Lakes and Coorong fishery - PIRSA Wallaroo Jetty and surrounds have been firing for blue swimmer crabs, garfish, snook and squid. Yellowfin whiting have turned up everywhere from Kingston Park to Thompsons beach for those anglers prepared to get up early to beat the hordes of swimmers and other water users. Good friend of the shop, Joe Wood and a great catch at Wirrina. Anglers who are familiar with Coorong Swamp and want to make a suggestion to the information provided are asked to use the suggest changes button below on this page. The Victor Harbor reefs have also had large whiting mixed in with the nannygai and trevally when the weather has allowed crews to get offshore. Your email address will not be published. Callop up to 2kg have come from the Warren reservoir along with plenty of good-sized redfin and the odd cod up to 80cm! The bigger mulloway could turn up at anytime now, so keeping an eye on the forecast could well and truly pay dividends if you can get organised quickly for a last-minute trip. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. If you dont have the boat to get out into these often-treacherous waters, there are a few good charter operators down there that can certainly help get you onto a fish of a lifetime. Yellowfin whiting are still being caught on the beaches between Balgowan and Port Hughes by those using live worms and locally sourced clickers. Get the latest updates on new products and upcoming sales. SA Lakes and Coorong Fishery and Marine Scalefish Fishery (111t in 2017) WA West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource, Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Resource, South Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource (16t in 2017) . Additionally, the following fishing regulations apply: Five fish limit. dominated by juveniles) and are consistent with those for Mulloway from other estuaries around Australia [Silberschneider et al. Archangi, B 2008, Levels and patterns of genetic diversity in wild and cultured populations of mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites, PhD thesis, School of Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland University of Technology. Poor conditions for offshore fishing have kept many boats in the shed for most of December, but when there has been a window of opportunity most crews are finding good numbers of shark, snapper, nannygai and flathead in the 60 to 100 metre depth range. Fishing reports, best baits and forecast for fishing in Coorong Swamp The team reeled in some nice Nannygai just out of Victor Harbor! School mulloway are also taking baits in the lower reaches of the Glenelg River by those prepared to put in the hours. Bottom fishing is going well at Port Mac, with plenty of good sized hapuka hitting the deck for those venturing out to the shelf. Cowell has plenty of blue swimmer crabs along with good sized garfish. Morning tides with low swell and no swimmers will improve your catch rates. The 120mm Jackson Tanto is a great option, as it is easy to work as a slow-medium pace, constant speed walk the dog lure but can also be made to do some shallow dives. The transition of summer to autumn is now evident with mullet, salmon trout and tommies in particular invading most inshore locations around Yorkes. Exotic species are: European carp Redfin MSC certification for South Australian Pipi Fishery Watch on Licensing They took those and put them to good use on . Stewart, J, Hughes, JM, Stanley, C and Fowler, AM 2020, The influence of rainfall on recruitment success and commercial catch for the large sciaenid, Argyrosomus japonicus, in eastern Australia. 2009; Stewart et al. Plenty of gummy sharks, bronze whalers and a few salmon have also rounded out anglers bags. Parking: $5 Dogs: Not permitted Irvine Lake is open to shoreline fishing only, Fridays through Sundays. A nice mix bag off Victor Harbor of decent KG Whiting, Snapper and Nannygai! Fish over the metre mark have been landed by anglers fishing through the night, particularly by those using live bait. Koombooloomba Dam isnt even on the radar for most northern impoundment fishos.. Offshore the fishing has been good in the Kingston area, with kingfish, snapper and even the odd samson fish hitting the deck. Re-analysis of the previous survey done during 201314 [West et al. Kingfish of varying sizes have also been lurking around Rapid Bay jetty along with some good-sized salmon being caught too. Its amazing what a wet spring will do to this fishery! Farm beach has King George whiting, with gummy and bronze whaler