By former Murray River fisheries officer TREVOR SIMMONDS

Blanchetown is on the South Australian section of the Murray River.

It is located next to the river’s Lock One.

There are good boat launching facilities.

Blanchetown is a great place for Adelaide day-trippers to fish the Murray.

This section of river often has good callop fishing.

Carp can always be had from the bank immediately below the lock boundary, and these are often big hard-fighting fish.

The river downstream from Blanchetown is scenic, with spectacular cliffs and good callop fishing.

The river further downstream fishes well for callop, especially in the area of Stockwell Pump.

Vehicle access, bank launching and camping is available along the Blanchetown-Swan Reach road to an area immediately opposite the pumping station.

If buying a shrimp trap or yabby pot, be sure it complies with SA rules here.

For bait, earthworms work well, but you can’t beat locally caught live shrimp.

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By former Murray River fisheries officer TREVOR SIMMONDS

Morgan is a historic town on the South Australian section of the Murray River.

It has good boat launching facilities.

Being close to Adelaide it is quite popular, and you will find it more difficult to find a piece of river to yourself here than towns further upstream.

The Morgan and Cadell sections of the river are productive for callop and carp, with occasional cod, both upstream and downstream of the towns.

Yabbies are usually about in big numbers in summer, particularly in the small creeks that enter the main stream.

Downstream from Morgan, approaching Blanchetown, there are numerous lagoons and billabongs that are worth a fish for callop, look for some submerged snags.

If buying a shrimp trap or yabby pot, be sure it complies with SA rules here.

For bait, earthworms work well, but you can’t beat locally caught live shrimp.

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By former Murray River fisheries officer TREVOR SIMMONDS

Hogwash Bend is a good fishing area on the South Australian section of the Murray River.

It is accessible by road along the Waikerie-Cadell road. There is bank launching.

It is a popular spot for camping.

The many creeks upstream and downstream are productive for yabbies in summer, particularly during a falling river.

Callop are usually in good numbers in this area.

If buying a shrimp trap or yabby pot, be sure it complies with SA rules here.

For bait, earthworms work well, but you can’t beat locally caught live shrimp.

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Murray River flows in SA
Murray River and other SA boat ramps
SA fishing regulations
Back to the SA fishing map

Email corrections, additions, pictures or video here.