If you are willing to work the tides around shallow Port Julia, you can do well.

The surrounding seas are shallow but with productive seagrass beds.

The beach has a large drying flat at low tide.

The fish come in with the tide.

The tiny Port Julia coastal settlement is 178km from Adelaide.

It doesn’t get fished as much as other nearby locations.

Squid, gar, salmon trout, flathead, mullet and tommies are the main catch.

Fishing is best on big high tides, in darkness.

Squid are best in summer early in the morning when the water is clear.

Blue crabs are usually abundant in the warm months and can be raked from the beach or drop-netted off the jetty.

Big yellowfin whiting are caught from the local beaches in summer, with yellow-eye mullet in autumn.

You will need the lightest line and fresh or live bait to catch the whiting.

Gar dabbing and flounder spearing is productive in Port Julia’s shallows at night.

Being less popular than other locations, quality fish are often caught around Port Julia.

Boaters should be aware of the summer sea breeze, which hits in the afternoon.

Ardrossan is a great fishing spot north of Port Julia.

Read about Yorke Peninsula’s other fishing spots here.

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Stansbury is a coastal town on the east side of Yorke Peninsula directly across the Gulf of St Vincent from Adelaide.

It is about 200km by road from Adelaide, or 66km by sea.

Like many gulf coast towns Stansbury has an excellent fishing jetty.

The jetty fishes produces large numbers of blue crabs in summer, which are caught using drop nets.

Crab raking can be enjoyed in the shallows off the beach.

Squid, mullet, gar, tommies and snook are the usual catch off the jetty, best at night, along with some big king george whiting.

As with all gulf jetties, squid are best at dusk, dawn and in darkness when the water is clear.

To catch king george whiting from the jetty, fish from the end.

Red mullet and flathead are also caught here as the sea floor has some rock and weed patches.

Stansbury’s shallow low-energy beach produces yellow-eye mullet in autumn, and some salmon trout.

Big yellowfin whiting are caught in the shallows in summer.

Most of the town beach is easily accessible via a walking path.

For boaters, king george whiting are best in winter, but can be caught all year.

As the sea around Stansbury is shallow and often very clear, use the lightest possible tackle and fresh or live bait such as worms, especially when chasing whiting.

Fresh razor fish is an unbeatable bait and can be collected locally.

Swarms of small western striped trumpeter (locally called “shitties”) can be a pest when fishing this region in summer.

Stansbury boat ramp is protected from most winds by a rock wall.

Read about Yorke Peninsula’s other fishing spots here.

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Elliston township is next to an isolated bay of only about 2km width, on the west side of Eyre Peninsula.

This location is renowned for its 430m jetty, one of the state’s great fishing platforms.

Fishing is best from dusk into the evening, and early mornings, for mainly gar, tommy ruff and squid.

Boat launching can be done with care on the relatively hard sand beach.

A concrete ramp located north of nearby Cape Finniss gives access to Waldegrave Islands and the reefs beyond.

Offshore waters can only be fished in ideal weather, with nannygai, blue morwong, harlequin fish, samson, kingfish and tuna all a chance.

Elliston is a good base to visit nearby coastal fishing hotspots.

These include:

Waterloo Bay/Wellington Point – a rocky ledge that gives access to shallow water.

Boords Beach – beach and reef with a variety of fish caught. Ease to access and usually sheltered.

Main Beach – the jetty produces mainly tommy ruffs, gar and squid. The beach from the jetty to Milligans is quite sheltered and produces mainly whiting.

Milligans – this small beach is sheltered from swell and northerly winds. As there is a reef in the area a variety of fish are caught.

Salmon Point – this is an exposed point that produces salmon and other fish.

Anxious Bay – cliffs in the southern section provide protection from southerly winds. Fish the channels between the reef for a variety of fish. The area near the boat ramp is also good.

Walkers Rocks Lagoon – the first lagoon going north along Lake Newland Beach has garfish, bream and whiting. Camping nearby.

Talia Beach – superb salmon fishing at times, but this is a high-energy location. Look for deep gutters close in. Mullet, salmon and occasional tailor and mulloway.

Mount Camel – this small beach usually has gutters in close, with reef at either end. Good salmon fishing.

Venus Bay – the jetty fishes and crabs well. The bay is shallow and good for whiting, flounder, flathead and gar.

Locks Well – one of the state’s famous salmon beaches. There are almost 300 steps to the beach, keep this mind if you plan to bring back fish. As well as salmon, big tommy ruffs, autumn mullet, and occasional mulloway and tailor.

Sheringa Beach – a calmer beach with whiting, mullet and flathead.

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