers fishing first and last light rewarded with some exceptional catches. Editburgh, Moonta and Port Hughes have all had some great reports over the past month. We just had a shipment of new Yo-Zuri Aurie-Q Slow Sink jigs arrive in the shop and these will be deadly in the shallow water weedbeds.
Garfish have shown up in patches between Wallaroo and Point Riley for boats and kayaks. Setting up a small berley trail can be vital to get the garfish into a feeding frenzy. A fine pellet or crumb berley is all that’s required to attract these tasty fish. The action from the garfish hanging around the boat can also attract larger fish such as snook. We recommend having a rod rigged up with a small hardbody lure just in case they do show up.
If you want to spend some time flicking lures around for a mixed bag, head down to the Innes National Park as there are plenty of secluded spots that hold trevally, flathead, salmon, snook and mullet this time of year. Best of all, the entry to this national park is now free!
A nice salmon caught down Yorke Peninsula on an Arma Twisty metal lure.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
Squid have been steady in the bays at Port Lincoln and up the coast at Streaky Bay for boaties and jetty anglers. Focusing your angling efforts around light change periods of dusk and dawn will see better catches if you’re landbased especially. If you’re out in the boat, drifting through the inshore weedbeds with a few jigs down below should see you get onto a few.
Streaky Bay, Coffin Bay and Thistle Island have been firing for King George whiting over the past month. Some of the offshore spots have turned up some huge whiting over 50cm at times. The Vexed Micro Meats are a great way to pimp up the conventional paternoster rig and can get the attention of the larger, more aggressive models in the whiting schools.
The top of the gulf has been on fire for the mighty yellowtail kingfish with Point Lowly beginning to fire up as these migratory fish start to leave Port Augusta and head back down the gulf. Out towards the Rip from Lowly is your best place to start searching for a school of fish. Drifting a live squid or salmon around is sure to attract some attention. Alternative methods include casting stickbaits around if you spot a surface cruising school or dropping knife jigs down to fish when they show up on your sounder.
Team member Leigh caught this beauty of a kingfish from his kayak!
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
A few school mulloway have begun to enter the Coorong with customers reporting catching fish down at Tauwitcherie Barrage on pilchards. It is only the start of the mulloway season but this is encouraging signs for the peak of summer when the big schools usually come through the system. Casting soft plastics and hardbodies when the schools are fired up is such a fun method of fishing!
Another estuary target that has been consistent over the past month is the humble bream. There are many small estuary systems down the Fleurieu that hold some quality bream up to 40cm. Encounter Lakes, the Hindmarsh River, the Inman River and Waitpinga Creek are all very secluded locations to wet a line.
The northern coast of Kangaroo Island has provided a mixed bag for holiday makers. The Bay of Shoals and Emu Bay have turned it on for King George whiting, garfish and tommies caught by boaties. Landbased options like Penneshaw jetty have been suitable spots for anglers chasing a feed of squid and salmon.
In October, team member Steve landed this monster!
South-East
Snapper have kept anglers busy out from Port MacDonnell and Blackfellows Caves with fish biting well on the offshore grounds. Anglers dropping pilchards, squid and slimy mackerel baits down have done the best, although casting soft plastics such as the 5-7” Bait Junkie Daiwa Bait Junkie Jerkshads are a great alternative. When dropping baits, expect a few gummy and school sharks as by-catch.
Bream and Estuary Perch have been biting well on lures and bait down at the Glenelg River. Small soft plastic grubs and blades have dominated the bulk of customer reports but don’t discount the use of surface lures like the Daiwa Slipper Dogs on those hot calm mornings we all love on the river. If you want to sit back and relax with a bait in the water then look no further than a small piece of prawn or whitebait on a size 4 baitholder hook and you should get onto fish.
The squid have fired over the past few weeks down the south east for landbased and boaties alike. Landbased anglers prepared to rockhop around the Port MacDonnell breakwater have done well with jigs in the 3-3.5 size. If you’re out in the boat, then drifting through the grounds around Livingstone’s will be a great spot to get a bag, with the added bonus of some garfish around as well.
