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.
Here is a list of recommended tackle for SA waters.
Here is the SA seasonal fishing calendar for various fish species.
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.
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