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Recfishwest's State-wide Fishing Report 22 July 2022 🎣

| By Seamus on 7/22/2022 3:26:48 AM | Views (575)

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Fishing Report

22/07/22

Han Yeoh @hanyeoh13 always produces the goods when it comes to quality fishing images, hope you didn't cop any ink to the clothes capturing this beauty! Make sure you also check out his Calamari Kings Facebook Page

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Pic of the Week!

Lightning struck twice in a week for @good_dhu_dhu with his second land-based tuna winning pic of the week! The same 58g Richter Lures sea iron did the damage, attached to some Galis 50lb FC! What a fish! He also does fishing guides for @broomebillfishcharters out of @ecobeachresort so make sure you check them out!

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Nine years and 2,000km later - 12 breeding barra return to Kununurra!

Finding Nemo eat your heart out! 12 barra caught back in 2013 in Lake Kununurra helped spawn 200,000+ baby barra in the hatchery at North Regional TAFE's Aquaculture Centre in Broome.They recently made the 1,000km journey back to Kununurra and were released to see out the rest of their years. Click here to watch this special moment on YouTube!

Make sure to check out this one-stop fishing website!

The Lake Kununurra Barramundi Stocking Group's new website has gone live! It’s a one-stop shop for terrific fishing insight and handy tips on how and where to best fish for barra on Lake Kununurra, where more than one million barra have been stocked since 2013. This website has been made possible with the help of Recfishwest and support from the State Government.

Click here to check out the website!

Broome catches

Plenty of large fingermark like this beauty were caught off Broome over the past few days, this one was caught courtesy of the vexed bottom meat from Tackle World Broome!

Boats

The mackerel fishing in the region continues to fire with some solid fish mostly ranging from 10-18kg being captured by trolling bibbed minnows and rigged garfish around Port Smith, Entrance Point and Gantheaume Point. Some smaller black marlin that still put up incredible fights were encountered further offshore, while brilliant catches of sailfish were reported closer to the mainland. Plenty of longtail tuna have been appearing alongside the Spanish mackerel with bust ups on the surface providing great adrenaline rushes for anglers. For those targeting demersals, they reported good catches of red emperor and coral trout a little closer inshore near larger reef bombies. Golden and brassy trevally have also seemed to be quite prolific, entertaining multiple small boat owners closer to the coast.

Shore-based

The land-based fishing has also been red hot this week thanks to ideal conditions. Anglers who dedicated their time and effort at Gantheaume Point saw numbers of Spanish mackerel pulled in around that 10-15kg range. The metal slices and heavier lures are the best option for targeting mackies as it allows for longer casting, just make sure you yell out 'Yeeeet' when doing so as it's highly likely to improve your range (scientifically confirmed). One fisher @good_dhu_dhu managed to reel in yet another land-based tuna from Eco Beach after landing one only a week earlier from the same location, this achievement landed him pic of the week! The Town Beach jetty has been reportedly fishing well for smaller sized trevally and the occasional small mackie passing through.

Kudos to the team at Tackle World Broome for the heads up on what's biting! Make sure you pay them a visit for the best fishing tips and gear!

Exmouth catches

@evolutionfishing were on fire off Exmouth this week, catching a boat load of goldies including this lovely specimen in 120m of water.

Boats

The weather was fantastic this week with lower winds and swell allowing anglers the freedom to punch out wide and take advantage of the flatter conditions. The cooler water over the past month or so continues to see larger numbers of mackies and tuna doing the run, particularly around the west side and areas surrounding the Murions. Trolling of the deeper diving lures seems to be producing the most fish, although the fattest mackie of the season at 27kg (pictured below) was caught on a floating gardie off the Exmouth Fishing Adventures charter! The Gulf continued to fish nicely for bluebone and coral trout with the soft plastic lures, lightly weighted baits and vibes flicked around bombies doing the trick. Bottom bashers this week welcomed the ideal conditions as it opened the door to easier trips out deep. Plenty of anglers will be eating well as goldband and Rankin cod were abundant around the 80-120m mark, along with the occasional red emperor. Out wide in the 200-300m depths, some well-sized eightbar and rubies were also caught.

