Recfishwest's State-wide Fishing Report 15 November 2024 🎣

Gummy sharks and mulloway have been caught at Israelite Bay, while the old jetty there has produced some big King George whiting. Thomas River has held skippy, mulloway and gummy sharks, while gummy sharks to 15kg have been landed at Tagon Beach. Dunns and Rossiter beaches have offered salmon and big flathead, while 14-Mile and Roses beaches have yielded salmon and big skippy. Salmon have also been taken at Salmon Beach, Fourth Beach and 10-Mile Lagoon. Sand whiting and big herring have been caught at Chapman Point, while the first stretch of Wylie Bay has offered flathead, skippy and whiting. King George whiting have been active on the weed line at the town foreshore, while Bandy Creek Boat Harbour has held flathead and small King George whiting. The Town Jetty has held garfish and squid, while Taylor Street Jetty has offered King George whiting and squid during the day. Bream to 40cm have been caught at Woody Lake. 
    
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. 

Beach fishing has started to pick up a bit with Sand Patch and Shelley Beach producing herring and whiting. At Cheynes Beach herring, sand whiting, skippy and the odd salmon have been caught. The King and Kalgan rivers have been steady for bream chasers and a few mulloway have turned up as well. The town marina and Emu Point have offered herring, whiting and squid, while Frenchman Bay has yielded squid and a few small King George whiting. We recommend keeping the sand between your toes this weekend and sticking to safer fishing locations, as the Bureau of Meteorology have issued an alert forecasting possible dangerous rock fishing conditions from Augusta to Israelite Bay. 

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. 

Archie and his Pop went fishing just north of Hillarys on Sunday morning and on the last cast of the morning Archie reeled in this cracker of a 50cm flathead. Onlookers were high-fiving Archie as it was the best catch seen on that beach that morning! Great stuff mate!

Not bad for a midday mulloway in the Swan! Jake Rotham managed to land this healthy croaker on 12lb gear using a 70mm vibe in the upper reaches. Just shows how healthy our metro waterway is at the moment. 

Tailor catches have become more consistent from metro beaches. Cottesloe has held a few as has Grant Street, City Beach, Hale Road, Trigg and the northern rock walls, along with lots of herring. Chunky tailor have been taken at Floreat too, but only at first light. The beaches have also held lots of herring and good numbers of sand whiting. Drone fishers have been getting pink snapper on northern beaches. Herring, skippy and squid have been taken at North and South moles and from the rock walls in South Fremantle. Herring have been thick in Fremantle Harbour at times, along with a few yellowtail scad. Tailor fishing has waned a little in the Swan River but good fish have been taken downstream from the Narrows with Claremont, Como, Canning Bridge, Applecross, East Fremantle, Point Resolution, Matilda Bay and Point Walter among the better spots. Plenty of yellowfin whiting have been sighted in the river’s lower reaches but few are biting, while those wading the flats have noticed blue swimmer crabs have begun to appear in better numbers and sizes ahead of the season opening on December 1. Flathead and flounder catches continue to improve in the lower Swan with better spots including Applecross, Alfred Cove, Point Walter, Bicton, Claremont and Mosman Bay. Flathead have been in good numbers up river as well with the Narrows, the Causeway, Burswood, Redcliffe, Belmont and Maylands all producing and even a few flatties pushing as far up as Guildford. Soapy mulloway have been harder to catch in the Swan and the key has been finding bait around structure, so bridges are a good starting point. Bream are still scattered throughout the Swan and Canning rivers and once again structure is fishing better than the flats.