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It's been a great week for Pilbara fishers with the four FADs off Dampier and Point Samson already firing up for billfish and plenty of great catches also reported from the 2023 Dampier Classic! Kudos to the Dampier Classic competitors and the King Bay Game Fishing Club who allowed our Fishing for Science team to take 63 belly samples from more than 15 different species at the filleting table, which will allow us to better understand the size, weight, health and sex of these fish with support from Woodside Energy. Click here to read more about our Fishing for Science program.Â
This weekend promises glamourous weather, with low swells and light winds so there is no doubt boats will be getting out to the coral ground to target pink snapper, queen snapper, dhufish and nannygai. Many others will head out to the continental shelf for hapuka and blue-eye trevalla. There were few weather windows for fishers to take advantage of this past week, but some boats reached the coral ground for a few hours last weekend and managed a few dhufish and pink snapper in difficult conditions, while others who were content to stay in close and fish King George Sound did better on the usual fare of King George whiting and squid. Out from Cheynes Beach pink snapper and harlequin fish have been caught. Conditions are looking great until the northerly wind spikes from around 3pm on Sunday, so maybe try coming in before then to avoid the chop.Â
Beach fishing has been difficult due to big swells and washed-away tracks. Cheynes Beach has offered herring, a few flathead and some nice skippy, but most fishers have stayed close to town where the Middleton Beach stretch has produced King George whiting and squid. Decent King George whiting, squid and skippy have come from Frenchman Bay and Emu Point also produced the same species. Squid, herring and whiting species have been caught from the town marina with leatherjacket among them. Elsewhere, a few small bream have come from the King and Kalgan rivers but dirty water and strong currents have made fishing difficult, while Denmark’s Wilson Inlet produced flathead, mulloway, skippy and King George whiting. A few bream have been caught in the Denmark River, with most fish crossing the 30cm mark. Beach fishing is definitely on the cards this weekend with nice conditions expected, so get out there and enjoy it. Big thanks to the crew from Trailblazers in Albany for their tips!
Squid and King George whiting have been the main targets with the 9m depths a good starting point for bigger squid but plenty of others were landed closer in, with kayak fishers still doing well on squid out from South Fremantle. Windmills has been one of the better spots for King George whiting in the 40cm range and lumps in 20m depths have also fished well for them. Skippy have been in good numbers in the reefy holes and further out around Five Fathom tuna have been caught in burley trails along with small yellowtail kingfish. Yellowtail kingfish have also been caught around Rottnest and at Five Fathom. The inshore lumps around Cottesloe produced small Samson fish in depths around 15-25m. Bigger Samson fish have been caught out from Mindarie and the Three-Mile Reef has held good skippy. Plump sand whiting up to 35cm have been among the KG's at Windmills and in the 20m depths off City Beach. Both of these locations have also held big flathead. Sand whiting have been in close too, in as little as 3-4m depths off Swanbourne. Saturday should be a dream on the water with a lot of boats heading out, so make sure you're courteous to others at the ramps and out at popular spots. Â
This Fishing Report was submitted on 8/25/2023 3:28:51 AM by Seamus and last updated on 8/26/2023 8:00:40 PM.
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