1 April 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

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Albany Catches

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Pictured: Mulloway

Salmon numbers have continued to increase along the coast following reports of 3 to 7kg fish caught at many of the popular spots including Bluff Creek, Cheynes Beach, Normans, Shelleys, Sand Patch, West Cape Howe and Lowlands. Apparently the schools that have been encountered along the shores, have not been overly big with the larger schools believed to be staying out wide. Good size herring have started to turn up along the beaches together with some big skippy, a few tailor and the odd tarwhine.

The small boats working the inshore waters of King George Sound, Two Peoples Bay and Cosy Corner have been doing reasonably well on King George whiting, sand whiting, flathead, squid and cuttlefish. Those who have been burleying in the inshore areas have been picking up plenty of herring and a few skippy thrown in for good measure. Bonito and small southern bluefin tuna have remained off Bald Head and Limestone. Yellowtail kingfish seem to be residing near Mauds Reef at the moment. The 60 to 85m depths have been producing a fair mix of breaksea cod, queen snapper and samson fish while big red snapper, blue eye trevalla and pink snapper have been coming from the edge of the shelf and beyond. Most of the river systems are fishing well for black bream and the odd small mulloway.

Esperance Catches

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Pictured: Western Australian salmon

Salmon seem to have turned up along the coast in bigger numbers following reports of good size schools regularly appearing at Salmon Beach, between Fourth Beach and Fourteen Mile Beach, Poison Creek and Kennedys during the week. Stockyards has been good for smaller species including herring, flathead and juvenile salmon. An assortment of bread and butter species including herring, King George whiting, garfish and squid can be sought at Taylor Street Jetty. The boats that have been working the waters within a mile of the coast have been picking up fair catches of whiting, herring, squid and small southern bluefin tuna. Out wider, nannygai to 3kg, queen snapper to 6kg and samson fish between 10 and 30kg have been common.

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