Recfishwest's State-Wide Fishing Report 21 March 2025 🎣

With three stores across Perth to choose form, TackleWest can cater for any of your fishing needs and their staff are all mad fishers themselves. Their aim is to help educate their customers on how to catch any fish they wish to target and these guys are masters out on the water when it comes to finding the fish. TackleWest owner Luke Ryan @lukeryanfishing also uploads some awesome videos and snaps to his Instagram page and you can keep up to date with all the new gear in stock in their stores by following @tacklewest. 

TackleWest have been strong supporters of Recfishwest for many years and they always have our back - along with yours - when it comes to improving fishing across WA. make sure you duck into their stores in Osborne Park, Myaree and Beckenham to chat to their friendly staff and get the best advice and gear for your next trip! 

Mulloway have been in good numbers at the Back Beach in Israelite Bay, while gummy sharks in the 10-15kg range have been taken at Cape Arid. Roses Beach has held mulloway to a metre and big skippy to 6kg, while the surf beaches west of town have been thick with salmon schools. In town, Blue Haven Beach has held sand whiting and big bull herring, while the port viewing area and Bandy Creek Boat Harbour have produced decent King George whiting. Skippy and snook have been caught off the rocks at Wylie Bay, while the Town and Taylor Street jetties have yielded squid and garfish at night. Bull herring have been active at Taylor Street Jetty around sunset. Stokes Inlet has been the pick of the bream spots.

    
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. 

Salmon reports have become much more consistent with big schools sighted particularly east of town around Bremer Bay. Salmon have been biting at times at Salmon Holes, Sand Patch and Little Beach and a couple of anglers geared up for skippy and herring found themselves out-gunned at Ledge Beach when a big salmon school turned up hungry. They managed to land a few on the light gear although they suffered many bust-offs and went through a stack of lures! More salmon catches have been reported at Lowlands and Ocean Beach, where herring and tarwhine have been in good numbers. Most local beaches have offered plenty of herring, while at Cheynes a few skippy have been mixed in with them. Oyster Harbour, Emu Point and the King and Kalgan rivers have been plagued by dirty water but blue swimmer crabs have been scooped in Princess Royal Harbour. The rocks at Frenchman Bay have produced herring, small King George whiting and squid when clear water can be found.

Cheers to the Trailblazers Albany crew for their fishing 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. 

One of the chunkiest mulloway pulled out of the Swan River this year for @harry_fowler_fishing! As said best from Harry - it pays to put in the extra footwork through grass and mud up river to find great fish like this. 

At least two big mulloway were landed from jetties in the Swan River this week with Canning Bridge and Claremont Jetty each producing models over the metre mark. Soft plastic lures have been recommended and the Causeway and Narrows could be other locations worth targeting.  Otherwise, the river has been fishing slow, especially in the lower reaches where flathead, flounder and tailor have been hard to find. Even the late-night yellowfin whiting chasers have been returning meagre hauls. Bream have been consistent though, from the Causeway up river, and Burswood, Maylands, Garratt Road Bridge and Guildford have produced a few, along with the odd nice flathead. A couple of small giant herring were landed in the middle to upper reaches. In Fremantle Harbour herring, yellowtail and scaly mackerel have been the main catches. The Fremantle Moles have produced a few just-sized pink snapper, a few herring and some decent tailor, but the bonito schools seem to have swum off. The South Fremantle rock walls have produced herring and garfish when burley was used. Pink snapper have been caught mainly by drone fishers on the northern beaches, while most of the beaches in that area have also offered herring and tailor, with Mullaloo fishing well. One or two dart have been among the bycatch. Some decent tailor have been caught from the reefs at Cottesloe and Leighton, while Floreat and City Beach have held good numbers of herring and some better sized tailor in the mornings. Early on Saturday morning is looking like the best land-based window this weekend. 

A big thanks to Anglers Fishing World in Fremantle for their great tips! These guys love their fishing just as much as we all do, so make sure you ask their super friendly team for advice and stock up before wetting a line off the land or boat!