sharks also in good numbers. Finding places where there is bait is key. Ferguson, GJ, Ward, TM, Ivey, A and Barnes, T 2013, Life history of Argyrosomus japonicus, a large sciaenid at the southern part of its global distribution: implications for fisheries management, Fisheries Research, 151: 148157. Boat limits of KG whiting are coming from Port Hughes, Balgowan and Port Victoria. Second Valley jetty has been firing for squid. Seacliff and Brighton being the best places to try. Email it in to: fishingreport@twadelaidemetro.com.au and we'll include one in next month's report! We still have heaps of opera house and pyramid style nets in-store. This SPR estimate (less than 20 per cent virgin level with reasonable probability) infers low spawning stock biomass at all plausible estimates of M. The above evidence indicates that the biomass of the part of the stock that occurs in New South Wales waters is likely to be depleted and that recruitment is likely to be impaired. Marine Environmental Research, 157, 104924. //. It has been suggested that a single panmictic population occurs in Australia [Archangi 2008]. Mulloway and Garfish Fishing | Coorong South Australia The above evidence indicates that current fishing mortality is constrained by management to a level that should allow the stock to recover from its recruitment impaired state; however measurable improvements are yet to be detected. Enquiries: info@ozfish.org.au. A long handle XOS fish friendly net is a must! Port Augusta and Whyalla has good numbers of blue swimmer crabs along with garfish and snook in the same areas. Much like barramundi, surface feeding jewfish boof bait loudly. CPUE of those two main fisheries that land Mulloway has been highly variable in the last 10 years. . Have a photo of your favourite catch in South Australia from April and want it featured in next month's Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report? The Cabbage Patch, Low Rocks and the Neptunes are all holding fish. Only since 201516 has the average length of Mulloway in the commercial fishery increased to be greater than 700 mm and only since 201718 has the proportion of fish in the landed catch < 700 mm fallen below 10% [Hughes 2020]. Valued customer, Con caught a beauty of salmon at Rapid Bay this month! Assessment of the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery in 2018/19. Rat kingfish shouldnt be too far away from terrorising the baitfish around YP jetties, so make sure you pack a bunch of lures and a decent casting outfit next time youre down that way. Mulloway can be pretty spooky in shallow water and are easily alerted by noisy wading etc, so take care to move stealthily. How long will this go on for is anyones guess, but it augers well for this school holiday period. var pattern = new RegExp('(' + rules.join('|') + ')', 'ig'); Since 200102, annual age information for Mulloway from the nearshore marine environment adjacent the Coorong estuary has been limited due to the small number of samples and small sample sizes available in most years. For the beach fishos, good sized mullet are turning up on metro beaches, with catches reported from Seacliff all the way through to Tennyson. The Croaker Lures Jewie Jewell or the K-Ten Blue Ocean are great options when very big jewfish are about and youre not getting results with a wakebait. Much of the Coorong is very shallow and weedy. On really windy days the bait will often congregate in the shelter of a point, and jewfish will be found patrolling further out where the water starts to get rippled by the wind. These fish are moving around the lake very quickly, so pack light and keep mobile! Its a very effective technique and loads of fun! 2020]; greater than the commercial catch (72 t) in the same period [Hughes 2020]. Yabby mania continues right along the Murray River in South Australia, and its not hard to get a feed of these tasty crustaceans at most locations with many of the bigger specimens coming from the main river. Tuna are being caught regularly out from Marion Bay, along with nannygai and big whiting for those bottom bashing. Salmon should be starting to move inshore out west. Casting on. Since then, higher catches by the LCF have contributed most to moderately high state-wide landings, including short-term peaks of of 108 t and 127 t in 201213 and 201718, respectively. Jamie's son caught this ripper of a salmon at Rapid Bay! If you want to catch a giant carp, just about anywhere on the Murray River has been producing. Stock status is sustainable in WA and SA, depleted in NSW and undefined