Freshwater
Callop keep firing up the river with Morgan and Waikerie being very popular with anglers. Quite a few have kept being caught on blades and vibes with the TT SwitchPrawn landing plenty of quality fish up to 50cm. Casting deep diving cranks along the sandstone cliffs has also done well. Bait fishing with a few live scrubworms on a paternoster rig with size 4 baitholder hooks is a great alternative if you want to relax and chill out on the riverbank.
A nice callop caught in Morgan using a TT Lures Switchblade.
It's not just the river where you can get stuck into some callop with plenty of reservoirs holding good fish. Myponga, South Para, Bundaleer and Aroona Dam all hold fish up to 50cm in size with fish eager to take lures and bait when fished around structure. The beauty of reservoir fishing is that you have just as much chance of getting fish whether you walk the banks or take a kayak out. Other reservoir species on offer include Murray Cod at Myponga, Happy Valley and Aroona Dam, Silver Perch at Bundaleer and redfin in the Warren and Myponga.
For something closer to home, there’s plenty of carp and catfish throughout the River Torrens in Adelaide with some carp pushing 10kg at times. Carp fishing can be a very simple method with a few unweighted corn kernels or an unweighted scrubworm being very good.
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Wednesday - 1st of October, 2025
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for October 2025
Metro
Bream fishing remains steady in the Onkaparinga River and on the improve in the Port River. Plenty of bream have been caught on the Nomad Live Ops Switcher Shrimp and Radiax Grubs. The key is to fish them super slowly, with long pauses between hops. Adding a little bit of scent and utilising very light leaders will also be beneficial.
A nice 35cm bream caught by Leigh from the Onkaparinga River.
Salmon season continues to go from strength to strength as we move further into spring. Plenty of nice fish have been caught from Port Noarlunga jetty right through to Maslin’s Beach. A lot of these fish are around the kilo mark and provide great fun for the lure caster. Donning the waders and flicking along the beach is a sure-fire way to find success in catching a few fish. When taking fish for a feed, be sure to bleed them as it will improve the meat quality before eating.
Yorke Peninsula
The state's squidding hotspot right now is the western side of the Yorke Peninsula. All of the jetties from Wallaroo down to Port Victoria have been consistent with Moonta and Port Hughes very popular. Plenty of boats heading out have been able to bag out when concentrating their efforts on the inshore grounds.
The second major target that has been firing on Yorke Peninsula is the King George whiting. These tasty fish have been biting well out from Port Victoria and Port Hughes for boat and kayak anglers, with fresh squid or cockles the successful baits. The Zman Y-Ting system has been the hot ticket item in the shop over the last few weeks and is well worth giving a go as it definitely attracts the bigger, more aggressive fish in the schools.
A bag of KG whiting caught by Leigh from Wallaroo in his kayak.
Some early season snook have shown up on the grounds out from Corny Point and Hardwicke Bay. Trolling small bibbed minnows or using a paravene with a metal are great ways to target these toothy critters.
If landbased fishing is more your style, hitting the beaches of Berry Bay and Daly Head is for you. There have been some quality salmon caught from here throughout September with fish up to 2kg possible. A lot have been caught on salted pilchards on a surf paternoster rig but casting lures has also brought success.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
The King George whiting fishing has been very consistent throughout the past month with plenty of tasty bags coming from the bays within Coffin Bay, Port Lincoln and Farm Beach. Drifting through broken bottom with a Vexed Bottom Worm pimped paternoster rig and some cockles for bait is a dynamite combination for whiting.
Some huge salmon have been caught from Gunyah Beach and Lock’s Well. Fish up to 5kg have turned up in some massive schools and casting a lure into these hungry, aggressive fish provides some insane fishing action at times. Getting to watch a green torpedo rise up and annihilate a surface stickbait really gets the heart pumping! The best part is that it doesn’t require a large amount of monetary investment or complicated equipment; a 9 foot graphite rod, 5000 sized reel spooled with 20lb braid and a handful of lures is all you need to get stuck in!
