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Esperance Catches
Picture: Samson fish tagged and being swum alongside the boat, to move water through the gills in prime condition for release (Photo courtesy of Dylan Picken).
The Taylor Street Jetty has big herring, King George whiting to 36cm and small skippy while similar size King George and herring have been common at the Bandy Creek Boat Harbour. Schools of, what are thought to be, front-running salmon to 5.5kg have been turning up at Salmon Beach, Fourth Beach, Eleven Mile and Roses. Alexander Bay has salmon, skippy and herring on offer.
Beach fishers at Israelite Bay landed mulloway to 8kg, gummy shark and big herring. The smaller boats have mostly been catching sand whiting in close. Out wider, plenty of big nannygai, queen snapper to 8kg and samson fish of various sizes seem to have been encountered by most crews.
Albany Catches
Picture: Pink snapper have been about the coral patches out from Albany (Photo courtesy of @pjgringo).
The Esperance to Bremer Bay stretch was frequented by schools of salmon during the past week, which suggests the local beaches are weeks away from seeing the heavier front-runners. Surf fishers at Nanarup caught a few salmon at the weekend and there were juvenile fish landed at Shelleys. Herring and skippy are about in better sizes and bigger numbers in the more remote spots. King George whiting can be found in the sound and both harbours, however some time and effort is required in locating the highly sought after table fish.
Squid have been caught in better numbers through the inshore parts east and west of town. The usual mix of pink snapper, breaksea cod, queen snapper and dhufish have been picked up along the coral. Samson fish have been encountered in dense schools. Red snapper were mostly found at the edge of the shelf and deeper. Mulloway were found in good numbers in the Kalgan River. The systems between Albany and Denmark, which are less murky than those east of town, are fishing reasonably well for black bream.
