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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Esperance Catches

Picture: Queen snapper have been picked up in areas about 10 to 15 miles out from Esperance (Photo courtesy of @pjfishingwa).

Boats

Dinghy and small boat fishers have picked up squid in 2m to 4m of water at times. Plenty of sand whiting and herring have also been coming from the inshore parts. Out wider, nannygai to 2kg, queen snapper, breaksea cod and samson fish have been picked up in areas about 10 to 15 miles out.

Shore based

Mixed catches of bread and butter species including herring, garfish, skippy, King George whiting and squid can be caught from the Taylor Street Jetty. The Bandy Creek Boat Harbour has herring and black bream on offer. Salmon have consistently been caught at Salmon Beach, Fourth Beach, Alexander, Roses, the reef at Nine Mile and Dunns. Stockyards is worth a visit with herring, juvenile salmon, plenty of flathead and skippy on offer.

Albany Catches

Picture: “Another cracking land based harlequin! Been getting into quite a few of these guys lately! My Crewsaver PFD keeping me safe as always!” – Thanks for sharing Brody! (Photo courtesy of Brody Ogle).

Boats

King George have been picked up through the inshore waters of Oyster Harbour, which surprisingly still had clear water earlier this week. The bigger boats that managed to head offshore scored a few red, queen and pink snapper as well as breaksea cod and skippy. Expect samson fish and yellowtail kingfish to start showing up closer to shore during the ensuing weeks. The King and Kalgan, and most of the neighbouring rivers, are fishing well for black bream mostly ranging from 25cm to 35cm. King George whiting were caught at the mouth of the Bremer late last week and there were also a few picked up at Wilson Inlet. Torbay, which reopened recently, was teeming with juvenile salmon and herring.

Shore based

Surf fishers have continued to catch bag limits of salmon at times from selected beaches along the local and somewhat remote areas of coast. Spots where the 3kg to 7kg salmon were caught on bait and lure this past week included Cables, Mutton Bird Beach, Shelleys and Lowlands. Four-wheel drive enthusiasts are being urged to check the beaches for very soft sand and washouts before entering following the recent period of big swells and seas. Bornholm has been producing tailor some mornings and evenings while the gutters at Cheyne Beach and Bluff Creek are holding some big skippy. Frenchmans Bay and the rocks at Middleton Beach have been providing some nice King George whiting catches every now and then.