South Coast Fishing Reports

8 April 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:17+08:00

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8 April 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:17+08:00

1 April 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:18+08:00

'The Christou' - Your New Limited Edition Member's Lure Recfishwest are now offering you this lure, simply by becoming a new Premium Member of Recfishwest or renewing your Premium Membership. You can't buy this lure in the shops or from anywhere else and is only available by becoming a Recfishwest Premuim [...]

1 April 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:18+08:00

24 March 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:20+08:00

Albany Catches Pictured: Western Australian salmon Salmon have started to turn up in better numbers along the coast with schools appearing more frequently at the local beaches as well as those east and west of town. Bonito and small southern bluefin tuna were also caught among the salmon at some locations. Sand [...]

24 March 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:20+08:00

18 March 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:24+08:00

Albany Catches Pictured: Dhufish (photo courtesy of @dan.coughlan) The Great Southern’s fraternity of seasoned fishers are hesitant to label the recent spate of salmon catches along the coast to be those associated with the annual migration. Jim Allan, of Albany Rods and Tackle, was still of the view the salmon schools that showed up [...]

18 March 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:24+08:00

11 March 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:25+08:00

Albany Catches Pictured: Pink snapper Mixed catches of reef fish including dhufish, pink snapper, red snapper and breaksea cod were caught by the boats that worked the coral lumps in 60 to 85m of water. Those who worked the ground in closer managed to find some nice harlequin fish while the deeper areas produced [...]

11 March 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:25+08:00

4 March 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:27+08:00

Albany Catches Pictured: Samson fish The boats that ventured out during the past week came across some nice schools of pink snapper in the 5 to 6kg range in the shallows and out deeper. The edge of the shelf was fairly good for red snapper while the coral produced mixed bags of breaksea cod, [...]

4 March 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:27+08:00

26 February 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:27+08:00

Albany Catches Pictured: Breaksea cod The boats trolling minnow-style lures in front of the islands and out from the headlands such as Limestone and Bald Head have been picking up plenty of bonito and small southern bluefin tuna. When the crews have been able to head offshore, they have generally been doing [...]

26 February 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:27+08:00

19 February 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:28+08:00

Albany Catches Pictured: King George whiting Possibly the most encouraging news this past week has come from the deeper waters where big schools of red snapper were being encountered. The reds, which have mostly been between 2 to 4kg, have been picked up along the coral in depths leading up to 85m [...]

19 February 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:28+08:00

12 February 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:28+08:00

Albany Catches Pictured: Samson fish Bonito may have started to appear in local waters following reports of at least two fish caught during the past week. Those fish were picked up in King George Sound – an area not commonly frequented by bonito schools that ordinarily prefer the waters close to rock [...]

12 February 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:28+08:00

5 February 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report

2017-01-13T14:03:29+08:00

Snapper Release This Saturday! The release of the juvenile snapper grown out under the Snapper Guardians program from eggs recovered from Cockburn Sound late last year will take place this Saturday. It will take place on the beach at Jervoise Bay, Woodman Point (adjacent to Cockburn Power Boat Club and to the [...]

5 February 2016 – South Coast Fishing Report 2017-01-13T14:03:29+08:00