Shore-based

Spangled emperor seemed to be everywhere this week! The top of the Cape, shallow lagoons on the western side and Lighthouse Bay all had good catches of spangos on the stick baits and occasional baited rig. Both Mowbowra and Badjirrajirra Creek were great spots for kids throughout the week with plenty of yellowfin whiting, jacks and bream reported caught. The calmer conditions also saw plenty of squid move in close around the Bundegi boat ramp and town marina, with most caught in the evening and aggressively taking every colour of jig on the lighter line. The western beaches have still been producing queenies, golden trevally and smaller sized giant trevally.

Big thanks to Connor Luff for letting us know the action in Exmouth over the past week! If you want to get the best gear and tips on where to fish in Exmouth, make sure you pay a visit to the great crew at Tackle World Exmouth.

Scott's Species: Bluefin trevally, the electric blue adrenaline rush

What a beautiful looking fish bluefin trevally are, they'll always give your reel a serious workout.

While they aren't known for their eating quality, bluefin trevally are right up there as one of the best fighting fish when they decide to make an appearance. Out of all the trevally species, they are probably the least caught throughout Scotty's angling career and that's what makes them so special.

Click here to read Scott's article on bluefin trevally!

Kalbarri catches

Boats

When the weather has been playing ball and provided ideal boating conditions, plenty of anglers managed to head out and land great species. The catch of the week most certainly went to a 10kg+ red emperor landed off one of the charters based in Kalbarri. Rankin cod have been picked up north of town alongside good numbers of pink snapper mostly hooked on the paternoster baited rigs with fresh squid doing the most damage. Along the cliffs, Spanish mackerel have been landed alongside the odd cobia. Out in 30-40m of water, dhufish and larger model pink snapper were reported caught by jigging metals and soft plastics when drifting over undulating reef or near large bombies.

Shore-based

Mulloway and large winter tailor have continued to be caught at the mouth of the river with the latter mostly caught on baited gardies using ganged hooks with trebles and a mix of surface lures. A few keen fishers kayaked across to the Oyster Reef and reported tailor up to 65cm on poppers, while mulloway have been found in the reef further north. On Saturday night, a 20kg mulloway was landed at the Sand Spit and reports of metre-plus monsters have not been uncommon over the past week. There have been plenty of big bream further up the river. Off the cliffs, there has been a few reports of land-based pink snapper being caught as they started to venture closer to the coast after the recent swells.

Mid West catches

@miller_maddi took full advantage of the grappler and stradic combo, catching this nice tailor just off the Geraldton coast on the trusty golden Halco Slidog! Photo courtesy of @n orthern_addicts

Boats

Geraldton has seen some solid fishing action over the past week or so, with most areas reporting some solid catches. Although not in great numbers, dhufish have been caught in shallow waters around the 10-15m mark, usually around the 8-10kg size bracket. Out wider, pink snapper and dhufish have been interestingly smaller than the ones found closer to town, so if you're heading out over the next week we recommend finding good structure closer to shore and saving on fuel. Dinghy fishers have been having a blast in close, landing plenty of squid on the seagrass beds around Point Moore all the way to Separations. Yellowfin tuna action has slowed down a bit over the last few days, however they were last reported to be hanging out around Point Moore. Make sure you keep an eye out for bust-ups on the surface or diving birds attacking smaller schools of fish as this will increase your odds when flicking lures or having a troll.

Shore-based

Mulloway have made a big return this week around town, all the way from Lucky Bay to Lucy's Beach with captures up to 16-17kg. Whiting have been relatively difficult with the seaweed washing in from the recent swells, although if you find some clearer waters try grabbing a few blades and casting them in as anglers using this tactic recently have reported captures up to 40cm! The north side of the marina has been relatively productive for squid with some solid 25-35cm tubes providing a delicious feed. Herring were also prevalent off the marina in good numbers, especially when burley was used. Alongside those bread and butter species, skippy have been quite prolific with good sizes up 1.5kg being caught. If you manage to take some skippy home and don't mind eating raw fish, we highly recommend trying it as thinly sliced sashimi with a bit of soy sauce or wasabi on the side. It's surprisingly right up there with bluefin or yellowfin tuna.

Lancelin catches

Fishing guru Peter Fullarton absolutely cleaned up recently on tailor off the beach in Lancelin using the trusty old Halco Roosta popper!