in QLD. The native species taken are: Black bream Golden perch Greenback flounder Mulloway Pipi (Goolwa cockle) Yellow-eye mullet Bony bream. From 2003 to 2011, catches of Mulloway by the Lakes and Coorong Fishery were relatively low (less than 45 t per year), reflecting low levels of targeted effort and low catch per unit effort (CPUE)an available estimate of relative abundance for Mulloway in the Coorong estuary 8. Ryan, KL, Hall, NG, Lai, EK, Smallwood, CB, Tate, A, Taylor, SM, and Wise, BS 2017, Statewide survey of boat-based recreational fishing in Western Australia 2017/18. On Kangaroo Island, king george whiting are biting for launchers from Kingscote and out from Emu Bay. Squid have been plentiful for both boat and land based anglers from Wirrina all the way down to Cape Jervis. With freshwater flows finally slowing through the barrages, the Coorong should see good numbers of salmon trout and mullet pushing in on the bigger tides, while Goolwa beach will have bigger salmon, sharks and the odd mulloway. New South Wales Recreational (Catch) Murphy et al. (right) structures for Mulloway from within the Coorong estuary. King George whiting have been consistent for crews working out of Whyalla, Farm Beach, Arno and Tumby Bays. Offshore fishing at Marion Bay has been excellent with blue morwong, nannygai, and school sharks hitting the deck along with plenty of big king george whiting. A great haul of nannygai, also at Victor! Fish older than 11 years were rare despite the potential for this species to reach 41 years of age in SA. Tackle World Adelaide Metro Fishing Report April 2023. South Australian Research and Development Institute In 2018, the recreational bag limit was reduced further to one fish per person and the bycatch allowance for undersized fish in the commercial estuarine mesh net fishery was removed. Great news for freshwater fishos is that SA Water has announced their stocking plans for the upcoming year, with a total of 205,000 more fish to be stocked across all of the reservoirs currently open to fishing. Valued customer, Steve sent in this great photo of a Callop caught on Fishcraft Swimbaits & Glidebaits! 2011]. In South African waters the maximum length was recorded at 181 cm Tl, weight of 75 kg and age of 42 years. Barrel bluefin tuna of up to 140kg are being caught regularly now out from Port MacDonnell. Yellowfin can also be found at Tiddy Widdy beach and Ardrossan. There has been a good spring run of king george whiting, bream, and salmon trout in West lakes, but many fish are undersize, so please adhere to size and bag limits if you plan on keeping any fish for the table. These Mulloway had a wide range of estimated ages (524 years), were dominated by 69 year olds and comprised mostly (> 97 per cent) of individuals above the age at maturity (56 years). At a minimum you should be running at least one skirt, a shallow diver and a deep diver. Plenty of bronze whaler and hammerhead sharks have come from the ledge at Fowlers Bay, along with some monster kingfish by those accessing the area by boat. Furthermore, the evidence indicates that the current level of fishing mortality is unlikely to cause the stock to become recruitment impaired. Finding blackish, wiry weed on your lure is a good indication that youre near a rock bar, which is usually a good place to be. Whiting and snapper have also been the main species caught by boaties when the weather has allowed, with Port MacDonnell Breakwater, Cape Douglas, Blackfellows Caves and Pelican Point all producing good sized fish. In 2019, the total State-wide commercial catch was 48 t. No trends are evident in commercial CPUE for the two main fishing methods, estuary mesh netting and ocean line fishing since 2009 [Hughes 2020]. Hapuka and blue eye have come from the shelf, and a great mix of shark, snapper, and other reef dwellers in closer. This run doesnt come around very often, so now is the time to cash in. Offshore from Marion big whiting and nannygai are holding on most drops. Boaties and kayakers have also been doing well at Seacliff. The SA Water reservoirs have been fishing exceptionally well of late. Kingfish are still being jigged up on the lumps and bumps off Cape Jervis and Cape Willoughby, although they require a bit of patience to locate at times. The SLC Cruiser-T in 6 inch has been a productive skirt to have in your spread this season. F2020/000208-01. The Vexed Bottom Meat jigs are really cleaning up here. