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William Bennett
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It’s been the usual story for Albany this time of year with big swells and strong winds ruling out most offshore activity and even weather windows in King George Sound extremely limited, with the dirty water making King George whiting and squid fishing very difficult. Small boats and kayaks have the option of fishing the King and Kalgan river systems for bream and small mulloway, or else they could try their luck in sheltered Wilson Inlet which is now open to the sea and likely to offer pink snapper, herring, King George whiting, flathead and skippy. The wind and swell is still behaving rather haywire over the next week unfortunately, so land-based fishing might be the go.Â
With most of the beach gutters washed away by big swells it’s been left to bread-and-butter species to save the day. The town marina has held herring and small skippy and Frenchman Bay was a reasonable squid location, although poor water clarity has made targeting them hard work. At Emu Point herring, skippy, whiting and the odd bream have been caught, along with squid, while Gull Rock has held herring, skippy and the odd juvenile salmon. Smallish bream have been caught around the ski ramp in the Kalgan River, while the King River has held a few bream too, along with small soapy mulloway. With the Wilson Inlet open to the sea pink snapper could be around and herring, whiting and flathead are usually worth targeting there too. Saturday has the calmest swell and northerly winds forecast for this week but it's still rather rough. Big thanks to the crew from Trailblazers in Albany for their tips!
Those finding weather windows have managed good catches of King George whiting from Windmills. Pink snapper and skippy were reported from the Five-Fathom Bank, while Rottnest Island around Parker Point saw yellowtail kingfish, pink snapper and skippy up to 2kg. One charter crew who braved lumpy conditions south-west of Rottnest got their boat limit of dhufish in half an hour. The dhuies all weighed between 14-17 kg and were caught around the 35m depth mark. Another angler targeting whiting near Five-Fathom Bank saw a heap of small fish on his sounder that turned out to be 30-35cm slimy mackerel, which provided a lot of light-tackle fun. Squid catches have been good out from Fremantle and in Cockburn Sound thanks to its sheltered waters and also off Cottesloe, where sand whiting chasers have caught their fair share too. It always pays to have a squid jig out while fishing for whiting even if there is little weed about. Many of the squid have been in 8-14m depths where the water has tended to be clearer. Squid catches have also been good in Thomson Bay at Rottnest. Good squid, pink snapper and King George whiting catches have also come out from Mindarie, along with Samson fish. Three-Mile Reef and further out from Ocean Reef saw pink snapper, baldchin groper and dhufish caught. Saturday through to Monday should be the most comfortable fishing windows for the boaties in Perth with the lower winds and swell expected.Â
This Fishing Report was submitted on 7/14/2023 3:27:59 AM by Seamus and last updated on 7/17/2023 5:51:01 AM.
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