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WEATHER WARNING
(Please exercise extreme caution this weekend as large seas and swell along with strong winds will make marine & coastal conditions extremely dangerous)
Metro Catches
(Picture: Chris Barnacle with his Dolphin Fish (Mahi Mahi)
Several boats that ventured to the Rottnest Trench Fish Aggregating Devices, when conditions permitted, caught late-season dolphin fish to a superb 10kg and the odd wahoo.
Schools of striped tuna and small southern bluefin tuna are still evident offshore, however Spanish mackerel have been hard to come by for several weeks. Quite a number of boats that set off to target salmon between Garden Island and Stragglers during the past week caught some nice pink snapper ranging from 4 to 7kg.
More snapper have been coming from along Five Fathom Bank and behind Three Mile Reef, especially when burley has been introduced. Salmon remain evident in Cockburn Sound with boat fishers and shore fishers getting among the action. Jake Crisp, of Anglers Fishing World in Fremantle, caught three salmon inside Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour before work one morning last week.
Salmon were also caught at South and North Mole during the past fortnight. The Cottesloe to Scarborough stretch has been producing a few salmon for bait and lure fishers, however the 4 to 7kg fish have required some effort along the beaches. Pink snapper and a few mulloway were landed at the northern and southern rock walls during, and just following, the recent storms.
There were unconfirmed reports of salmon between The Causeway and The Narrows on Wednesday. Flathead are still being caught in the lower reaches – downstream of Point Walter.
PLEASE NOTE: BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH MOLE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND DUE TO THE EXTREME WEATHER. FOR MORE VISIT: FREMANTLE PORTS WEBSITE HERE.
Mandurah and Surrounds
(Picture: Recfishwest Member Mark Wear sent in this great Salmon pic yesterday with his Limited Edition Recfishwest Lure. Mark: “100m out from rockingham cafés trolling. One every 2 mins.”)
MANDURAH:
There are some good tailor and mulloway coming in from the beaches north of the town. Locations such as San Remo, Singleton and Madora are producing good all round fishing at both dawn and dusk. The southern beaches are producing herring and whiting during the day with tailor early morning and evening. Some larger tailor are being caught around dusk and after dark. There are also salmon in the area, and several fish around 4.5 – 6 kg have been taken.
The Dawesville Cut is still producing plenty of herring and there have been some good sized garfish taken here. An occasional larger tailor is still being taken from the seaward end of the cut along with salmon. There are plenty of good sized yellowfin whiting around, along with some very big skippy. Tarwhine are being taken by anglers fishing in the middle sections of the Cut. There are also plenty of juvenile salmon being taken in the area and anglers need to be aware of the differences between herring and salmon.
Anglers fishing around the Halls Head area have been taking home good catches of herring, sand whiting and garfish. In the estuary, anglers are still taking some good tailor. Scoopers and drop netters are still taking crabs. With some heavy rain predicted for the start of this week, prawns should start to move downstream. Bream fishing is still quietly consistent and bream specialists are getting some good fish a little further upstream. Several fish up to around 1.5 kg have been taken in the last week.
SECRET HARBOUR / PORT KENNEDY / ROCKINGHAM / SAFETY BAY:
Anglers fishing the Port Kennedy and Secret Harbour beaches are still catching some very good tailor and a lot of medium sized fish. They are also taking a few skippy and tarwhine, along with an occasional small mulloway. There have been a few flathead and larger sand whiting coming in from the areas around the Penguin Island sandbar.
During the frontal system that moved through Perth recently it is rumoured that one lucky angler took a good sized snapper from one of the jetties in the area. As winter progresses there should be more of these fish taken from these platforms. All it requires is a big bait and an ability to cast it about 80 metres to the drop off in front of them. The channel along Becher Point should also produce snapper from the beach if you can cast a good distance. There have been several good salmon taken from the beaches in the area along with some good herring.
COCKBURN SOUND:
There has been some good pink snapper fishing in Cockburn Sound over the various gravel patches adjacent to reef and weed banks, particularly out from Kwinana and down towards the Causeway.