Boats

Those lucky enough to fish mid-week were treated to some lower swells, thankfully making the beach launch possible. Plenty of anglers who headed out were rewarded with good hauls of dhufish, baldchin groper, breaksea cod and pink snapper across a wide range of depths. Schools of tuna provided a rush of adrenaline throughout the week, as large bait balls in around 40m of water were common. Inshore, there have been lots of skippy turning up when burley trails have been used. There have also been some great dhufish caught in relatively shallow water under 15m. Dinghy fishers staying in closer to the mainland caught pike, snook, skippy, squid and tarwhine inside the bay.

Shore-based

Tailor were a frequent and welcome presence along the beaches across the entire week, with an upgrade in numbers and size. Herring have been difficult to find along the beach, although anglers have made up for it with very large sand whiting to 25cm reported. For those who decided to wet a line near reef structure, there’s also been skippy and tarwhine in high numbers. The jetty has seen a few squid around mostly in the evening, along with tailor, herring and skippy. Casting baits to the near shore of the bay has been producing some large yellowfin whiting and we were told there’s been lots of cobbler in the shallows at night. We recommend wearing a head torch if targeting cobbler and try to avoid their nasty dorsal spines if you manage to hook one!

Want to know how to rig anti shark bite-off gear like Sharkbanz?

Click on the image above to watch Ashley Ramm from Tackle World Miami in Mandurah explain how to best rig a Sharkbanz magnet to your line.

At $100 a pop, Sharkbanz magnets are an expensive investment to lose if a shark tears through your line, although plenty of anglers have reported good results in deterring the tax man away from their catch. With this in mind, we asked Ashley Ramm from Tackle World Miami in Mandurah to explain how to best set up your Sharkbanz rig.

Click here to watch the video!

Esperance catches

Tyson Tietjens @tnttietjens caught this absolute brute of a bream down in Esperance, measuring in at a personal best size of 48cm, always great fun on light tackle and plastics! It came incredibly close to winning pic of the week!

Boats

The earlier and latter stages of the week blessed anglers with flat water and lower winds, providing the green light to punch out wide. Depths of around 40m seemed to be the best range for bottom bashing, seeing numerous nannies frequently around the 2.5kg mark and breaksea lurking around the bommies. The same depths saw a number of anglers give their reels a workout thanks to yellowtail kingfish around 15kg and sambos mostly between 15-30kg. Most of the weekend will see the wind pick back up with a touch of rain, although the sun should reappear by Monday along with calmer winds on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Southern Sports & Tackle is running the "Chase the Kraken" competition from 18th June until 1st of August. With multiple prizes on the line, this weekend is a good chance to get in and compete! To find out more about this event, check out their Facebook page or head into their shop!

Shore-based

The weather provided some ideal patches earlier in the week along with the past couple of days and large flathead up to 60cm were caught along the foreshore on the edge of the weed patches. Delicious feeds of big King George whiting around the 45-50cm mark are also being caught by casting in only 2m of water onto the sand patches near the weed beds. Prawns seem to be the bait of choice, with smaller hooks and a paternoster setup landing some fat beauties that anglers couldn't wrap their hands around. The Esperance Jetty continues to provide plump herring and wetting a line around Taylor Street has also seen some great skippy and tailor pulled in throughout the week. A few large mulloway between 20-30kg were also landed mostly in the evenings across the beaches near Munglinup. Big schools of salmon were spotted swirling inshore at Fourth Beach over the last few days and stick baits or metal slice did the most damage, seeing plenty of 50cm specimens landed with the largest topping around 5kg. As seen above, Tyson Tietjens also landed a beast of a black bream of 48cm by flicking Razor Edge lures in the creeks if you're thinking of wetting a line inland!

Great Southern catches

Brody Ogle @brody_ogle closed out a beautiful day on the water off Albany with a sunset/sambo duo! Always great fun hearing the reel sing when jigging for these beauties.

