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Kununurra Catches
Picture: The weather has finally cleared up to allow some fishing without getting saturated and the locals creeks have been alive (Photo courtesy of Northbound Charters).
Ord River
The fishing in the Lower Ord has been productive with lots of boats hitting the double figures for a day’s fishing. The creek mouths and runoff gutters are full of bait and really starting to fire, the fish are there and are very active.
Shore-based
The King and Pentecost Rivers are still the go to rivers at this point for land-based fishing. Both areas have good accessibility and a steady amount of freshwater still coming down. Bait has been quite easy to come by.
Recfishwest’s Forecast
39-degree weekend predicted, with some stronger southeasterly winds coming in around lunch time making it the perfect weather to go fishing for barra, and enjoy one of the best reported runoffs for many a year.
Broome Catches
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Boats
Sailfish and small black marlin have started to appear off Barred Creek and numbers of both species of billfish are expected to increase during the coming weeks. Spanish mackerel and varieties of tuna have been encountered offshore. Fair catches of blue lined emperor, bluebone and coral trout have been coming from the ground within a few miles of the coast. Red emperor, bigger blue lined emperor and saddletail sea perch have been picked up farther offshore. Threadfin and bluenose salmon continue to be caught in good numbers in Roebuck Bay and Crab Creek.
Shore-based
An assortment of lures including metals, stick baits and soft plastics has been working well on queenfish and small trevally along Cable Beach. Some nice bluebone have also been recently picked up along there on baits. Threadfin and bluenose salmon can be targeted near the mouths and adjacent coast of the local creeks. Cherabin have been a little hit and miss in the Fitzroy. Barramundi enthusiasts expect the activity to pick up within the next month or so.
Recfishwest’s Forecast
Bigger tides are evident for mid to late next week so fish would be expected to be more active during this time than earlier in the week or over the weekend. Winds are set to be low over the weekend and offshore into next week so conditions for boat and shore based fishing will be ideal. Late morning or late night high tides would provide the best chance of fish whether from shore or boat. Dead low tide in the afternoon would be a good chance to walk out from the boat ramp with a long rod and cast lures into the deeper channel waters for mackerel, tuna, queenfish and trevally.
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Recfishwest’s Tip of the Week
Single Lure Hooks
A couple of lure companies have made the switch to purpose made single hooks on their lures off the shelf. With people becoming more conscious about the importance of catch care, especially for catch and release fishing, single hooks are a logical choice. One hook point provides a single clean hook up, usually in the corner of a fish’s mouth and can be removed with minimal damage to the fish. Contrary to some beliefs you won’t lose many hook ups due to missed strikes using singles and because of the clean hook up and unhooking you can spend more time catching fish, and less time fishing out an awkwardly lodged treble hook.
Whether you are catch and release fishing or keeping a few for the table, make the switch to specially designed short shank single lure hooks this salmon season. For the ultimate in sport fishing catch care, you can also buy barbless hooks or simply crush the barbs with pliers on existing hooks. Then, in the case of busting off on a fish, it can shake the lure free and get on with its business.
