North Haven marina rock walls are located just 1.2km south of the more popular Outer Harbor breakwaters.
For landbased fishos, North Haven rocks produce mainly salmon trout and squid, but garfish, black bream, yelloweye mullet, flathead, occasional mulloway and blue swimmer crabs are also caught.
Flathead are mostly an incidental catch in South Australia, but there are enough flathead on North Haven’s sandy sea floor to be worth targeting – just slowly retrieve a bait or lure to catch them.
Garfish are best off the rocks here in summer.
Black bream and mulloway are year round, with blue crabs best in summer.
Salmon trout are most abundant in autumn and winter, and tommy ruffs are also caught.
Flathead, yelloweye mullet and leatherjackets are caught all year.
Mulloway are caught here in summer and autumn, but livebait such as mullet or salmon trout is a must, and you should fish at night.
For mulloway, don’t cast too far out from the rocks, as they patrol the edge. Also, the last of the runout tide can fish well for them at this location.
North Haven has good boat fishing nearby, with king george whiting, red mullet, squid, garfish, flathead and snapper found over patch ground and near the seagrass beds.
Another landbased spot to try is West Beach boat ramp rock wall, where big black bream are caught, mostly inside the rock wall.
Gummy sharks, eagle and smooth rays can be taken with suitable gear at North Haven and West Beach, but Port Jackson sharks and fiddler rays can be a nuisance.
Note that there are special rules for fishing for sharks and rays in South Australia.
Here is a list of recommended tackle for SA waters.
Here is the SA seasonal fishing calendar for various fish species.
North Haven tides
Outer Harbour webcam
SA fishing regulations
SA marine parks
NOTE: Special snapper rules apply in South Australia – more info here.
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