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Albany Catches
Picture: “Not a monster by any stretch – but I’ll never tire of looking at the colours and patterning on queen snapper!” Thanks for sharing Liam! (Photo courtesy of @liamwesson).
Salmon have been turning up in schools along the coast between Bremer Bay and Cheynes Beach, however damaged tracks and inaccessible beaches caused by the heavy rains have been keeping the 3kg to 7kg out of reach. A few salmon have started to appear along the beaches closer to town. It is hard to determine whether these salmon are part of this year’s annual run or resident fish. Mostly herring, skippy, tarwhine and a few tailor have caught from the local beaches.
Small King George whiting have been coming from Middleton Beach. There are tailor, squid and the odd big samson fish being caught at Emu Point. Inshore fishing has been productive with bag limits of King George being achieved and herring are on offer. The bigger boats have been encountering increasing numbers of small southern bluefin tuna between the inshore waters and the shelf.
The coral lumps in 60m to 80m have been fishing well for the usual mix of reef species including dhufish, pink, queen and red snapper. The reds have been caught in better numbers and bigger sizes at the edge of the shelf and deeper. A few hapuka have also been picked up near the shelf together with blue eye trevalla and grey-banded cod. The rivers west of Albany are not as discoloured as the systems east. Most are still producing small black bream. Schools of soapie mulloway have been found in the Kalgan River.
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Esperance Catches
Picture: The fearsome looking harlequin fish are equally as good table fare as their northern cousins, coral trout (Photo courtesy of @castaways_fishing).
The Taylor Street Jetty has been fishing well for big herring, skippy of about 500g and a few King George whiting. Big herring have also been caught at Bandy Creek Boat Harbour together with a few skippy and black bream. Salmon Beach, Fourth Beach, Nine Mile and Eleven Mile were among the spots to produce salmon this past week.
Stockyards has herring, juvenile salmon, skippy and flathead. Mulloway to a metre, loads of herring and mostly juvenile salmon were caught at Thomas River. Boat limits of sand whiting are being achieved in less than an hour within a mile or so of the harbour. Nannygai, harlequin, big breaksea cod and some thumping queen snapper were caught out wide.