Boats

Due to the weather not playing ball for most of the week, windows of opportunity to fish off the boats were slim. For those that did manage to make it out, plenty of pinkies, breaksea and dhuies were pulled in around three quarters of the way out to the shelf, while those that ventured a little further reported decent nannies on the shelf edge. In the deeper waters out wide between 230-400m there were large amounts of hapuka pulled in. As the slightly rougher conditions this week stirred up the water in close, a number of boats moved out from the mainland and reported getting smashed by squid when drifting in 14-16m of water where the visibility was ideal. Some decent King George whiting of 40cm+ and pinkies were caught in the broken ground of sand and weed patches throughout the off shore areas in about 20-50m of water.

Shore-based

Since boating was hit and miss this week due to the conditions, plenty of anglers opted to wet a line off the shore instead and reported decent numbers of squid in close over the weed in the bays. Salmon are still showing up regularly along Shelley Beach, Cable Beach and even Emu Point, where schools were frequently seen passing through this week caught on a mix of lures and bait. Emu Point has also been performing consistently well for smaller sized sambos around the 10-15kg mark. For those chasing salmon in the sand patches along the gutters and bowls of the beaches, reports are that combining a soaked bait with patience is producing the best results. Salmon were also caught near Bluff Creek, along Fosters Reef and around Bremer Bay.

Huge thanks to Ryan from Trail Blazers in Albany for providing us with the latest action! Make sure you pay a visit to their store for amazing fishing tips and a huge range of outdoor gear!

South West catches

Trudy Morehouse @squidqueen.wa is proof that bananas aren't bad luck on a boat! The squid queen was down in Busselton this week and snagged some huge squid, sambos and pink snapper.

Boats

Once again, anglers didn't need to venture out wide or deep to hook themselves some solid pinkies, with larger 60-80cm specimens cruising through in 10-20m. For those chasing dhufish, reports are that they were most common out deeper in 40m+ although one whopper was caught using a drone off the beach around 300m from the coast. Breaksea were rather quiet this week, but the larger numbers of pinkies seemed to make up for it. There were numerous reports of anglers bagging out on snapper within 30 minutes around 200m off the beach simply by drifting or anchoring up near structure. If you love kayak fishing, we highly recommend giving any bottom structure a crack, just brace yourself if you hook on to a 80cm+ snapper as you'll probably be as wobbly as Peter Garrett was back in his dancing days with Midnight Oil. According to Harry Fowler, most of the snapper were caught using the old school paternoster baited rig, with squid being the best option.

Shore-based

This week it was 'Ride of the Valkyries' in the form of drones off the beach. While there were less people casting off the beach, there was huge success for those dropping baits from drones about 450-500m off the coast for big pinkies. There were frequent 60-80cm specimens and even a 12kg monster hooked in only about 10m of water. Salmon dropped off a bit this week off the beach, although they did appear occasionally along with the plump herring in the sand patches. As for how the Collie River is going, our main man Harry Fowler from Whitey's Tackle in Australind said it resembled "choccie milk" this week like something out of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, so we would recommend avoiding wetting a line there until the visibility starts to improve.

Freshwater

Freshwater contributors Sam Russell and John Dempsey travelled down to Harvey Dam and Wellington Dam last weekend, catching and releasing plenty of larger ex-broodstock rainbow trout like this beauty.

Harvey Dam and the deeper pools in the Murray River continue to fish well for big winter redfin of 1-1.5kg, with most of the success for anglers coming from jigging the darker coloured soft plastics near submerged structures. Our freshwater contributors Sam Russell and John Dempsey visited Harvey Dam and Wellington Dam over the weekend and caught and released plenty of nice broodstock Rainbow Trout, with small red lures seeming to be the most successful choice. Brown Trout were reported less frequent, but a couple were still landed and released. If you want to wet a line in our beautiful South-West for trout or redfin perch, make sure you grab yourself a freshwater angling license and give back to our regional communities.

Mandurah and surrounds

This 83cm land-based pinky packed some serious heat for Michael Greenham who decided to have an evening flick around Mandurah! Make sure you check out the Inshore Snapper Hunters Facebook Page!

