Welcome to Recfishwest’s weekly fishing report, brought to you by Recfishwest’s fishing expert Joachim Azzopardi, Matt Cox for the latest in Kununurra, Stewart King for Freshwater fishing and thanks to John Curtis for his Mandurah & Surrounds report.

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Picture: Brian Norton with his yellowfin tuna caught recently off Murian Islands, thanks for sharing!!

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Exmouth Catches

Picture: This is a great example of the ground estuary cod love to live in, look for caves and big ledges on your sounder (Photo courtesy of Ash Amozig).

Boats

Junior fishers Jorja and Tahlia Mossman got among some nice gold band jobfish, rankin cod, saddletail seaperch and gold spotted trevally during a session off Peak Island on Sunday. The Mossmans also trolled whole baits and lures for spanish mackerel off Peak Island and inadvertently hooked a marlin, which managed to throw the hooks. Similarly, Charlie and Harvey Mitchell were towing a bibless minnow for mackerel off Tantabiddi when a marlin was momentarily hooked. The Mitchells caught dolphin fish and tuna that day. Big schools of mulies and yellowtail scads in the gulf have been attracting an assortment of predators including cobia, mackerel and tuna.

Shore based

Baits and soft plastics worked along the reef and sand areas near the lighthouse are producing a few spangled emperor and bluebone. Queenfish to a metre, small giant trevally and giant herring have been turning up at Bundegi and Old Bundegi, especially during an incoming tide. Bigger giant trevally are worthwhile targeting at Oysters. The gulf beaches are loaded with whiting while squid have been caught at the marina and Learmonth Jetty an hour either side of high tide.