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Albany continues to cop the brunt of the nasty weather with 6-8m swells making offshore fishing virtually impossible. Thankfully there will be a brief window of moderate reprieve from midday on Saturday to midday on Monday with the westerly winds dropping to around 12 knots and the swell gradually decreasing to around 2-2.5m. Unfortunately, conditions will spike and go haywire once again from Monday evening right through until after Thursday. If you are thinking of heading out between Saturday and Monday morning, the sheltered parts of King George Sound in close have seen decent catches of King George whiting, which have been caught on the broken bottom and in patches of clear water. A few squid have also been taking squid jigs and were landed quite close to shore after seeking a bit of shelter. Might be worth having a land-based flick in the rivers or off the more sheltered beaches until these nasty conditions ease up. For anyone keen to have a crack in Albany Boating & Fishing Club's Southern Squid Spectacular, a reminder that the event has now been moved to Sunday as Saturday's conditions are looking way too rough. If you wish to participate, registration is between 6am and 7:30am and make sure you fill in an entry form found on the Albany Boating & Fishing Club's Facebook Page and hand it in to the club on the Sunday morning. Best of luck! ENTRY COSTS: Shore Angler: $25 Kayak Angler: $25 Boat Team: $55
Big swells have churned up most of the beaches and made fishing from the rocks too dangerous, but salmon would be worth a shot either side of town with the sand between your toes if conditions ease for a bit between Saturday and Monday. Other options include targeting bream in the King, Kalgan and Hay rivers, where soft plastic lures have worked well on them. Nearer to town sheltered areas of Frenchman Bay have produced herring, flathead and squid in patches of clear water, along with small King George and sand whiting. Similar species have come from the Town Jetty and Emu Point, which should help provide a bit of shelter for keen fishers this weekend. Big thanks to the crew from Trailblazers in Albany for their tips!
Most boaties lucky enough to find a weather window this week have been staying close in, with many trolling for tailor along the reef line at Ocean Reef or targeting pink snapper and skippy at the Three-Mile Reef. Another area that produced this week was City Beach in the 15-30m depth marks, which received a bit of shelter from the westerly winds and swell by Rottnest Island and fished well for pink snapper and skippy, especially when diced mulies and burley were used to bring fish around. There wasn't much action reported from further out as it was rough going, with even the southern and northern sides of Rottnest copping it. In the lower reaches of the Swan River there have been reports of mulloway catches at Mosman Bay and Blackwall Reach and a few chopper tailor should still be in the system. With the ideal conditions rolling in over the weekend there should be plenty of pink snapper action, so if you decide to have a drop make sure you use burley and try floating a mulie on gang hooks under a float within the burley trail as this is a good tactic for landing a wide range of species including pinkies, Samson fish, yellowtail kingfish, tailor and even tuna.Â
This Fishing Report was submitted on 6/16/2023 3:15:14 AM by Seamus and last updated on 6/18/2023 10:20:40 PM.
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