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Fishing Innes National Park (Browns Beach) |
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Fishing Reports -
South Australia
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Written by Tony Burlison
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Having a holiday home just a few minutes drive from Innes National Park at the bottom end of Yorke Peninsula can come in handy at times particularly when it's time to go fishing.
On a recent trip down there looking for the last of the winter salmon at Browns Beach, which is one of the very good salmon spots down that way, the road is dirt but still good enough for the family car to travel down the road with ease. There are stairs down onto the beach but it's a bit of a climb, however the walk along the beach is on reasonably firm sand. When I go I only take the minimum tackle that I think I'll need for the day as it's less to carry to my spot which is some way along the beach.
As you come off the stairs there is a small rock outcrop in the water. Good catches have come from here at times, but for the real action a trip up the beach is what's needed.
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Surf Fishing for Mulloway at Yalata |
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Fishing Reports -
South Australia
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Written by Pete
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Yalata is well known for it's remote beach fishing and big Mulloway. Yalata Beach is located approximately 240km West of Ceduna and faces the Great Australian Bight. You need to book before heading to Yalata and a Permit is required to access the Yalata Indigenous Protected Area - more information can be found at http://www.yalata.org/permits.htm.
To get there you need to travel along the Eyre Highway and go a few kilometres past the Yalata Roadhouse (which is often closed so I wouldn't rely on it for fuel), and then take a left turn down the Coombra track. You'll travel for an hour or so along a dirt and sand road which can be quite soft in some places, and has some heavy corrugation.
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Barra Fishing on the Daly River |
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Fishing Reports -
Northern Territory
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Written by Richard
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The Daly River provides some of the best Barramundi fishing in the Northern Territory, especially during the run-off (early April to early July). The Daly River is located approximately 230km south of Darwin, and it is a bitumen road all the way. On our recent trip we stayed at Banyan Farm. Banyan Farm is a caravan park with a few on-site cabins, good amenities, private on-site boat ramp and the added bonus of an on-site fishing guide.
Navigating the Daly from Banyan Farm during the run-off is quite easy, although other times of the year the river can get quite low with many snags, sand bars and rock bars that you need to watch out for. If you are there when the river is low and you have a large boat, then you should ask a local for tips on navigating the Daly.
Our first day at Banyan Farm on the Daly saw us catch in excess of 30 Barramundi. All of these were catch and release as we're in it for the sport. We had most of our success fishing where the small creeks met the river. Most of our Barra were between 55cm and 80cm with our largest being a tad under 90cm.
We quickly found that lure fishing far out fished bait fishing during the run-off. We had most success using small to medium white squidgies, on a light overhead outfit for more accurate casting. The ideal thing about squidgies is they look like bait fish when they move through the water, and they are quite cheap which means you can afford to risk casting in those tricky snags! It seemed to work best when we let the squidgies sink a little before slowly jigging and winding.
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Onkaparinga River: Two rivers in one |
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Fishing Reports -
South Australia
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Written by Tony Burlison
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The Onk, as it is known to us locals holds some good size Bream, Redfin and Trout, if you know where to look and when to go.
The Onk, or Onkaparinga River, which is its proper name, runs through the southern suburbs of Adelaide to the sea at Port Noarlunga, not really a port, not anymore anyway. It's a tidal river well up into the township of old Noarlunga, where a low concrete wall separates the fresh water from the salt, so here with this small river we have the best of both worlds ... salt and fresh. Upstream the fresh water is held in large pools or ponds and in those pools can be found redfin and some nice size trout. They have of course been fished a fair bit and those fish that haven't been caught yet are very hook shy, but a little planning can provide some great fishing.
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