Recfishwest's State-wide Fishing Report 01 November 2024 🎣

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The Munglinup area has offered gummy sharks and big salmon, while big skippy have been caught at Dunns Beach. Roses Beach held small mulloway and salmon, while Fourth Beach and 10-Mile Lagoon have been hotspots for salmon, herring and flathead. Bandy Creek Boat Harbour has yielded King George whiting, skippy and flounder, while some thumping King George whiting have been caught along the town foreshore. At night, squid and garfish have been caught at Taylor Street Jetty, while the Town Jetty has fished well for squid in the middle of the day. Woody Lake has once again been the pick of the bream spots.
    
Hats off to the very knowledgeable team at Southern Sports & Tackle for their tips! These guys love their fishing as well, so make sure you swing by their store for the best gear and advice before wetting a line around Esperance. 

The Town Marina, Frenchman Bay and Emu Point have been reliable for herring, King George whiting, squid and cuttlefish. Afternoon fishing at these locations has been productive.    Bream catches in the King and Kalgan rivers have improved and mulloway have started to show up in the Kalgan. Beaches such as Cheynes and Sandpatch have held resident salmon, herring and sand whiting.

Cheers to the Trailblazers Albany crew for their tips this week! Swing by their store if you're after some top gear and advice ahead of your next fishing trip. Remember, you'll also catch just as many fish off the beaches than the rocks and it is always much safer to go with this option on the south coast. 

This past week has easily been the most productive for flounder that we've seen in recent memory throughout the Swan River, with the tasty ambush predators often outnumbering the flathead catches three to one. @instahungfishing was just one of many metro fishers who got in on the action this week. 

It’s been pretty quiet at the North and South moles with squid, herring, small tailor and the odd bigger one the main fare. The South Fremantle rock walls have fished well for squid, herring whiting and flathead. Good squid have been caught at Hillarys Boat Harbour at night. Tailor have gone quiet at Cottesloe, Swanbourne and Floreat beaches, but good numbers of sand whiting have turned up. The northern beaches have held tailor and sand whiting. The Swan River has started to fire with these warmer days. Some good flathead were taken around Applecross last weekend but stringy green weed was a problem. Weed was a problem in the Claremont area too which also produced flathead and few flounder. In the East Fremantle area last weekend flathead were mostly small but they seemed to have been outnumbered by flounder in a range of sizes, including some very big models. Down river both species have been taken on Vexed Buckabou jigs, artificial prawns, Nomad ZX vibes and hard-bodied lures, while up river vibes and soft plastics have worked best. At Bicton Baths on Thursday morning juvenile Samsonfish around a kilo were ripping into baitfish schools. They were following lures but not committing. Better up river spots have included the Causeway, Burswood, Garvey Park and Maylands. The sand whiting around HMAS Leeuwin have gone but yellowfin whiting seem to have turned in in their place. Tailor fishing continues to be excellent in the river with quite a few fish over 50cm landed and talk of 60cm plus fish as well. Good fish have been caught as far up as the Causeway with other top tailor spots including the Narrows, Canning Bridge, Point Walter Jetty and the water police jetty in North Fremantle. Wading out to the drop-offs around Claremont, Nedlands, Como and Bicton has also been an effective way to target them with lures such as Nomad Madscads, Halco Slidogs and small Halco Roosta poppers. Soapy mulloway catches have picked up in the Swan River as well with decent fish coming from Burswood and Garratt Road Bridge. Bream catches have been good around the Maylands boatyards, Canning Bridge and at the yacht clubs in the middle Swan.