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Salmon fishing off our pristine coastline is very easy and accessible, but it's even easier when you know the best rods, reels and lures to use! That's why we spoke with the salmon fishing pros to bring you the best tips on salmon fishing gear! CLICK HERE TO READ THE BEST TIPS ON RODS, REELS AND LURES FOR CATCHING SALMON!  With just over five weeks left in the 2023 Salmon Slam, you could go home with the entire $3,000 worth of Shimano fishing gear below simply by catching a salmon and entering it into the Salmon Slam app! This FREE to enter, app-based competition runs from 1 March until 1 May and there's more than $10,000 in prizes up for grabs simply by catching a salmon, taking a snap of it next to a ruler with the tournament code '#SS2023' visible and entering it via our Salmon Slam 2023 app into the competition. Remember, fish images entered into the app must reflect our responsible fish handling practices. So no blood or cut throats, fish still alive, fish supported well and held horizontally, no fingers in gills, etc. To enter the comp and have a crack for some great prizes, simply download the Salmon Slam app via the App Store or Google Play! CHECK OUT THE SLAM COMPETITION PHASES, INFO AND PRIZES UP FOR GRABS HERE A huge Recfishwest thanks to our supporters and sponsors in Shimano, Western Angler Magazine, Richter Lures, Halco Tackle, Assassin Tackle Australia, Anglers Fishing World and Compleat Angler Nedlands for their donations of prizes! Â
The FADs continue to fire with dolphinfish and tuna species being taken on skirted lures trolled at 6-8 knots and bigger dolphinfish caught on live baits. Tuna are also plentiful on the north side of Rottnest and have been smacking deeper diving lures and skirts. At the Three-Mile Reef, wahoo around the 15kg mark have also been hitting trolled deep-diving lures. Spanish mackerel were scarce, but several have been taken off Two Rocks. Plenty of solid skippy were hanging around Three-Mile Reef and Windmills is also fishing well for King George whiting of varied sizes, including the odd kidney-slapper around 60cm. Sand whiting are less plentiful but drifting over the broken weed and sand patches in close around Freo and Rockingham will produce the goods. In the Swan River, crabbing is becoming harder even in the deeper regions, but trolling for tailor and even giant herring continues to fire between Como and East Fremantle. Enjoy the glass off on Saturday morning but the winds will become difficult in the afternoon. Send us pics of your FADs catches for some great prizes! To celebrate the great fishing opportunities at the FADs across Western Australia (more to come at Mandurah, Albany and Lancelin soon), we're giving away some quality prizes thanks to Richter Lures and Madfish Gear simply for catching a fish at any of the devices between 1 March - 1 May and sending in a snap of your fish! PRIZES: Best photo: An XL Madfish Fishing Bag (to keep your catches frosty) with 10x Richter skirt lures inside. 2nd best photo: A medium-sized Madfish Fishing Bag with 10x Richter skirt lures inside. 3rd best photo: A medium-sized Madfish Fishing Bag with 5x Richter skirt lures inside. 4th-10th place: Each receive a handful of Richter skirts and lures! HOW YOU CAN WIN: 1) Visit any of the FADs; 2) Catch a pelagic sportfish and take a photo of your catch that reflects our responsible fish handling practices (still alive, no blood, no fingers in gills, supporting fish horizontally etc), with the FAD clearly visible in the photo. 3) Message a photo of your catch to our Facebook or Instagram page detailing where and when you caught it; 4) Keep an eye on our socials when we announce the winners after May 1! Good luck! Get all your FADs locations hereÂ
This Fishing Report was submitted on 3/23/2023 8:00:00 PM by Seamus and last updated on 3/24/2023 3:10:56 AM.
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