Yellowtail kingfish continue to roam the upper Spencer Gulf with Port Augusta and Port Pirie very popular with anglers. These fish demand serious respect and patience as they can be notoriously fickle at times but when they switch on, the action is frenetic. It won’t take more than 30 seconds for a live squid to get demolished when they do turn on. Anglers can also try to get a reaction strike using metal jigs if the kingfish aren’t fully committed on the day.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
Waitpinga Beach and Parsons Beach continue to hold small schools of salmon and mullet. Pitching small baits of cockles and salted pilchards into the first and second beach gutters is the perfect method to target these fish. The addition of a small amount of fine berley/fish oil will help bring the fish in.
The southern Fleurieu has plenty of small estuaries loaded with bream which provide great sport and bit of a challenge for lure anglers. The Hindmarsh and Inman Rivers are quite small but hold decent numbers of fish. Encounter Lakes holds some true giants up to 45cm and they’ll readily take a lure or bait in the right circumstances. Just be mindful of this location being catch and release only.
Flathead will be on the move soon as the water temperature increases. Morgan Beach, Rapid Bay beach and plenty of the secluded beaches on Kangaroo Island are worth giving a try. Throwing 4-7 inch soft plastics around on a medium weight spinning setup should bring some action. Expect a bit of by-catch in salmon, snook and trevally potentially.
South-East
The surf anglers have kept turning up and kept catching some cracker salmon. Fish up to 3kg have been caught from Canunda and Nene Valley but there are heaps of beaches that hold salmon this time of year. Soaking salted pilchards on a surf paternoster rig is a great, simple method to catch a few. There is also the potential for by-catch of gummy and school sharks plus the occasional snapper.
The Glenelg River has remained consistent for bream and estuary perch with the mulloway a little quiet but still a regular target species. For some simple kid-friendly fishing during the holidays, a small sinker, size 8 long shank hook and a small piece of prawn or pilchard is all you’ll need to catch a few bream and perch. If you want a challenge then throwing small soft plastics or blades around like the Daiwa Reflex is for you. Lure fishing can be a little tough for bream but the reward is there for the persistent angler. Usually, the more aggressive, larger models will be the ones to have a crack at your lure.
Freshwater
The Murray River continues to provide anglers with some high quality fishing. The callop fishing has been very good at Walker Flat and Swan Reach with plenty of great fish caught on lures and baits. It won’t be long and the water temperature will be up and the shrimp and yabbies will start to move around. This will push the callop right into the shallow edges to feed and throwing diving hardbodies such as the Daiwa Infeet Monster Rollin Crank and the Yo-Zuri 3DB Crank will work well. As always, vibing in the timber will also prove successful and we have just received the new colours of the legendary TT Switchblade+ in store!
A couple of top catches by team member Tim & his son on Father's Day!
Callop aren’t the only species to target in the river with springtime being one of the best times of the year to get stuck into some huge carp. Love them or hate them, they provide some exceptional fun when lure fishing on light line. Carp will take lures quite happily in the shallow waters and chase small soft plastics, hardbodies and surface lures when presented correctly. They are also very sporting on fly gear!
The SA reservoirs continue to provide options closer to Adelaide for those who want to stay local. Happy Valley is the main metropolitan reservoir and there’s plenty of Murray Cod in there that take a liking to baits and lures. Myponga has a plethora of species in callop, Murray cod, silver perch, redfin and rainbow trout available. The landbased fishing has been very good in recent months with lots of callop and Murray cod on the chew. The South Para has been a little quiet but is beginning to pick up with a few reports of callop being caught landbased on lures.