Dinghy anglers also are reporting catching a few good sized King George Whiting in the lower end of Cockburn Sound and out on the broken ground behind the Five Fathom Bank. The big news is the consistency of good catches of squid being taken from the area. Most dinghy anglers are catching their bag limits in fairly short time and not many are missing out on catching some good bags. Anglers fishing from the local jetties are also taking good catches from the various platforms around the area.
KWINANA / WOODMAN POINT:
Anglers fishing this area are reporting that a few large tailor are still providing some good fishing. Herring are also starting to make their presence felt around the Ammunition Jetty, while other anglers fishing from the groynes have been taking some good catches of herring and large garfish. Blue mackerel have also been taken in numbers from this area. Several salmon has been taken along with a few skippy and tarwhine. If you want to specifically fish for skippy, it is recommended that you add a little instant mashed potato to the berley mix. It will enhance the chances of getting some big skippy. Anglers fishing this area are also taking some good squid from the various fishing platforms.
South West Catches
(Picture: Another great Salmon catch and another photo with a Life Jacket in use! photo courtesy of Fab Fishing & Tours) #fishandsurvive
The bigger schools of salmon have not been turning up as regularly as they have been in previous weeks, however there has been no shortage of smaller schools of two to three dozen fish appearing along both sides of the cape to keep shore-based fishers entertained. A few tailor have been caught among the salmon and there are plenty of herring around, especially when burley is introduced.
Squid numbers appear to be improving along the seagrass beds while the sand patches a little further out are starting to feature more King George whiting. A customer of Dunsborough Outdoor Sportz caught a 48cm pink snapper from the shore on a Smiling Jack bibbed minnow last week. The undersize pinkie was released. Bigger snapper have been coming from inside of the Four Mile.
Several large snapper between 6-9kg have been caught off the Artificial Reefs over the past few weeks along with good size schools of small Southern bluefin tuna.
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Geraldton Catches
(Pictured: A good size Breaksea Cod taken on a Halco Madeye Paddleprawn, caught by Jim_and_fishing. Check out his photos on Instagram)
Shore-based fishers have been doing reasonably well on tailor, mulloway, herring and whiting at Greys Bay and Southgates. School-size mulloway and tailor have been turning up early morning and evening along most of the Greenough River mouth to Flat Rocks stretch. Dhufish to 9kg have occasionally been caught from the shore near Flat Rocks when conditions have been suitable.
The back of The Lives has been producing school sharks to 1.5m and whiting between 20 and 25cm. Squid have been picked up from the northern side of the new marina, especially in the evenings.
A young customer of Geraldton Sports caught half a dozen squid there last week. Dinghy fishers have been catching more squid along the seagrass beds inside of the reef line. Better squid catches have occurred when the water has been clearer.
Some nice catches of dhufish, baldchin groper and pink snapper have been coming from the African Reef area. Bigger snapper to 9kg and dhuies and baldies to 8kg have been caught near South West Bank and near the Abrolhos Islands. Red emperor have occasionally been found near the islands and there have been quite a few Spanish mackerel caught there recently.
Kalbarri Catches
(Picture: A medium size Red Emperor, one of WA’s premier table fish! Check out the edibility rating we gave it in our new App)
A customer of Kalbarri Sports and Dive landed an estimated 7kg tailor at Chinamans last Tuesday. Smaller tailor, 40 to 50cm fish, have been turning up at Wittecarra, Red Bluff and The Siphon. Storm garfish have been appearing at Red Bluff in the mornings and mulloway to 10kg and the odd pink snapper have also been coming from there. At least two pink snapper around the 80cm mark were landed at the cliffs this past week.
There have been also been a few mulloway taken at some of the cliff spots. Spanish mackerel are about but require a some searching. A couple of nice red emperor were picked up last week. Rankin cod, pink snapper and cobia have also been a feature offshore. Black bream to 40cm have been responding well to soft plastics in the Murchison. An estimated 20kg mulloway was landed near the pens last Monday evening. There are mud crabs up river and schools of what are believed to milkfish hanging around Goat Island.
Spanish mackerel to 15kg, coral trout, trevally and mulloway were among the species recently caught at Wagoe.
