Albany Catches
Picture: Phil is stoked with his 56cm ”nugget” of a King George (Photo courtesy of Phil Jeffrey).
King George whiting enthusiasts, who took to the local inshore waters, reported finding plenty of 29cm to 34cm fish and fair numbers of KGs in the 35cm to 45cm range. The trick to gathering a feed of King George is to frequently move from spot to spot to locate the schools. King George Sound, both harbours, the waters near Michaelmas and Breaksea Islands and out from Two Peoples Bay were among the areas where the popular species was targeted this past week.
Some nice catches of sand whiting were also picked up in these waters and there are a few skippy around nudging 1kg. Squid have unfortunately been on the quiet side with those who managed to score a couple of cephalopods did so in the cleaner waters. The boats that hit the waters out wide picked up mostly small reef fish along the coral in 65m to 85m of water. Red, queen and pink snapper seemed to be the most common species caught together with a few dhufish and the odd samson fish.
Shore-based fishers have been landing pink snapper in the 45cm to 55cm range at the marina following periods of rough weather. The local beaches have mostly been producing bread and butter species including sand whiting, skippy and herring. Salmon are occasionally being caught from the Bremer Bay beaches while a few schools have also turned up at Bluff Creek and Cheynes. Black bream require some searching in the local rivers and, unusually for this time of the season, there are very few mulloway around.
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Esperance Catches
Picture: Nannygai is a prized demersal catch commonly sought after on the south coast, it is also one of the oldest with an 84 year old caught off the south coast in 2013, making the fish born in 1929! This particular fish was caught by @bl_ac_ky (Photo courtesy of @paulcunninghamphoto).
The Taylor Street Jetty continues to fish well for an assortment of bread and butter species including herring, squid and 30 to 35cm King George whiting. Bigger King George have been coming from Bandy Creek Boat Harbour together with plenty of herring and a few black bream. Salmon have been appearing in good numbers at Blue Haven, Fourth Beach, Salmon Beach and Fourteen Mile.
Surf fishers seeking big skippy may wish to visit Dunns following the capture of dozens of fish around the kilo mark along there last week. The boats that have been targeting reef fish in local waters have been doing well on nannygai, samson fish, queen snapper and breaksea cod. Several dhufish, big pink snapper and some nice nannygai were picked up out from Hopetoun last week. Bag limits of sand whiting are being achieved by the small boats working the inshore waters, which are also producing some nice squid catches.
