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The mighty dhufish. They’re WA’s most iconic fish for a myriad of reasons, writes Western Angler editor Scott Coghlan in this week’s exclusive edition of Scott’s Spots. Ask any offshore angler in the southern half of the State what they most want to catch and almost all will say: “a big dhufish”. Read the latest Scott's Species discussing dhufish here.
“I can’t believe that I’m a boat owner now, I really can’t – just by catching a salmon – it is great news.” That was Beau Gee’s response after winning the 2021 Salmon Slam’s $9,000 dinghy, trailer and outboard package top-prize for simply catching a salmon and entering it into the app-based competition. The three-month Slam came to an end at midnight on Monday, with 1,659 fishers taking part and chasing salmon along South West and south coast beaches during the autumn salmon migration. Father-of-three Beau was the random draw-winner to scoop the 3.5m Seejay aluminium dinghy, powered by a six horse-power, four-stroke Honda outboard and trailer, supplied by Rusty’s Marine in Albany. Held in partnership between Recfishwest and Western Angler magazine, the Salmon Slam – part of the Awesome Autumn of Salmon – celebrates salmon as a fantastic, safe and accessible sportfish. Read the full story and see who else won the other prizes here.
King George whiting, herring, sand whiting, skippy and squid have been caught by small boat fishers within the bay. Packs of yellowtail kingfish – 8kg to 10kg fish – have been found near the islands. When found, they've been attacking stickbaits with ferocity and providing fun-filled sessions for those who are lucky enough to come across the hoodlums. Nannygai to 55cm, breaksea cod, queen snapper and harlequin fish were among the species recently caught out wide.
Boat fishers can quickly access the west-side of Cape Naturaliste again, with Canal Rocks’ revamped $1.6 million boat ramp and jetty set to officially open for vessels to launch. Reef fishers off Cape Naturaliste have been doing well on dhufish, snapper and breaksea cod off the west coast when conditions have permitted. Dhufish are being caught in increasing numbers within Geographe Bay off Busselton and Bunbury this week. Pink snapper are also being picked up on anchor in depths leading up to 20m early morning and at night, with Bunbury fisher Brad Gaylard enjoying a good session catching the sought-after species earlier this week. King George whiting catches are improving and there seems to be more squid around.
Yellowfin tuna are sometimes being encountered out wide of Rottnest Island. Reef fishing has been productive in 20m to 50m of water south-west of Rottnest Island where pink snapper, dhufish, breaksea cod and baldchin groper have been found around the broken bottom and lumps. More baldchin groper have been caught in depths of about 40m off Hillarys and Mindarie, while many have been finding pink snapper inshore at both areas. King George whiting can be targeted near The Windmills and the 12m to 20m depths off Cottesloe and City Beach. Squid catches have been improving off Fremantle and within Cockburn Sound and Warnbro Sound. A session using metal jigs paid off for Frank Zanatta, aka the Salty Dawg Rhino, off Two rocks yesterday.
This Fishing Report was submitted on 4/6/2021 3:00:00 AM by Seamus and last updated on 6/4/2021 1:02:37 PM.
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