Wallaroo is a popular fishing destination on the east side of Spencer Gulf, 160km north-west of Adelaide.

The main attraction for fishos is arguably the town’s long jetty, considered one of best in the state.

Snapper have been caught at the end of the jetty, usually after rough weather, and occasional kingfish.

The end of the jetty is closed with when work is being done, check before visiting with www.portmis.flindersports.com.au.

While the SA snapper ban is in force, jetty fishos target squid, gar, tommy ruffs, mullet and blue crabs.

As with all SA gulf spots, squid are best in summer when the water is clear.

Tommies are best at night.

Blue crabs are best in summer, caught from the jetty with drop nets.

Beach fishermen will find mullet in autumn and yellowfin whiting in summer.

Bream and school mulloway can be caught within the marina.

king george whiting are caught around seagrass, with good spots throughout the bay. Red mullet and flathead are also caught in these areas.

Rock fishing is best from Point Riley to the north, with snapper at dawn during and just after rough weather in winter/spring.

Wallaroo marina has multi-lane ramps.

There is an artificial reef of tyres 9km out, and Jurassic Park, which is a trophy snapper spot, off limits at publication, so check status before fishing.

There are also two small shoals within Wallaroo Bay.

Read about Yorke Peninsula’s other fishing spots here.

Wallaroo Fishing GPS Marks

Wallaroo Tyre Reef 33 51.411S 137 34.384E
Moonta Shoal 33 53.883S 137 34.902E
Riley Shoal 33 53.220S 137 34.951E
Jurassic Park 33 54.700S 37 19.100E

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Browns Beach is a surf fishing spot on the west side of the foot of South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.

It is one of the state’s fishing treasures.

Like many great salmon beaches, Browns has an outlying reef with an inner wave-washed lagoon.

Schools of salmon move inside the reef on a rising tide.

Fishing is best in winter, but salmon are caught all year.

Commercial salmon fishing has been wound back in recent years, and salmon numbers at SA beaches like Browns appear to have improved.

Large chrome lures work well on this beach, or just cast baits of pilchards on ganged hooks.

If the salmon are biting they will take anything that moves, but sometimes they can be fussy.

A sturdy surf rod is required as the salmon can be big.

Mullet are also caught in autumn/winter, with occasional mulloway in summer.

Tailor are another occasional catch.

Mulloway should be fished on a large high tide in the evening, using livebait, or a fresh salmon fillet.

Rays and sharks can be a nuisance when bait fishing, especially after dark.

Considerable walking on soft sand is required to reach the beach, and a camping permit is needed for Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park.

Sadly, despite its fame as a fishing spot, some visitors treat this spot with disrespect, leaving behind their rubbish, a problem ever since the 1970s when this beach became popular.

To the north, Dust Hole Beach has salmon in winter, big mulloway in summer, and mullet, flathead and sharks. It also requires walking, depending where the gutters lie.

North of the Dust Hole Beach is Daly Head and Gleesons Landing.

Gleesons has 4WD access and a reasonably sheltered beach launch.

Read about Yorke Peninsula’s other fishing spots here.

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Ceduna is the last major town when heading west along the South Australian coast into the state’s most remote and exciting fishing country.

Ceduna is ideally located for boaters, being on the eastern side of the relatively sheltered Denial Bay.

There are three jetties within the bay and excellent boat launching facilities at Ceduna.

The town jetty produces mainly squid, gar and tommy ruff in the mornings and evenings.

The shipping jetty at Thevenard has a wider range of species, including occasional snapper.

Denial Bay jetty, on the west side of the bay, produces crabs, snook, squid and tommy ruffs.

Yellowtail kingfish occasionally show up at the jetties.

Nuyts Archipelago is a 54km run from Ceduna, but most of the islands encompass marine park.

The area outside the sanctuary can provides good fishing for samson, yellowtail kingfish, snapper, blue groper and bluefin tuna, as well as the usual bread and butter species.

Kingfish and samson fish are best in March/April and bluefin tuna are best in summer.

The shallows of Denial Bay has an excellent run of summer blue crabs, and gar dabbing and flounder spearing is popular.

Salmon, mulloway and snapper can be caught while surf fishing wherever reef comes near to shore, with the chance of kingfish in these spots.

king george whiting, mullet and salmon are best in winter.

The oysters are a culinary highlight of this region, along with crayfish (rock lobster).

About 50km west of Ceduna, Point Bell offers good landbased rock fishing, with a chance of big yellowtail kingfish.

Davenport Creek, which runs into Tourville Bay, is worth a look if you want sheltered fishing for a cartopper or canoe, with plenty of flounder, flathead, gar, squid and whiting in the shallow bay, but note the sanctuary zones.

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