fishing can be good off the jetty, with the
night-time fishing for big tommies the
main attraction. A few garfish are caught
off the jetty during the day, and also
a handful of whiting from the nearby
sand holes. A lot of these sand holes
are bordered by reef, so expect to catch
quite a few rock cod and leatherjackets
if targeting whiting on the bottom.
Some squid are caught from the jetty,
but not in numbers that are seen from
other jetties. The squid caught here are
generally good sized though.
Fishing off the sand within the bay
yields mainly salmon trout, tommies
and a few nice flathead. Seaweed often
builds up along the southern section ofthe beach towards the concrete ramp,
which can make the fishing difficult.
Just on the northern side of town
is the Clifftop Drive, which takes you
along a short scenic route. Part way
along this drive is The Salmon Hole,
which is a rock platform perched on
the northern entrance of the bay. There
are actually a few platforms you can
access, and the fishing is quite good
when the swell is low.
Large tommies, sweep, silver trevally
and salmon, from trout size up to around
a kilogram, frequent this wash zone.
As you move inside the bay towards
Wellesley Point, the swell eases and
the fishing changes to shallower water.Here you can cast baits at scattered
sand holes for King George whiting, but
there is a lot of heavy weed and rock, so
expect plenty of wrasse and the like.
Following the Clifftop Drive for
around 4km will bring you to Anxious
Bay, which is a semi-protected bay
on the northern side of Elliston. The
fringing water is relatively shallow
through Anxious, with sand holes dotted
around weed. The fishing can be really
good at Anxious, with some nice whiting
caught from the beach, along with good
flathead too.TALIA
Talia Beach is a 26km stretch of sand
within the Lake Newland Conservation
Park. Talia has two main access points –
Walkers Rocks from the south and Talia
Caves from the north. The turn off to
Walkers Rocks is 10km off the highway
to the north of Elliston. The 3km dirt
road takes you to a camping area and
car park on the coast, where you can
drive onto the sand to access the beach.
The water is quite shallow at Walkers
Rocks, with a band of reef giving
protection to the southern corner of
the beach. The better fishing starts a
few hundred metres down the beach,
where the rocky shallows give way to
sand. Mullet, tommies and salmon trout
are the dominant species, but some nice
whiting also are caught by those casting
out to the scattered weed.
Once you pass the small rock island,
the beach starts to open up to a high
energy surf beach. The gutters are
relatively shallow on this southern end,
with most surf fisho’s accessing Talia
Beach from the northern end where
the gutters are generally deeper. The
northern end of the beach can be
accessed via Talia Caves, which is a
further 39km along the highway from
Walkers Rocks.
From here you’ll have the option to
park the car on the northern headland
and walk onto the beach, or you canElliston jetty offers big tommies after darkWhiting from the rocks inside Waterloo BayuoS
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