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. There is a lot of water to fish, but Scotty tends to focus on the northern end closer to the mouth or the Murray River, as theres more tidal movement in that areas, which is key for mulloway fishing. A steady stream of berley and fishing around the bigger tides in the first gutter will see you take home a feed. Happy Valley has also been providing some cod action for those casting lures in the low light periods. This Video is our first major Mulloway fish (Silver Ghost) fishing. School sized tuna have been widespread off Port Lincoln and the run of fish should continue during April. The southern bluefin tuna run continues, with launchers from Cape Jervis and Wirrina and the north coast of Kangaroo Island all getting in on the action. Snapper and nannygai of good size are rewarding crews that can get out to the deeper drops from Victor and the cape. At Port Augusta big kingfish are still being caught at the wall and elsewhere, with live baits, jigs, hardbody lures and vibes all getting crunched. Mulloway biology [Farmer 2008, Ferguson et al. Bonze skirts such as the Weapon and Exocet are a must have in your spread when trolling but be prepared to try live baiting for these monsters if they are sitting deep under the schools of bait. Kangaroo Island fishers have also been getting into the whiting, squid and tommies at Kingscote and Emu Bay. This is consistent with findings of a stock assessment undertaken in the Coorong, South Australia, in which catch rates of commercial mesh net fishers targeting mulloway has increased from the mid . The lack of older fish in the age structure likely relates to an ontogenetic migration of individuals from the Coorong estuary to the adjacent marine environment, and the removal of older fish by fishing. Stenhouse bay jetty is also a prime location for some shark action. Deep diving lures in the 75 to 140mm size range are your ticket to cod success, come in and have a chat to the team about the sort of gear you need to tackle these aggressive green machines. Squid have been prolific along the Fleurieu coast with Rapid Bay and Wirrina providing regular bag outs for both land based and boat fishos. This offer will run until the 18th of April (valued at $20) as part of our extended Easter Specials. Anyone interested in fishing Coorong Swamp or waters within the wider area in Victoria, Australia should consult with local resources before heading out to fish. The primary indicators for biomass and fishing mortality are total catch, targeted CPUE from commercial gillnet fishers and fishery age structures. . There is a lot of water to fish, but Scotty tends to focus on the northern end closer to the mouth or the Murray River, as there's more tidal movement in that areas, which is key for mulloway fishing. Mulloway Tagging Update: Recent recaptures provide evidence of Surf casters along the limestone coast have been experiencing a good run of snapper recently, with fish over 60cm being caught by anglers targeting mulloway. As we've reached the 12 month mark for the project, I thought it would be timely to provide a brief update on the Mulloway tagging work. Point Lowly kingfish are still on the chew, with both boats and land based fishos getting into some brutes, mainly on live baits. Garfish and tommies are thick at Cape Douglas, Livingstons Bay and Pelican Point. Blue morwong and nannygai are also on tap for those keen to bottom fish after getting amongst the tuna, slack water being the best time to drop a jig or bait down into the depths. In March, Simon caught a nice 48cm golden perch from Myponga Reservoir. Just remember to loosen off the drag if you are going to walk away from your rod! Nevertheless, the presence of multiple age classes in the age structure from the estuary in 201920 indicates that recruitment has occurred in recent years. The incredible run of garfish continues, with Cape Douglas, Hutt and Livingstons Bay all producing for land-based anglers. The new Shimano Armajoint Flash Boost 190SF swimbait has been a real standout. Brayden and a nice sized rainbow trout caught in the Adelaide Hills using a shallow diving hard body lure. Marion Bay and Moonta Bay jetties have been fishing well for squid. The Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF) has historically been the most productive of South Australias fisheries for Mulloway, and contributed 93 per cent of the States total commercial catch of the species in 201819. Team Member Simon and his mega snook and salmon from Thistle Island! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); // Special handling for in-app browsers that don't always support new windows