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Friday - 29th of August, 2025
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for September 2025
Metro
Bream continue to run throughout the Onkaparinga River with anglers consistently getting into fish using small soft plastics and baits. If you can get your hands on some live bloodworms, there is no better bait at the moment to trick some wily bream. Anglers walking the river banks have been getting stuck into the bream on the new Nomad Live Ops plastics with the 2.5” Spectre Minnow a stand out fished on a slow roll retrieve.
Whilst on the Onkaparinga River, quite a few school mulloway have been caught by the anglers targeting bream. These mulloway have ranged from 40-90cm and provided some great sport and by-catch. Some anglers have been lucky to land these fish on ultralight bream gear but we would recommend anglers specifically target them on 15-20lb gear to save a few heartbreaks. Soaking a whole pilchard or livebait in the middle reaches of the river would be a great way to target them effectively.
Salmon season keeps on flourishing with plenty of fish coming from the Adelaide south coast. Port Noarlunga jetty is open again after repairs and has provided quite a few fish. The beaches from Southport through to Silver Sands also has fish ranging from 0.5kg to 2kg. Soaking some salted pilchards on a rising tide has been very productive. The Shimano Coltsniper Aomono Blades have been super popular in recent weeks.
Yorke Peninsula
King George whiting have been going well on the western side of Yorke Peninsula! Anglers fishing from the boat, kayak and beaches have been getting their fair share from Wallaroo, Port Hughes and Port Victoria. The usual baits of cockles or freshly caught squid have been the best option but don’t discount the use of a Vexed Bottom Worm to bling up your paternoster rig and turn it into a fish catching weapon!
A beauty of a whiting landed by team member, Leigh.
Squid have also been around the same areas and it hasn’t been uncommon for anglers to bag out from some of the jetties in the upper western Yorkes. Moonta jetty for example is a great spot with plenty of weedy bottom that holds plenty of squid. The new Daiwa Amorous Jointed Jigs have been very productive the past few weeks. A few thick winter garfish have also been caught out of Point Riley and Wallaroo for boaties.
In August, Leigh bagged out a tasty haul of squid from his kayak.
Daly Head and Brown’s Beach have kept turning up salmon and mullet on the bottom of the Peninsula. Plenty of anglers have been content to soak a pilchard or two in the gutters and have done very well. The addition of a little berley in the form of pilchard chunks or a tuna log will help bring more fish to you.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
The time has come for the kingfish to begin running through the Upper Eyre. This is an annual congregation of some absolute tanks that will test your tackle and your angling skills. There are a number of ways to target kingfish with most anglers setting out live squid or salmon and biding their time, patiently waiting for a bite. If you want to take a more active approach, then keep on the move to hunt down these fish and use knife jigs to get a reaction bite. This time of year you will find kingfish anywhere between Whyalla and Port Augusta.
A ripper of a kingfish landed by team member Tim in August!
Another line burning target available of the Eyre is the Aussie salmon. If you’re chasing the biggest salmon of the state then the far west coast is the place to go with fish up to 6kg possible throughout September. Scott’s Beach, Talia Beach and Lock’s Well are all reputable big fish beaches and are a lot of fun with the sand between your toes. The most fun method to catch these fish is to throw lures and it’s not uncommon to land on a beach and find a big school of greenbacks in front of you where you can catch a fish nearly every cast.
King George whiting have been very consistent on the lower Eyre Peninsula with Farm Beach and the bays in Port Lincoln dominating reports. Landbased anglers can get a feed from Murray’s Point and the Port Lincoln National Park headlands.
If the weather allows, boats heading far offshore from Coffin Bay and Port Lincoln will continue to do well on the numerous reefs. It can be a full mixed bag with nannygai, swallowtail, blue morwong, gummy sharks, kingfish and samsonfish all potential targets during springtime.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
The main species on offer down the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island remains the humble Aussie salmon. There have been very consistent captures from Waitpinga Beach and Snellings Beach. We have heard of salmon reports from Waitpinga right through to Second Valley this past month which is an encouraging sign.
