The Best Crabbing and Fishing Spots on the Yorke
Blue swimmers, whiting and a falling tide
The Yorke Peninsula is one of South Australia's great fishing playgrounds, ringed by shallow flats made for raking blue swimmer crabs and gutters that hold prized King George whiting, salmon and snapper. You don't need a boat - much of the best of it is reachable by wading a falling tide with a rake and a bucket.
Here are the spots that reliably send you home with a feed.
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1
EdithburghSultana Point
Some of the best crabbing flats on the peninsula, just south of Edithburgh - rake a falling tide for blue swimmers.
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MinlatonHardwicke Bay
Shallow, warm west-coast water with prime crabbing flats and reliable whiting offshore.
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3
EdithburghCoobowie
A sheltered east-coast bay famed for its crabbing and family-safe shallows.
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MinlatonFoul Bay
A quiet fishing hamlet and launching point for the rich whiting and snapper grounds offshore.
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5
Innes National ParkBrowns Beach
One of SA's great salmon beaches - cast straight off the sand in autumn and winter.
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Port VincentBlack Point
A long sandspit on the east coast renowned for whiting and crabbing the flats.
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MinlatonPoint Turton
Jetty and beach fishing in a holiday town with the pub right there.
Know the bag and size limits, check the tides, and only take what you'll eat. The Yorke's generosity depends on it.
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