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Barramundi are an iconic species of Australia's north. An estuarine and inshore species that can survive in both freshwater and saltwater, all barramundi begin life as males and become females as they mature, writes Western Angler editor Scott Coghlan in the latest edition of Scott's Species. What to read more? Check out the latest Scott's Species!
Dinghy and small boat fishers have been doing well on herring, sand whiting and squid within the bay. Breaksea cod, queen snapper and harlequin fish were among the species recently caught near the islands. Those who travelled wide scored nannygai to 65cm, Samson fish and yellowtail kingfish.
There has continued to be plenty of mulloway caught this week, especially at night. 'Silver Ghosts' in the 8kg to 16kg range continue to be caught at night in big numbers in 15m to 22m of water within Cockburn Sound. More mulloway have been picked up in 90m to 110m of water west of Rottnest Island, alongside pink snapper and Samson fish. Snapper have also been found in big numbers along with quite a few harlequin, dhufish, breaksea cod and flathead south of Rottnest. There are King George whiting near The Windmills and in 10m to 18m of water off City Beach and Cottesloe. Dolphinfish remain at the metro fish aggregating devices (FADs). Striped tuna are evident near the devices. Squid catches are improving along the seagrass beds off Fremantle. Perth fisher Billy Bowe has been among those to get among the metro mulloway madness recently!
Fisheries Minister Don Punch rolled up his sleeves last Thursday to help Recfishwest release another 5,000 juvenile kingies into metro waters as part of the exciting ongoing metro yellowtail kingfish stocking program. Read the full story on our website here!
This year's week-long Shark Bay Fishing Fiesta, which started last Friday, was another fantastic event celebrating the amazing recfishing the area has to offer. Last Saturday morning, Recfishwest Operations Officer Aaron Moses and intern Mitch Reid hosted a fishing clinic as part of the festivities with the more than 30 young anglers who took part catching many tarwhine and yellowtail grunter. A small blackspot tuskfish, a couple of good flathead and squid were also caught. "Kids were catching fish throughout the entire clinic - it was fantastic," Mitch said. "Seeing so many kids, and their parents, having a go and getting so excited about their catches was just awesome."
This Fishing Report was submitted on 5/21/2021 3:52:21 AM by Seamus and last updated on 5/21/2021 10:46:45 AM.
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