Recfishwest's State-wide Fishing Report 21 June 2024 🎣

Salmon and gummy sharks have been landed at Dunns Beach in good numbers, while some nice mulloway have been taken at Thomas River. Roses Beach has held skippy to 5kg and good numbers of salmon, while tailor to 70cm have been caught towards Munglinup. Flathead and salmon have been caught on the high tide at 10-Mile Lagoon, while 11-Mile and 14-Mile beaches have been hotspots for skippy to 3kg. The Town Jetty has offered herring and squid, while Taylor Street Jetty has fished well for garfish and squid. Bandy Creek Boat Harbour and the town foreshore have produced nice King George whiting, while big squid have been taken from the headland at Lucky Bay. Stokes Inlet has held bream to 35cm.



Hats off to the very knowledgeable team at Southern Sports & Tackle for their tips! These guys love their fishing as well, so make sure you swing by their store for the best gear and advice before wetting a line around Esperance. 

The Southern Squid Spectacular’s shore catches were more modest in size but numbers were still pretty good, especially around Frenchman Bay, Fisheries Beach and Whalers Cove. Reliable locations such as the town marina and Emu Point also held a few, along with herring and small whiting and skippy. Small King George whiting have been caught at Frenchman Bay. Colder weather seems to have slowed bream activity in the King and Kalgan rivers. Salmon catches from the beaches have been down, although resident fish have been landed at Sand Patch, Nanarup, Two Peoples Bay and Cheynes. These beaches have also held herring and tarwhine.

Cheers to the Trailblazers Albany crew for their tips this week! Swing by their store if you're after some top gear and advice ahead of your next fishing trip. Remember, you'll also catch just as many fish off the beaches than the rocks and it is always much safer to go with this option on the south coast. 

If you love pink snapper like we do, join us for a Snapper Guardians fishing community clean-up at Fremantle’s North Mole this Sunday, 23 June between 2-4pm.

Just as we care about pink snapper, it’s really important we care about the places we fish for them. So help show some TLC for an iconic pinkie spot by donning some gloves and help give the Mole a good tidy-up!

Gloves, rubbish bags and a grabber can be grabbed from the Recfishwest stand at the eastern end of the Mole.
 
Bring your kids, family and friends down and your rod too if you fancy joining us in wetting a line afterwards!
 
A shout out to Fremantle Port for their support in taking away the rubbish bags at the end of the clean-up.

Pink snapper have still been the main event this week and although numbers have dipped, good fish have been caught at North and South moles, Cottesloe Groyne, Hillarys rockwall, Ocean Reef's northern groynes and at Mindarie, where a few mulloway were also landed along with a decent Samsonfish. Pink snapper and good tailor have also been caught from the northern beaches and with a cold front expected this weekend, snapper catches should fire up again. Herring have been thick right along the coast with plenty at North Mole, which has continued to fish slightly better for squid than South Mole but both locations have held good numbers early in the mornings. Garfish have also been caught at both Moles. The rock walls in South Fremantle held good numbers of squid and herring, while good mixed bags of bream, tarwhine, skippy and herring have been taken inside the marinas. Tailor and herring have been the main catches between Port Beach and City Beach. In the Swan River good-sized bream have been caught at Ascot and Burswood and also around Belmont and Rivervale. A nice school mulloway was landed at Canning Bridge this week, while down East Fremantle way some big flounder have been caught on soft plastics. A few size tailor are still in the lower Swan.