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.
Here is a list of recommended tackle for the Murray River.
Murray River National Park SA
Murray River flows in SA
Murray River and other SA boat ramps
SA fishing regulations
Back to the SA fishing map
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