Recfishwest's State-wide Fishing Report 06 September 2024 🎣

Mid-week conditions were good with big schools of salmon camped at Roses Beach and skippy to 3kg at Warrenup, along with the odd gummy shark. Quagi Beach has offered flathead and solid skippy. A nice hole at Observatory Beach has yielded herring and salmon, while Wylie Bay has fished well for sand whiting, flathead and King George whiting. Hellfire Bay has been a hotspot for salmon out east. In town, Bandy Creek Boat Harbour has held small tailor, skippy and good-sized King George whiting. At high tide the foreshore has been productive for flathead, while the Town and Taylor Street jetties have offered herring, garfish and squid in the afternoons and evenings.

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. 

Once again sheltered locations have been the go-to with Emu Point and the town marina probably the best bets. If clear water can be found (which often happens on a tide change), squid could be an option at these locations. Herring, whiting and small skippy have been plucked out from among the pickers by those willing to brave the weather. Pink snapper catches further west around the Augusta beaches took a good spike this week and it's a matter of finding gutters clear of weed. Bream fishing in the King and Kalgan rivers is another option and some big bream were pulled out of the Kalgan earlier this week. Sand Patch produced a couple of resident salmon for an angler who found a weather window on Monday.

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. 

Herring have been prolific along all the rock walls around Fremantle and also the groynes in the northern suburbs, with the odd skippy also among them. Metro pink snapper catches have waned this past week but North Mole produced a couple, along with a few big tailor. The Mindarie rock wall produced pink snapper too, while drone fishers caught a couple from the northern beaches. A decent pinkie was landed at Trigg this week also. Pinnaroo Point produced a couple of decent tailor earlier in the week and the low swell currently forecast for Sunday means Cottesloe Groyne could offer tailor, along with herring. Swan River bream chasers have been finding fish in lower reaches, mainly around structure, with a couple of big models landed. The river’s middle reaches have held bream too, with the Narrows and Canning Bridge worth a crack after a few good catches this week. Another solid mulloway was landed in the Claremont area this week and soapy mulloway have been widespread throughout the system. Both Sunday and Monday morning currently looks great on the forecast for a land-based flick off the metro beaches.