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.

Ceduna coastline on Beachsafe
Ceduna tides
SA fishing regulations
SA marine parks

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

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