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Highly migratory, southern bluefin tuna can be found from our North West and across the southern half of the country to lower New South Wales. Here in WA, we usually get small fish migrating from where they were spawned in the north-east Indian Ocean and making their way across to the east coast. Read the full story in this week's Scott's Species.
Have you ever wondered how much West Australians spend on recreational fishing each year? Check out the video to see recreational fishing’s benefit to the State's economy. You can also catch the stats from the 2019 study and see the full report here.
Dinghy and small boat fishers have been catching herring and squid in close during the day and lots of garfish at night. Breaksea cod, queen snapper and blue groper have been common near the islands. Crews who travelled beyond the islands scored nannygai to 55cm, breaksea cod, queen snapper and small yellowtail kingfish. Schools of Samson fish have been encountered in a range of depths and areas.
Pink snapper have been caught on anchor in 6m to 18m of water within Geographe Bay from Busselton to Bunbury. More snapper have been caught off the west coast of Cape Naturaliste together with dhufish and breaksea cod. Packs of small yellowtail kingfish have been encountered off Cape Naturaliste bonito have also been active. King George whiting can be found within Geographe Bay. Squid catches are improving along the seagrass beds off Busselton. Tom Miller showing why Bunbury is delivering the goods, landing this dhuie yesterday morning!
There appears to be plenty of pink snapper being caught offshore as well as inshore. The 25m to 35m depths south of Rottnest Island seems to be where many of the snapper are coming from. Off Hillarys, pink snapper have been caught slightly deeper in 40m to 50m while the ground in 10m to 15m has been producing fish off Mindarie and Yanchep. Dinghy and small boat fishers have sometimes been catching pink snapper in depths of less than 5m of water off Fremantle and within Cockburn Sound. Are you new to fishing? Watch one of our How To videos on YouTube here:
A day out off Mindarie produced this pink snapper for Alex Carter last week. Dhufish and breaksea cod were found in 60m west of Five Fathom Bank and north-west of Rottnest at the weekend. There are packs of small yellowtail kingfish near West End and around the northern side of the island. Spanish mackerel are occasionally being caught near Rottnest and along the back of Three Mile Reef. Tuna varieties are still occupying the 30m to 40m depths off Fremantle and there are some nice longtail tuna also around. Squid catches are improving off Fremantle and along the seagrass beds. Fishing the ground slightly north of Perth, Adrian Italiano hauled in this 19kg beast last weekend.
This Fishing Report was submitted on 6/11/2021 1:02:08 AM by Seamus and last updated on 6/12/2021 2:06:40 AM.
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