Boat anglers have access to some very good offshore fishing and the quality of the angling has only improved in recent years, due to management changes. There are very good boat fishing opportunities for a wide range of species including the iconic dhufish, pink snapper, king george whiting, baldchin groper, skippy and [...]
Fishing in Albany is fantastic, it is an angler’s playground, with a vast range of options. Beach fishers can expect to get herring, skippy and whiting at a wide range of spots like Nanarup, the Sand Patch, Bluff Creek, Cheyne’s Beach, Bornholm and Shelley Beach, to name but a few locations. When [...]
There are several jetties at the marina and these can fish well for local favourites such as tailor, silver bream, whiting and mulloway. Samson fish will even show up at times. North of town is an excellent stretch of coast around S-Bend with tailor, mulloway and even dhufish, at times of the year, available [...]
There is some fantastic fishing around Esperance for both shore and boat anglers. The region is famed for its salmon fishing, however mulloway are also a regular catch. Good pink snapper are often taken from the sand out towards the cliffs and the rocks west [...]
Geraldton offers a wide variety of fishing opportunities for both boat and shore anglers. The beaches and rockwalls around Geraldton offer tailor and herring, plus a few big mulloway. Drummonds Cove is noted for tailor, whiting, herring and the occasional mulloway, while African Reef and Pensioners are two of the spots on offer to [...]
Jurien Bay offers great access to some superb offshore fishing, especially during the Autumn months when the winds are lighter. Pink snapper and even dhufish are often caught in the bay itself, while summer sees spanish and shark mackerel turning up just behind the reef. Farther out, there is some quality fishing for dhufish, [...]
Kalbarri fishing is popular with locals and holidaymakers alike. There are some varied fishing options around Kalbarri. The Murchison River is a great spot to fish with the family, with plenty of black bream around the jetties and father upriver, and yellowfin whiting in the shallows near the mouth. Giant herring are regularly encountered, [...]
Shark Bay is a World Heritage area and one of WA’s true recreational fishing treasures. From the rugged grandeur of Steep Point, Australia’s most western point and a mecca for land-based game fishers who often travel thousands of kilometres to fish there, to the protected shallows of its eastern bays, it is an area [...]
There is plenty of fishy water to explore on the Nornalup Inlet, which is known for producing good king george whiting, skippy and herring right to the mouth, while the Frankland River is one of the state’s best black bream rivers, and also turns up a few giant herring. In summer, the [...]