A few customers braved the brief weather windows to head out from Victor Harbor heading for the Pages Islands and were rewarded with a bag of Nannygai, silver trevally and small snapper. Dropping down small metal jigs and hybrid jigs such as the Vexed Bottom Meats has been heaps of fun to catch a bag for the freezer.
There has been a sprinkling of late season mullet from Morgan Beach near Cape Jervis. Majority of these fish are legal size and will make great mulloway bait for those stocking up for the summer jewie run in the coming months. A small batch of berley thrown out with a bit of fish oil should see them school up in front of you and provide easy pickings. A small paternoster rig baited with cockles will be enough to fool a few mullet.
South-East
Boats have been getting their squid limits from Livingston’s as well as feeds of big winter garfish. Most boats will slowly drift through the area and when you pull a couple of squid in succession then focus on that area and you should see plenty more coming into the boat. To get the garfish going, throw out a little bit of fine berley and they should fire up and bite a little harder.
Some huge salmon have come from the states South East with fish over 3kg caught regularly from Canunda and Nene Valley. Spinning metals around the beach gutters is such a great method to get stuck into these fighting sportfish.
The Glenelg River remains consistent for bream and estuary perch for those anglers putting time on the water. Lure casters have been kept busy with the fired up estuary perch hitting nearly every lure put in front of them. Small sinking stickbaits, blades and soft plastics have all brought about success. Bream have been a touch harder to fool but the same methods will see bites in the right conditions. Mulloway news has been patchy but there have been a few schoolies caught on soft plastics.
Freshwater
Callop fishing on the river continues to go from strength to strength with some absolute giants up to 60cm being caught in recent weeks. A lot of anglers are still fishing vibes deep in structure but those prepared to mix it up with spinnerbaits and soft plastics have done well. The hottest locations on the river over the past month have been Blanchetown and Morgan.
A nice callop & bream caught by Leigh last month.
The majority of reservoirs have been consistent over the past month for those chasing a cod fix. Given that the river is now under a closed season, the reservoirs remain the only spots you can legally target them. Myponga, Happy Valley, Bundaleer and South Para have been productive for those persistent anglers throwing swimbaits, soft plastics and blades. If all else fails, drowning a few live scrubworms is sure to get some action.
The reservoirs also hold other species such as redfin, silver perch and callop. Bundaleer Reservoir is a great spot if you’re chasing big silver perch and callop and they will readily take all manner of lures and baits. It might be a bit of a drive but the rewards are worth it. There is also cheap camping out at Gulnare and Spalding for a great weekend away!
With all this recent rain about, the little creeks in the Adelaide Hills will be rising and this will stimulate the trout and redfin to feed a bit harder. Rain helps to wash off food items into the creeks and this will bring the fish on the bite to fatten up over winter. Bonus if the water goes slightly discoloured as it will make it harder for the trout to spot anglers and be less spooked. Small bibbed hardbodies will be dynamite when fishing these often shallow waterways.
Just two of many great catches team member Simon reeled in on his last trip to the River.
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Friday - 1st of August, 2025
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for August 2025
Metro
Crews have been heading out from North Haven and St Kilda to find bags of King George whiting. There are plenty of them on the silt grounds and it’s just a matter of persisting and changing spots until you find a couple, and then you’ll accumulate a bag. Cockles and tenderised squid are the most successful baits, combined with a few Vexed Bottom Worms.
The winter salmon season continues to fire with plenty of fish being caught from O’Sullivan’s Beach all the way down to Silver Sands. A lot of these fish are around the 1kg mark and can be great sport casting metal lures. If wanting to take fish home for a feed, be sure to bleed your fish and this will improve the meat quality and taste
Bream remain steady in the Onkaparinga River with quality fish being caught on soft plastics and hardbodies. The new Nomad Live Ops Switcher Shrimp has been a stand out for our staff accounting for fish up to 40cm. The Patawalonga has also turned up a few decent bream in recent weeks.
