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Albany Catches
Picture: One surprised spear fisher couldn’t believe his luck when he scored this spanish mackeral near Two Peoples Bay, Albany (Photo courtesy of KV Evans).
Perhaps the most interesting capture this week was that of a 91cm spanish mackerel (pictured) that was taken by a spear fisher at Two Peoples Bay. Spanish mackerel are mostly found in waters north of the Abrolhos Islands however, they do travel further south with warmer water temperatures. This particular fish could have potentially made its way to the Southern Ocean with the assistance of the Leeuwin Current. Considering the strength of the current in recent years, it would not be surprising if other warmer water species are caught during the next few months.
Boat fishers who hit the coral lumps, when the weather allowed, scored pink snapper to 10kg, plenty of small dhufish, breaksea cod and samson fish. Red snapper and hapuka were picked up at the edge of the shelf and beyond while the few blue eye trevalla that were caught came from about 400m of water. A 25kg southern bluefin tuna was landed last week. Most of the bluefin have been in the 8kg to 10kg, which is a reasonable fish for WA waters.
King George whiting have been a little harder to find and fish have been smaller than previous weeks. Sand whiting are still plentiful and there are fair numbers of flathead, skippy and herring about. Herring stocks appear healthier along the beaches with bag limits being quickly achieved at spots that include Bremer Bay, Sand Patch, Cables, Nanarup and Mutton Bird. Salmon were also caught at Bremer recently while tarwhine, skippy and the odd tailor have been coming from the local beaches. Bent minnow and poppers have been working on the bigger black bream in the King and Kalgan Rivers.
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Albany Rods and Tackle
Trailblazers Albany
BCF Albany
Little Grove General Store
Albany Migrant Resource Centre
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Esperance Catches
Picture: Beautiful Queen snapper have been reportedly abundant on the South Coast in the past few weeks (Photo courtesy of Fishes of Australia).
Surf fishers searching for salmon schools along the local beaches, including Salmon Beach and Fourth Beach, have been catching up to a dozen fish a session. Mulloway have also been caught at Fourths together with plenty of big herring. Stockyards has mature and juvenile salmon on offer as well as big herring and a few flathead. Skippy and herring are the main species being taken at Dunns together with the odd salmon.
Thomas River has mulloway to 85cm while Whale Beach has been providing the odd bigger mulloway and skippy. The Taylor Street Jetty remains a good spot to try for herring, King George whiting and squid. Herring and smaller King George can be sought at the Bandy Creek Boat Harbour. The boats working the inshore waters have been catching up to a dozen squid in less 30 minutes of effort. Schools of small southern bluefin tuna have been encountered relatively close to shore. The ground out wide has fished well for nannygai to 60cm, harlequin fish, breaksea cod, queen snapper and samson fish.
Did you know? We have FREE loan life jacket locations in Esperance. If you’re going rock fishing this weekend do yourself a favour, go hire a life jacket and return home safe!
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Tateys Bait n Tackle
Southern Sports and Tackle
Esperance Diving and Fishing
Dempster Sporting and Tackle
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