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In my region we get a lot of king and Spanish mackerel although we don’t see the cero mackerel that the guys in South Florida and the Keys have. That being said mackerel fishing is the staple of our region. Spanish mackerel are very aggressive

The autumn run of salmon is starting to show up both along the beaches and inside the bays with varied size fish getting around. The back beaches of Gunnamatta Kilcunda and Venus Bay are all producing fish with some nice fish to 3kg turning up. Insi

June is a hot month in Florida so if you’re going to want to target spotted seatrout you want to be on the water at dawn to take advantage of the coolest time of the day. You can catch trout all day long but the best bites are going to take pl

Westernport's whiting fishing has been excellent recently with the fish going from strength to strength. The average size of the fish is very good at present but will drop off with more small school fish into the start of Summer. There have been

The wind has been howling again the last several days. We've had another minor front hit us though it isn't very cold yet. The temperatures have fallen nicely though into the lower 70s at times. The water temps are right there too which is g

While many anglers are starting to gear up and chase the snapper around the whiting fishing has been starting to pick up in both bays. There aren't as many anglers fishing for the whiting yet but the number is steadily growing each year and espe

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 04/06/21 COBIA! Brenton ledge was sight-casting cobia while enjoying ideal conditions off Dampier and this speedster took his lure. Great pic and cobia Brentron the

While the snapper run is about to get most Melbourne anglers excited here is a good reason to keep all options covered! Customer Steve was out fishing just offshore from Westernport recently in search of some snapper moving in when he scored a rippe

Springtime Sailfishing is a lot different than winter where we do a lot of trolling ballyhoo kite fishing or slow trolling live baits to cover water and hopefully find fish. In the spring the fish are on the color edges and more often than not up an

With the recent warm weather fishing in the IRL has continued to be good with numbers and size available for those targeting Snook with live Pilchards doing most of the business on the larger fish. Redfish are also around in good numbers taking soft

Some nice snapper have been slowly making their way into the catches of local anglers.With some warmer weather on its way the fish should be making their presence felt around the Eastern shores of the bay. The top end around Brighton and Port Melbou

The winds had laid down nicely the last several days and it look to continue to be more of the same coming up at least for the next few days. This has been a welcome change after the almost 3 weeks of 20 mph winds we had sustained since early March.

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 22/03/24 Dampier's pristine waters on full display. This great aerial snap was taken by @johnnyutah29 who catches plenty of the fantastic species on offer in th

At present the snapper bite has been good but has also had some inconsistency over the last week or so. As water temperatures heat up more in about 2 weeks the fish should go off the bite as they spawn. At the moment though they are still being caug

The bait has been insane this summer! Plenty of pilchards and greenies have been easy sabiki baits to catch at Bullshark Barge three miles south of the inlet. While out there you can always cast a lure or fly for a bonito or drop a bonito for a goli

The fishing for KGW at the minute is excellent and many many anglers are making the most of it. With many corners of both bays producing fish both boat and landbased they are well worth targeting. Westernport has been the main targeting grounds of l

We've still had a mixed bag of fish in the backcountry this september. A handful of guides are still getting out and things have still been fairly productive. Often times the better fishing is early morning with the heat. The past several days h

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 19/04/24 Dunsborough was the place to be this week if you wanted to find the best salmon action and thankfully skilled fisher and photographer @luke_latty was wetti

Coming in to Autumn there has been plenty of action for land based anglers around both bays. Many people think they should be putting the gear away as we edge into colder weather but in many cases the fishing can be better with the onset of Autumn a

We had some great weather the last few days of October while fishing in Islamorada. Today we entered the month of November and we have our first strong cold front coming through this afternoon/evening. We really had a mixed bag of fish the last week