Team member Tim reeled in a great haul of bream on the Onkaparinga River.
Yorke Peninsula
After a bit of a hiatus, the squid catches have begun to return with customers getting a few from the jetties at Port Hughes and Moonta Bay. Water clarity is key, with better catches coming during clean water periods. The better time of day to head out squidding is during low light periods. A few customers have been having great success with the new Daiwa Amorous Jointed squid jigs.
King George whiting have been going ballistic over at Port Victoria with plenty of crews getting tasty feeds. Most have been fishing around Wardang Island and drifting through broken bottom to locate fish. Another location that has been fishing well for whiting is Wallaroo.
The bottom end of the Yorke Peninsula has been dynamite for salmon with plenty of fish being caught from Berry Bay down to Marion Bay. Brown’s Beach in particular has dominated customer reports with fish up to 2kg possible. Most have been casting lures through the lagoon and further down the surf beach. Casting and walking up and down the beach has been the trick to get consistent catches.
Team member Leigh landed this tasty looking flathead at Innes National Park last month.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
Southern Blue-spot Flathead have been a popular lure target for anglers this winter with fish being caught throughout the Port Lincoln National Park. September Beach and Spalding Cove are great locations to try. The Nomad Live Ops Fallout Minnow and Delta Minnow are excellent lures to give a go rigged on a weedless jighead.
Kingfish season has begun with fish being caught from Port Augusta mainly and a few from Point Lowly. A few customers have been having success using the standard unweighted live squid or downrigging them and slowly trolling around structure. It always pays to have a topwater stickbait rod rigged up as well as schools of fish can show up at anytime and on calm days you will spot them moving on the surface well before they get into casting range.
Elliston and the Far West Coast beaches have been on fire for salmon with some huge fish to 5kg! There are plenty of options for anglers so moving around the beaches will eventually land you in front of a big school of greenbacks where you can have some insane fun throwing lures and catching a fish every cast. The Shimano Coltsniper Iwashi Rocket jigs are an awesome lure for getting long casts out there.
King George whiting and squid are still on the chew for boaties fishing inside the bay at Port Lincoln and out at Farm Beach from Coffin Bay. Expect to get a few landbased around Port Lincoln’s North Shore as well.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
Waitpinga Beach has dominated the winter salmon reports with fish from trouties up to 2.5kg being caught. A few fish have also been caught from Morgan Beach and Goolwa Beach. Salted pilchards are a perfect bait for the surf being very hardy. The addition of a surf popper to the standard surf paternoster rig is really beneficial if the crabs are around pinching your baits.
Boat crews are still getting out from Wirrina and getting decent hauls of King George whiting, with some exceptionally large fish on offer. Drifting through the 10-20m depths with combination baits of cockles and squid have been very successful. Be prepared to move around a bit to find them but once you do, they’ll be coming overboard in quick succession.
Over on Kangaroo Island we have had some customer reports of mixed bags from the Kingscote jetty with tommies, squid, trevally and KG whiting on offer. Quite a few of the popular surf beaches have also had schools of 1-3kg salmon marauding the gutters looking for an easy meal.
South-East
There are plenty of winter garfish for anglers wading through Livingston’s, Hutt Bay and Cape Douglas. The better catches have come during the calmer days with the help of a steady berley trail. A simple float rig comprised of a pencil float and some size 12 longshank hooks with gents for bait is all you need to get stuck into some tasty fillets.
Another landbased option that continues to fire during the colder months is the humble salmon. There are quite a few being caught from Carpenter Rocks and Canunda with fish over 2kg on offer. Lure casters seem to find the larger, more aggressive fish so if you’re after some line-burning fun then hit the sand and cast some metals or surface poppers!
If the weather isn’t co-operating then there is one place that has options and that is the Glenelg River. At the moment there are plenty of bream and estuary perch throughout the system with a couple of mulloway for the persistent anglers. The bream and estuary perch in particular are very fond of small lures and baits and can be found around structures such as limestone cliff edges and the shacks. If mulloway is you target then putting out a small live mullet or salmon trout is the ideal method.
