Teatree Reservoir, South Australia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Teatree Reservoir in the Lower Eyre part of South Australia. The ground around here is warm green lowland. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. Most waters listed here for Lower Eyre are larger. Tumby Bay is the closest place, 49 km off. Further out sit Port Lincoln (72 km) and Cleve (87 km). The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Teatree Reservoir

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read Teatree Reservoir before you fish it and the day goes better. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 11°C in July and 22°C in February. Nothing shuts down for cold, so the question is when in the day to go. Levels swing with the wet season, which moves the fishing about. April and May steady things again after the summer heat. Anyone fishing Teatree Reservoir regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Brooker Reservoir, 15 km away. Confirm before you fish Teatree Reservoir.