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Last Friday and Saturday offered glamourous conditions and many boats headed out to the Continental Shelf, returning with bass groper and hapuka. On the coral it was harder for some crews but many were rewarded with pink snapper, queenfish, dhufish and breaksea cod. At Vancouver Reef sea sweep were about in big numbers. In King George Sound squid are still taking jigs in the clearer water and King George whiting catches have been reasonable, although the size is a little down. Also in the sound, herring and sand whiting have been easy to bring around with a bit of burley. Fishers braving the high winds and swell will certainly be staying in close, with the rougher conditions expected to stick around all week unfortunately.Â
Beaches in many locations have been carved up by recent big swells but when conditions allowed it, good skippy have been caught around Cheynes Beach. Elsewhere the odd salmon is about and getting a feed of herring has been easy. The Town Marina has fished well for small King George whiting and squid when the water is clear, plus it has held plenty of bread-and-butter species including bream, herring, small skippy and yellowtail. Squid have also been worth a go at Emu Point, which has offered whiting, herring, skippy and bream. The sand holes in Frenchman Bay are worth a shot for sand whiting and the odd flathead. Bream fishing in the King and Kalgan rivers continues to be hard work because of the dirty water and strong currents, but a few small bream and soapy mulloway have been caught. With Wilson Inlet now open to the ocean the high tides have brought in quality fish to the Prawn Rock Channel, including pink snapper, big flathead and King George whiting. Big thanks to the crew from Trailblazers in Albany for their tips!
The excellent pink snapper, tuna and dhufish action around Rottnest Island has been cruelled by the foul weather. The same goes for the Windmills and Three-Mile Reef which had been good for King George whiting and pink snapper, although a few boats managed to get out to the Three Mile later in the week and did well, mainly on small pink snapper and skippy. Boaties hugging the coast from South Fremantle down to Coogee have managed feeds of sand whiting, herring and skippy. While the weather is nasty, Cockburn Sound usually has nice sheltered waters with the islands and reefs reducing most of the swell, so squid captures over the patches of weed and sand have still been decent in the 4-7m depths. To check out the best squidding tips from Anglers Fishing World's Tony Thwin, watch Recfishwest's latest chat with the squid master here on YouTube! In the Swan River, soaking a live bait or a fresh fillet in Blackwall Reach or Mosman Bay could be rewarded with a big mulloway. Saturday is looking like the calmest day on the water for the boats with a decent drop in wind and swell although the north-westerly winds and slightly higher swell of 2-3m will stick around until at least Thursday.Â
This Fishing Report was submitted on 7/7/2023 2:57:18 AM by Seamus and last updated on 7/11/2023 1:31:01 PM.
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