Another nice bream caught on the new Nomad Live Ops Switcher Shrimp.
Freshwater
Callop fishing hasn’t slowed down through winter with plenty of fish caught from Walker Flat and Nildottie. The fish activity has slowed down with fish not as eager to chase lures for long periods so fishing vertically with blades such as the TT SwitchPrawns and Samaki Bladelicious working well. Fishing with live scrubworms on a paternoster rig will also work well if fishing from the bank.
Murray Cod season has closed as of August 1st so anglers are unable to troll in the river and it’s time to pack away the large lures and begin to hit the reservoirs to get your cod fix. Myponga, Happy Valley, South Para, Bundaleer and Aroona are the five hotspots to get your hands on a reservoir cod. Plenty of fish up to 90cm have been caught from these reservoirs and you just need to be persistent and keep casting those lures around waiting for that big crunch of a greenfish!
It's not just cod in these reservoirs with callop, silver perch and redfin also available in most reservoirs. Callop and silver perch have been firing out at Bundaleer Reservoir with fish being caught from the bank on a variety of lures and live scrubworms. If you’re chasing a feed of redfin then the South Para and Warren Reservoir are where you should head to. The Nomad Live Ops range of soft plastics has plenty of options with the Spectre Minnow a stand out for all of the aforementioned species.
A beauty of a 57cm callop reeled in by Leigh!
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Tuesday - 1st of July, 2025
Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report for July 2025
Metro
The annual Onkaparinga River bream run has begun with several great fish up to 40cm caught. Casting small soft plastics like the Daiwa Bait Junkie 2.5” Minnow on a 1/16oz jighead, with some 4lb fluorocarbon leader is a very successful combination. Fishing with fresh bloodworms and a light sinker is great alternative too.
Salmon season is upon us with several fish in the 1-2kg range caught from the local beaches. Pilchards have been the most common bait, with anglers fishing Southport Beach, Moana and Maslins Beach often. There are plenty of options further down the south metro coast and some anglers have been walking the beaches towards Port Willunga casting metal lures to get results.
Beach anglers have also caught plenty of late season mullet with surf paternoster rigs. Small baits of cockles and beach worms have been successful with a light berley trail of fish oil and bread very important.
Boats have continued to get bags of King George whiting out from West Beach and North Haven. After the recent rough weather, the fish have moved inshore and readily feed when the water gets discoloured. Cockles and tenderised squid have been the main baits.
Team member Steve & a tasty haul of whiting he reeled in last month!
Yorke Peninsula
Another cold weather constant is the King George whiting! This time of year is when the whiting really school up and become a regular catch for the table. Boats fishing out of Port Victoria and Wallaroo continue to do well but don’t discount the chance of land based captures from places such as the rocks at Point Riley rocks and Hillock’s Drive.
Wintertime on the Yorke Peninsula means it’s time to hit the beaches in search of the Australian Salmon. These fish can be found in big schools of hundreds of fish right through the lower end of the Peninsula. West Cape, Gym Beach and the whole Innes National Park is loaded with them at the moment. All you really need to chase these fish is a pair of waders, a 9-10 foot graphite rod, 4000 reel spooled with 20lb braid with a few metal lures and you’re set.
Big squid show up at Marion Bay this time of year as well with some specimens well over 1kg which can feed a whole family with tasty calamari rings! Nearly every inshore ground up and down the Yorke Peninsula will also have squid this time of year so plenty of options whether you’re landbased or boat based. The recently released jointed Daiwa Emeraldas Amorous Joint Squid Jigs should do very well.
Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
Salmon season is in full swing right now with huge schools of fish spread out along the western side of Eyre Peninsula. Fish up to 5kg are marauding the beach gutters waiting to smash any lure or bait thrown at them. Lock’s Well, Sheringa Beach and Convention Beach are all superb spots to get into them!
