Welcome to Recfishwest’s weekly fishing report, brought to you by Recfishwest’s fishing expert Joachim Azzopardi, Matt Cox for the latest in Kununurra and thanks to John Curtis for his Mandurah & Surrounds report.
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Kununurra Catches
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Lower Ord River
The fishing in the Lower Ord River has been extremely consistent this year and the last couple of weeks were no exception. Fantastic numbers of fish have been getting caught on hard bodied lures generally flicking around the old tree stumps in the tidal area of the river. 10 fish per day has been a regular occurrence with some solid 80cm+ fish starting to show up.
Shore based
The Gibb River road isn’t in great condition but those who have braved the corrugations have been rewarded with some good fishing from the banks of the Pentecost. Poppers and fizzers have been working great along the drop offs.
Broome Catches
Picture: Most of the sailfish this season have been smaller fish, but some determined fishers have been successful landing some decent sized sails.
Boats
Most of the sailfish encountered since this season’s batch arrived a few months’ ago have been small fish suited for 10kg gear. Broome Tackle World’s Steve Chambers and his two sons managed to tease up and catch one of the bigger sailfish of the season during a recent session. The trio also picked up some solid spanish mackerel, which have also started to be caught more frequently. Reef fishing remains productive through the 20m to 30m depths where catches of blue lined emperor, saddletail seaperch and chinaman cod have been common. The inshore waters of Roebuck Bay are fishing reasonably well for bluenose salmon, mulloway and the occasional threadfin.
Shore based
Barramundi of varying sizes have been caught in the lower and middle reaches of the Fitzroy River as well as a few of the local creeks. Mixes of reef fish including bluebone, coral trout and emperor species have been picked up from at Gantheaume. Trevally, yellowfin bream and whiting are among the species being caught from along Town Beach.
RECFISHWEST TIP OF THE WEEK
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You would have read in our Broad Cast that Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly yesterday announced Western Australians can go freshwater fishing in the State’s South-West, licence-free next weekend (September 2-3, 2017).
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