Semaphore jetty is one of Adelaide’s more popular fishing jetties.

It is over half a kilometre in length, set over shallow sandy bottom, with some broken ground at the end.

The jetty is famous for its big yellowfin whiting.

Fish a rising tide for these whiting when there are no swimmers nearby, and use very light tackle and fresh or live worms, including tubeworms, bloodworms or weedworms.

Weedworms are usually easy to find if there are rotting rafts of weed on the local beaches. Just dig into the weed, weedworms look like earthworms.

Bream are found around the jetty pylons, but they see a lot of baits and can be hard to catch.

Most Semaphore fishos target squid, blue swimmer crabs, garfish, tommy ruffs, salmon trout, yellowfin whiting and yelloweye mullet.

Mullet and salmon trout (juvenile salmon) are caught all year.

Blue crabs are best in summer, with two-spot sand crabs in April/May.

Fish for tommy ruff and gar after dark.

North of Semaphore jetty is the shorter and shallow Largs Bay jetty, which produces mostly blue swimmer crabs and yellowfin whiting around high tide.

Occasional school mulloway are caught from Semaphore jetty.

Big snapper can’t be caught now, but have been caught off Semaphore jetty in years past.

Gummy sharks, eagle and smooth rays are found around all of Adelaide’s jetties, as are Port Jackson sharks and fiddler rays.

The author was fishing Semaphore jetty at night when a school of small hammerhead sharks raced in and smashed the tommy ruffs under lights.

Note that there are special rules for fishing for sharks and rays in South Australia.

Adelaide’s other metro jetties are Brighton, Glenelg, Henley, and Grange.

Other landbased spots to try near Adelaide include North Haven, the productive Port River estuary, and West Lakes, a reclaimed marsh that is now a saltwater canal estate and a great spot to target large black bream.

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Semaphore tides
West Beach webcam
SA fishing regulations
SA marine parks
SA stocked dams
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Murray River fishing spots

NOTE: Special snapper rules apply in South Australia – more info here.

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Grange jetty is a great fishing jetty that has produced big snapper in year’s past, despite having only sandy bottom along its length.

Most fishos target squid, blue swimmer crabs, garfish, salmon trout, yellowfin whiting and yelloweye mullet.

Yellowfin whiting are caught in the shallows in summer and can often be seen swimming around.

Fish a rising tide for these whiting when there are no swimmers nearby, and use very light tackle and fresh bait.

Mullet and salmon trout (juvenile salmon) are caught all year, and black bream show up around the pylons.

Blue crabs are best in summer, with two-spot sand crabs in April/May.

Occasional school mulloway are caught.

Big snapper can’t be caught now, but have been caught off Grange jetty in years past, usually off the end during and immediately after rough weather.

Gummy sharks, eagle and smooth rays are found around all of Adelaide’s jetties, as are Port Jackson sharks and fiddler rays.

Note that there are special rules for fishing for sharks and rays in South Australia.

Elephant fish show up on occasion at night.

Adelaide’s other metro jetties are Brighton, Glenelg, Henley, Semaphore and Largs Bay.

Some more landbased spots to try near Adelaide include North Haven, the productive Port River estuary and its sea entrance Outer Harbour, and West Lakes, a reclaimed marsh that is now a saltwater canal estate and a great spot to target large black bream.

Register and leave a comment and/or photo about your Grange jetty fishing experience.

Grange tides
West Beach webcam
SA fishing regulations
SA marine parks
SA stocked dams
SA dam water levels
Murray River fishing spots

NOTE: Special snapper rules apply in South Australia – more info here.

Email corrections, additions, pictures or video here.

Henley jetty is a great fishing jetty, despite having only sandy bottom along its length.

The usual catch is squid, garfish, tommy ruffs, salmon trout, yellowfin whiting, yelloweye mullet and blue swimmer crabs.

Yellowfin whiting are caught in the shallows in summer but you’ll need to be there when there are no swimmers nearby, and you will need light tackle and fresh bait to catch the big whiting.

Mullet and salmon trout (juvenile salmon) are caught all year.

Blue crabs are best from October to April, with two-spot sand crabs in April/May.

Occasional school mulloway are caught.

Big snapper are off the menu now but have been caught off Henley jetty in years past, usually off the end during and immediately after rough weather.

Gummy sharks, eagle and smooth rays are found around all of Adelaide’s jetties, as are Port Jackson sharks and fiddler rays.

Note that there are special rules for fishing for sharks and rays in South Australia.

Elephant fish show up on occasion at night.

Adelaide’s other metro jetties are Brighton, Glenelg, Grange, Semaphore and Largs Bay.

Some more landbased spots to try near Adelaide include North Haven, the productive Port River estuary and its sea entrance Outer Harbour, and West Lakes, a reclaimed marsh that is now a saltwater canal estate and a great spot to target large black bream.

Register and leave a comment and/or photo about your Henley jetty fishing experience.

Adelaide (Outer Harbour) tides
West Beach webcam
SA fishing regulations
SA marine parks
SA stocked dams
SA dam water levels
Murray River fishing spots

NOTE: Special snapper rules apply in South Australia – more info here.

Email corrections, additions, pictures or video here.