The King George whiting fishing is going mental at the moment with so many fish being caught in a variety of areas. Boats fishing from Farm Beach have continued to do well as have anglers sitting out from Port Lincoln in the bays. Landbased anglers have been getting into them as well from Murray’s Point, Tulka and inside the Port Lincoln National Park.
Squid also remain on fire with several bags being caught from the jetties at Port Lincoln and out in the boats launching from Axel Stenross heading for North Shields. Elliston and Fowler’s Bay jetties further up the coast have also been productive for these tasty cephalopods.
Another common target has been flathead with the bigger models always turning up this time of year in the Coffin Bay and Port Lincoln National Park beaches. Quite a few have been caught on weedless 4-7 inch soft plastics and smaller sized swimbaits.
Fleurieu Peninsula & Kangaroo Island
Late season garfish have been caught by boaties heading towards Lady Bay and Normanville. A few customers also reported getting a few landbased from Myponga rocks. A steady berley trail of fish oil and fine crumbs is important as it will bring the schools to you where a pencil float suspending a few gents is waiting for them!
Salmon have been caught from Parsons and Waitpinga Beach by anglers using salted pilchards on a surf paternoster rig. Casting lures has also been successful when the swells are down. Mullet have also been found by surf anglers in the same areas as well as Basham’s and Morgan Beach.
Over on Kangaroo Island there has been plenty of mixed bags caught. Boats fishing out of the Bay of Shoals have pulled in tasty bags of King George whiting, squid, garfish and snook. Landbased anglers fishing Kingscote Jetty have also gone home with high quality feeds of trevally, whiting and squid.
South-East
The Glenelg River remains a consistent fishery for bream, estuary perch and a sprinkling of school mulloway. Plenty of anglers have been mixing it up between baits and lures for success. Small soft plastics such as Daiwa Wave Minnows and Zman Slim Swims rigged on light jigheads have been great for the bream and perch. For the mulloway enthusiasts, securing some healthy livebait in the form of a mullet or salmon has been key, with fish up to 80cm caught by persistent anglers.
Barrel Southern Bluefin Tuna have been a bit thin out of Port MacDonnell but plenty of school fish are about. Further over the border, Portland has dominated catch reports for the barrels with crews getting regular hookups on a spread of large skirts and hardbodies lures such as the Nomad DTX Minnows and Bonze Exocets.
Plenty of surfcasters have got stuck into the salmon from the sandy beaches of the South-East. Canunda and the Salmon Hole have been the more popular locations with anglers casting metal slugs or soaking salted pilchard baits to achieve success.
Port MacDonnell breakwall has turned up a few King George whiting for landbased anglers fishing with squid baits. Plenty of whiting have also been caught out in the boats out from Cape Jaffa and Port MacDonnell.
Freshwater
The South Australian murray cod season is coming to a close at the end of this month so there’s not long left to get stuck into a majestic greenfish. The best methods for getting hooked up to one are to cast big diving hardbodies or spinnerbaits into submerged timber or trolling hardbodies through timber or sandstone cliff areas. Locations such as Blanchetown and Qualco have been fishing quite well in recent weeks with fish up to and over a metre in size.
Just one of the awesome Murray cod, team member Leigh landed in June.
Callop fishing has remained steady even through the colder months with most fish heading to deeper water to feed on baitfish schools. Fishing in the 3-7m depth range has been very productive at Nildottie and Swan Reach. Small diving hardbodies such as the Daiwa RPM Crank or the Nomad D-Trak have been great options when trolling, whilst the new Daiwa Infeet Metal Vibes have been dynamite jigging in the submerged timber.
Simon landed this beauty of callop on the Murray.
Myponga reservoir remains the most consistent reservoir of the state with callop, Murray Cod and redfin on offer for both landbased casters and kayak anglers. Bundaleer Reservoir has also been very consistent for callop and silver perch with scrubworm baits and small soft plastics.
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