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Albany Catches
Picture: Pink snapper in Albany are in good numbers (Photo courtesy Dylan Picken).
Conditions similar to those experienced on Sunday do not come around too often and those who took to the waters off Albany, Cheynes Beach and Two Peoples Bay were surprised at just how pleasant it was. The crews who headed out wide and dropped in depths ranging from 100m to 400m were rewarded with big red snapper, nice size hapuka and some unusual catches which included pink ling.
The coral patches between the 60m and 90m contours produced a good mix of the usual suspects, which included pink, queen and red snapper, breaksea cod, dhufish and samson fish. King George and sand whiting are the main species being caught from the sound and the other inshore areas. Squid catches are increasing as the water clarity improves. Squid also remain the preferred bait for the big samson fish that are residing at Emu Point. Several more sambos were hooked and the odd fish landed there this past week.
Shore-based fishers interested in spending a morning or evening at one of the local spots ought to try Sand Patch where some nice catches of skippy, herring and sand whiting have been had recently. Bremer Bay has mostly herring and sand whiting while bigger skippy can be found at Bluff Creek and nearby Cheynes. Tailor have been turning up at first light and after dark at Nanarup while Middleton is worth a try for mulloway at this time of the year. Black bream have become more inclined to strike at hard-bodies as well as plastics and vibes in the Kalgan.
Esperance Catches
Picture: Max with his very first fish. He caught this Skippy at the Taylor Street Jetty on his second cast, ever! Thanks for sharing Toby. (Photo courtesy of Toby Virgin).
A good mix of bread and butter species including herring, skippy of about half a kilo and King George whiting can be sought at the Taylor Street Jetty and Bandy Creek Boat Harbour. There have been 1kg to 2kg salmon turning up most days at Fourth Beach. Roses has been graced with better numbers of salmon as well as the odd tailor.
Fourteen Mile Beach has gummy shark while Stockyards is worth a try with herring, juvenile salmon and flathead caught there last week. Good numbers of skippy to a kilo have recently been caught at the rocks at Wylie Bay. Shore-based adventurists who undertook Poison Creek picked up salmon, gummy shark and tailor. Nannygai to 3kg, queen snapper and pink snapper were the main species caught out wide. In close, there are still heaps of whiting and squid around.