Mandurah

The northern beaches of San Remo and Golden Bay are still producing tailor, herring and whiting. Juvenile salmon around the 50cm mark are starting to make their way up the estuary system and have turned up in abundance over the past week, a little later than the May-June prediction. Light tackle of 4-6 pound line provides the most fun and surface lures have been getting smashed on the edge of the inlet and around Memorial Park. The lower end of the Peel Inlet near the Harvey Estuary also saw plenty of salmon around the 40-50cm range landed and the Serpentine and Murray rivers are consistently producing tailor. The beaches to the south from Preston through White Hills and Tim's Thicket were heavily weeded up this week unfortunately. As seen in the image above, some of those who braved the evening chill and found clear patches off the shore like Michael Greenham this week were rewarded with nice pinkies near Mandurah. More numbers of King George whiting are expected to take another month or so to start venturing into the Peel Inlet, although there were many 40-50cm specimens caught in the broken grounds of weed and sand between 10-40m. The dhufish offshore have been quiet but occasionally appeared in the 40m range. There has however been a great run of baldchin groper over the past month, with numerous anglers landing 50cm specimens drifting through the 40m depths over undulating reef. Ash Ramm from Tackle World Miami recommended using squid on a paternoster rig with 3/O or 4/0 hooks when targeting baldies as their smaller mouths are harder to hook with jigs.

Secret Harbour / Port Kennedy / Rockingham / Murray River

Long Point and Point Peron have been quite productive for tailor anglers looking for a feed, with most fish around 50cm and some even passing 60cm. Breaksea cod, baldchin groper and King George whiting were popular around the 40m depths from Secret Harbour up through to Cockburn Sound. Snapper weren't as common, although Warnbro Sound had plenty of smaller catches and some larger specimens of 50cm+ did make appearances on the drift between 30-60m. Becher Point and Point Peron slowed down this week on the smaller species such as whiting and herring due to the rougher conditions. As the water was stirred and visibility decreased, their was also less reports of squid being taken around Rockingham and Garden Island unless boats stayed in close and managed to find a good weather window of flat and clear water. Many anglers opted to try their luck fishing the calmer Murray River this week on soft plastics and were rewarded with some nice black bream, the largest measuring in around the 37cm mark. Whiting, herring and squid have also been popping up at Safety Bay Yacht Club and Rockingham Beach jetty.

Perth catches

@fishinwishinlife_official had an absolute belter of a session off Rottnest Island, with plenty of tuna caught on the troll making the reels sing!

Boats

The limestone reefs both north and south of the river are producing some solid tailor, with the odd smaller sized Samson fish often surprising anglers by taking the bait and lure offerings intended for chopper tailor. Rigging a whole garfish via a gang of hooks and a treble through the tail is working well for nice winter tailor lately, while surface lures worked erratically are also enticing the larger greenbacks to bite. Small boats and kayaks have been able to get stuck into squid in calmer and clearer waters between Fremantle and Woodman Point, with Cockburn Sound's sheltered waters providing anglers the opportunity to also target other bread and butter species such as herring, whiting and skippy. For those catching the latter, we highly recommend tasting skippy as sashimi, it's surprisingly right up there with tuna! While the weather was more inviting to offshore fishing earlier in the week, anglers out of Mindarie and Two Rocks were able to find snapper, dhufish and breaksea cod out in the reefs between 5-10km offshore, while Five Fathom Bank has been productive for snapper and skippy. Around Rottnest Island earlier in the week, tuna were running wild as seen in the image above with @fishinwishinlife_official cleaning up.

Shore-based

While most anglers tend to overlook the river during the cold and wet winter months, the lower reaches are still worth a fish for black bream and tarwhine, especially where underwater structures are present. The metro rock walls continue to produce plump herring and provided plenty of fun for kids over the recent school holidays. The bag limit of herring is also set to increase from 12-20 from October 1st, although make sure you stick to the current limit of a dozen until then. The northern beaches are still worth a fish for tailor, however it has been difficult to get away from the large amounts of seaweed that was deposited along the metro coastline over the past week or so due to recent storms. Both the north and south moles in Fremantle have been producing squid during the relatively flat conditions this week, while skippy, herring, snook and tailor are also making the occasional appearance.

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Catch Information

Species:
Australasian Snapper

Baldchin Groper

Black Bream

Breaksea Cod

Coral Trout

Dhufish

Dusky Flathead

Flathead Catfish

Golden Trevally

Hapuka

Mulloway

Red Emperor

Samson Fish

Spangled Emperor

Yellowfin Whiting

This Fishing Report was submitted on 7/22/2022 3:26:48 AM by Seamus and last updated on 7/24/2022 1:13:45 PM.

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