Metro Catches
The boats heading out from Fremantle and Cockburn Sound have been encountering schools of salmon, especially those who have ventured to the islands and exposed bombies to target species such as pink snapper and gummy sharks. Salmon are being caught from North Mole most days and there are still a few small schools turning up along the Cottesloe to Brighton stretch.
Tailor have been appearing some mornings and evenings while herring are turning up about an hour after sunrise and biting well until mid morning. There were a few pink snapper caught from the southern rock walls when the rough weather was around last week. Most of the southern and northern rock walls and jetties are producing herring as well as a few garfish. Squid and cuttlefish have been caught in better numbers along the seagrass meadows off Fremantle and within Cockburn and Warnbro sounds when the water has been clearer.
The rock walls along Mews Road and Capo D’Orlando Drive are also fishing well for squid. Tailor schools are showing up off South Perth, at Applecross Jetty and in Freshwater and Mosman Bay. The deeper areas of the Swan including The Narrows, Mosman Bay and Blackwall Reach are worth trying for mulloway at this time of the year. Flathead are starting to appear in shallower ground as water temperatures begin to increase in both river systems.
If you do fish from the rocks make sure you’re wearing a life jacket. Please see the footer of our website for Free Life Jacket loan locations.
South West Catches
Dinghy and small boat fishers have been picking up pink snapper to 8kg, big skippy, dhufish, samson fish and yellowtail kingfish along Four Mile Reef off Busselton and Dunsborough. More sambos and kings have been caught along the drop offs out from Cape Naturaliste. Bigger dhufish are starting to be found in better numbers in 30 to 40m of water off the West Coast. Squid numbers have improved along the seagrass beds between Eagle Bay and Siesta Park. Small schools of salmon have been turning up along the west coast more regularly than the Geographe Bay beaches.
Freshwater catches have been steady this week with Harvey Dam still producing a few nice Rainbow Trout. Some big Redfin have been coming from the lower reaches of the Warren, and the Donnelly is was the pick of the bunch for fast water Trout fishing.
