96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 04/04/25 West Coast premiership player Mark Lecras @mlecras2 had an absolute belter of a FADs session on dolphinfish out at Jurien Bay this week with his mates get out there while the action is hot! For all FADs deployment statuses and coordinates across WA click...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 28/03/25 There are some rather chunky salmon schools making their way towards Albany and this giant school was spotted about 20km east in the shallows a few days ago. Get your feet in the sand and start casting! Our contributors Sam Bock Sam Russell Jarrad Lawford...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 21/03/25 It's go time! Big salmon schools have been reported around Albany and they are steadily creeping their way towards the South-West. Skilled photographer @mat.kleczkowski.photography didn't waste any time and got the drone up in the air to take some crackin...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 14/03/25 There have been good reports of wahoo being caught off Perth Mandurah Rockingham Mindarie and Two Rocks over the past couple of weeks especially when trolling behind inshore reefs or along contour lines where there are steep drop offs. With this fish able...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 07/03/25 Salmon season is here! Due to the effects of the marine heatwave and the warm water that has moved and settled down the WA coast it's anticipated that the salmon schools will not migrate as far north this year as salmon prefer cooler waters. A good place...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 28/02/25 Violeta J. Brosig from @bluemediaexmouth had a cheeky dive at King Reef in Exmouth recently and it was loaded with big cod and mangrove jack. If you want to know the coordinates of this artificial reef click here! Our contributors Sam Bock Sam Russell Jar...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 21/02/25 Another great snap from skilled underwater photographer @mat.kleczkowski.photography up on the Ningaloo Reef. Those baitfish are playing a dangerous game swimming that closely to the teeth of a coral trout. Our contributors Sam Bock Sam Russell Jarrad Law...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 14/02/25 Yeah...safe to say Snapper Guardians for 2025 went down as one of the biggest turnouts for a community fish stocking event in Australian history! A big thanks to more than 1 000 mums dads and kids who rolled up their sleeves and helped us release 3 000 ju...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 07/02/25 Wahoo catches have taken a decent spike off the Metro and Mandurah coast and it could see this action start to trickle into our South-West region due to the marine heatwave currently underway. You can read more about the potential impacts of this heatwave...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 31/01/25 During the hotter months you'll often see sailfish breaching the surface and moving at lightning speed to smash a lure or bait on the surface in our northern regions. Exmouth right through to Broome is one of the best stretches in the world where you'll s...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 24/01/25 Your rod reel and biceps will certainly know when an estuary cod decides to smash your bait plastic or jig if it's dropped in front of their gobs. These beauties are in great numbers all around the artificial King Reef off Exmouth. Our contributors Sam Bo...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 17/01/25 It's great to see WA salmon stocks looking so healthy as snapped here by @mat.kleczkowski.photography in our South-West. West Aussie salmon are in bigger abundances and sizes now than they were 10-15 years ago and the upcoming salmon season kicking off fr...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 10/01/25 It's marron mania time! The marron season officially opened on Wednesday from 12 noon 8 January to 12 noon 5 February. We love these critters and so do around 10 000 licenced marron fishers that's why we are pleased with the Government's latest announceme...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 03/01/25 Welcome to 2025 and we hope your Christmas and New Year's break brought you bent rods! This deluxe dhuie snap taken under Busselton Jetty was courtesy of skilled underwater photographer @mat.kleczkowski.photography give his page a follow because this guy...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 20/12/24 We hope our last fishing report for 2024 brings you good luck and bent rods! Enjoy safe fishing with your friends and family during the Christmas and New Year break and our next fishing report will be hitting your inbox on Friday January 3rd! Our contribu...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 13/12/24 Having a dive for crays or crabs this summer? Make sure you play it safe by going with a friend (and stay close to each other) don't push yourself to your limits use a dive flag to let skippers know where you are and be prop aware. You can find some great...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 29/11/24 Crabbing in Cockburn Sound is set to open for the first time in a decade on Sunday! If you're diving for these tasty critters remember to stay safe and be prop aware ( some great tips here ) and dive with a friend stay within comfortable limits of one ano...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 22/11/24 King George whiting have been in great sizes and numbers recently between Lancelin and Busselton with small strips of fresh squid tentacles working best for bait. Easy to fillet and five-star eating quality. One man who catches plenty of this great specie...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 15/11/24 In great news for West Aussie abalone fishers the upcoming West Coast abalone season will see the reopening of the stretch of coast north of Moore River up to Greenough River in addition to the rest of the fishery through the metro down to Busselton Jetty...

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 25/10/24 Since last week's full moon period large schools of pink snapper have been gathering in Cockburn Sound to spawn and footy legend Glen Jakovich was there to capture this great spectacle. Check out Jako's video along with other footage of pink snapper schoo...