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Squid have been the main catches this week with only a few weather windows allowing smaller boats to target them in King George Sound. The numbers of the tasty cephalopod have been fairly good with white Shimano Sephia rattlers and Harimitsu Lemon Special jigs producing the best results. The Sound has also offered King George whiting, but the size has been nothing special and most were just touching the 30cm mark. A couple of bigger boats briefly got out to the coral ground during a lull in the bad weather and their catches included pink snapper, dhufish, breaksea cod and blue groper during the flatter conditions. Sunday could offer a welcoming glass off on the water with the wind dropping right down along with a 2m swell, but Monday onwards is looking rough.Â
Squidding has been very good from the shore with the better spots including the town jetty, Frenchman Bay, Emu Point and Whalers Cove. These locations have also held herring, small skippy and whiting species. Reports of bigger skippy have come from Cheynes Beach, while a few resident salmon have been taken at Cheynes and Salmon Holes. Bream in the King, Kalgan and Hay rivers have generally been small, but a couple of 40cm-plus fish have been among them with soft plastics and smaller vibe lures producing the goods. Sunday should produce some nice land-based fishing conditions. Big thanks to the crew from Trailblazers in Albany for their tips!
King George whiting catches have been good around Windmills with most fish around the 40cm mark. Windmills has offered quite a bit of variety this week, including solid skippy when burley is used and snook up to 60cm that have been hitting metal slices and deep-diving lures. Good King George whiting catches have also come from Rowboat Reef and out from Hillarys in 40m depths. Sand whiting have been in great numbers, especially off Hillarys, the 10m depths off Cottesloe and on the edge of the shipping channel. Squid catches have been widespread with the better spots including the 3-5m depths off Hillarys and Mindarie, and the same depths of South Beach and Bathers Beach. A few cuttlefish have been among the squid at the northern locations. Tuna and a few yellowtail kingfish have been around the 40m depths in the north metro areas, while Rottnest Island’s West End has also offered both species. Tuna have been about in great numbers though, especially last weekend with the warmer conditions, with boats reporting catches in depths between 20-35m west of Three Mile Reef in the northern regions. Trolling skirts and deeper diving lures that can reach the 3-6m depths at 5-6 knot speeds worked best, although flicking Halco Twisties around also saw plenty of catches in the 3-5kg range. In the lower reaches of the Swan River dinghy fishers have been trolling for chopper tailor with some success. This weekend will be nice and glassy on the water, so we're expecting the whiting, squid and tuna catches to continue.  Some beasty black bream were doing the rounds further up river in the Swan this week, with @josh.phillips.6054 landing this 40cm+ beauty while untangling lines.Â
This Fishing Report was submitted on 8/11/2023 4:42:27 AM by Seamus and last updated on 8/15/2023 1:26:14 AM.
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