Welcome to the column with all the hot tips for fishing around Yorke Peninsula; contact Greg by email at greg@gregjamesfishing.com.au.

Port Broughton: The poignant tribute of the small crosses and poppies along the foreshore lawns was a huge credit to the local Anzac Day remembrance activities when I was in town last week — it sure put my boating plans into some perspective. A few boat crews were out for blue swimmer crabs, squid, King George whiting and tommy ruff (Australian herring). The jetty was quiet. Lest we forget.

Wallaroo: Good weather continued after the showers as Easter morphed into the Anzac Day weekend, with boat crews fishing off Point Riley and just south of the ferry channel for whiting, squid, tommies and garfish. The jetty has a few ruff and squid after dark and there are 20 or so prawn trawlers anchored just south of the T-Ports terminal.

Moonta Bay/Port Hughes: Lots of visitors at the jetties with ruff and squid coming in plus plenty of tangled lines! Boat crews went far and wide for KG whiting, squid and garfish.

Point Turton: Garfish are off The Pines, Minlacowie and Port Rickaby with squid and flathead for boat crews drifting in the bay on the late afternoon incoming tides. The jetty has large numbers of fishers with not much coming in.

Stenhouse Bay/Marion Bay: Shore-based fishing has mullet and a few salmon trout from the Dust Bowl and Browns Beach, while the Stenhouse Bay jetty fired up late into the long weekend. Boat crews launched for whiting, flathead, red nannygai and kingfish.

Edithburgh: There are reports of widespread marine species damage from that algal bloom and satellite imagery shows the dramatic effect of the spreading pollution. The jetty over the weekend had tommy ruff, squid and even rat kingfish. Boat crews still managed catches of KG whiting, squid, flathead and tommies, but it was slow going for most.

Ardrossan: Great fishing weather was the call just before Anzac Day as winds turned east to north-east and then more from due north, making for cool but calm on-water conditions. 

Boat crews caught squid, gar and small but legal KG whiting, while jetty fishers managed to find some squid and sprat tommy ruff.

Tight lines and see you next week!