Fishing

Port Neill is renowned for its excellent fishing. The bay is heltered and often boaties can go fishing here when it is too rough in other places. The artificial reef is a haven for fish and Yellowfin whiting and other fish can be caught off the beaches. The coastline south of the town has small salmon, sand crabs and trevally.

For further local fishing information contact:
    Port Neill Caravan Park or
    Port Neill General Store

Port Neill
Whiting in good size and numbers came from the Northern grounds. During the blow some excellent snapper were caught from the rocks. The jetty had tommies, squid, small kingfish, and yellowfin whiting off the beaches.

Tumby Bay
Whiting and squid fishing remains good out at the Group and by catches have been a few snook, tommies and the odd trevally or two.

PORT NEILL
The jetty is still producing good numbers of squid and tommies both day and night. Boaties have found a few great catches of  King George whiting in the area, while Yellow fin whiting, garfish and snook have all been hooked in good numbers from the beaches.

TUMBY BAY
A few squid are being caught from the jetty at times, while salmon trout, mullet and garfish are still up at Second Creek. Out at the Groups, there has been some excellent catches of,at Spilsby Island besides the whiting, some small snapper and good sized snook have been reported.

PORT NEILL
Last Sunday the Port Lincoln Anglers Club fished up past port Neill chasing yellow fin whiting. Despite windy conditions all anglers caught some nice specimens. Young Stewart Mesecke is shown up two that he landed.

It is generally accepted that the biggest flathead are females and that they produce the most eggs.
Why then does the South Australian Piscatorial Council run a biggest flathead competition where any recreational angler is eligible to enter as many flathead as they like but only the biggest will be considered?