18 August 2017 – South Coast Fishing Report

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Welcome to Recfishwest’s weekly fishing report, brought to you by Recfishwest’s fishing expert Joachim Azzopardi and thanks to John Curtis for his Mandurah & Surrounds report.

Keep your eyes peeled for Recfishwest’s Tip of the week, see below!

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Esperance Catches

Esperance King George whiting

Picture: An amazing photo of mature King George, not often do you get the opportunity to capture a shot like this!

Boats

Dinghy and small boat fishers have been doing well on King George whiting, sand whiting, flathead and squid within a few hundred metres of the coast. When the bigger boats have managed to head to the islands, and beyond, fair catches of nannygai to 2.5kg, breaksea cod, samson fish and queen snapper have been achieved.

Shore based

Garfish have been caught in bigger numbers at the Taylor Street Jetty, which is also fishing reasonably well for small herring and skippy. Pilch, or yellow-eyed mullet, have started to be caught at the Bandy Creek Boat Harbour together with undersize pink snapper, herring and black bream. Salmon have been caught at Salmon Beach, Fourth Beach, Roses, Fourteen Mile and Munglinup. The lagoon at Ten Mile Beach has been producing lots of flathead as well as salmon. Eleven Mile Beach has also been fishing well for salmon as well skippy to a kilo. Small mulloway, skippy and salmon were among the species caught at Dunns.

Albany Catches

Albany black bream

Picture: The rivers that are yet to open to the ocean are very tannin coloured, but still fishing reasonably well for black bream on baits and brightly coloured soft plastics.(Photo courtesy of @fisho_brad).

Boats

The King George Sound and both harbours are rather discoloured following the recent rain and consequently the King George whiting require some searching in these waters. Squid catches have been better in the cleaner waters off Goode Beach and near Gull Rock. Very few made it out to the coral this past week, however expect the usual mix of reef fish including red, pink and queen snapper and breaksea cod to be fair numbers. The rivers that are yet to open to the ocean are very tannin coloured, but still fishing reasonably well for black bream on baits and brightly coloured soft plastics. Mulloway have been very quiet for the past three or four weeks.

Shore based

Opportunities to wet a line were limited for shore-based and offshore fishers due to the big swells and strong winds. A few intrepid fishers who set out to search for salmon following reports of 4kg to 6kg fish turning up along the coast in numbers managed to find schools of fish. Spots where the salmon were found this past week included Little Beach, Goode Beach, Frenchmans, Shelleys and Cosy Corner. Bigger schools have been regularly appearing along Bremer Bay while Bluff Creek and Cheynes Beach have also had some decent size schools at times. One fisher who visited the somewhat protected reef and rock areas near Denmark could not believe the number of tarwhine around. Some Denmark locals have labelled the abundance of tarwhine around the local beaches as the silver plague.

Fishers & Farmers to Work on Enhancing Fish & Marron Habitat in Albany

On the 26th of August, recreational fishers will be encouraged to take part in a planting day on the King River, Albany. The event will be the last component of the current Fish Friendly Farms project in Albany, and will involve planting native vegetation along the river banks on two private properties.

If you would like to be involved, or for more information, click here.

Black bream fishers and farmers

RECFISHWEST TIP OF THE WEEK


Cleaning and maintaining your rod and reel after every use will ensure you get the most life and enjoyment out of your fishing equipment.

Read the full article here.

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