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.
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Grange tides
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SA marine parks
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Murray River fishing spots
NOTE: Special snapper rules apply in South Australia – more info here.
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