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Fishing Spots in WA

Each state and territory in Australia has its own premier fishing spots and predominant fish species. Some locations may reveal abundant fish stocks of a select species whilst others may offer a more

DavidandPat

We are visitors from Victoria and have loved travelling around WA however I must say being a shoreline fishing person the results have been particularly disappointing. The experience has been exactly the same as we had in SA last year. All the tourist promotion and feedback from caravan park operators is the same, the local fishing great, just bait up the rig and you assured of success. From my experience many areas are now fished out or simply nurseries for most breeds. My message to all recreational fisherman visiting both these states is don't believe for a moment what you read or hear from the tourist information people. Places we've fished this time include Kalbarri, Port Gregory, Leeman,Walpole and Conspicuous Cliff. Nothing we've seen so far compares with results you can achieve in Tasmania. David48 (long bream fishing enthusiast from Victoria)

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Reply By: Uncle-Laurie - Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 20:19

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 20:19

At the end of the day, I suppose it all boils down to the fish you are after, technique (lures or bait) & what times of day you fish. Our experience in WA was a total blast whenever we fished. One spot in particular , was up at Red Bluff about 120k Nth of Carnarvon. My wife out fished me on the big Tailor and Golden Trevally, but I was the one donging the huge GT's and sharks.
Our fishing over there was one experience I had always wanted to try, and is one I will never forget.!!

Can't wait to get back there.

cheers Unc

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Reply By: kidsandall - Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 21:35

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 21:35

SA was great fishing when we were there. In WA I was blown away by the fish I caught from the shore. I was also going to mention Red Bluff and Quobba station. The fishing was out of this world. When I fished steep point and also Qobba I watch so many fish follow my lure but not touch it. I changed lures a couple of times till I found the one they liked, and then it was on. If your in WA when the mackeral are going off at Quobba, it is unreal.
In cape york we were told to arrive before the quarter moon for best fishing and it was. Friends arrived after the quarter moon and it was no where near as good.
The same fishing rules apply every where, some days are good and some aren't aren't. We never really bothered asking info centres, we went a spent a day watching the local fisho's, the ones who really know what's going on. At night I'd go down the warf and spend a hour or two chatting to people about the fishing, then spend the next week fishing.
I know what you mean about fishing in Tassie but it doesn't really compare to WA or Cape york when the fish are on. I've never been busted off on 100 pnd mono or 80 pnd braid in Tassie.

Josh

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Reply By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 21:42

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 21:42

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Follow Up By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 21:48

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 21:48

Oppps who put the "submit" button right above the "Insert Image" ..
Anyway if fishing is better than this in Tassie then i am planning a trip down there quick smart ......
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 04:19

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 04:19

nice pics ------------- but after 10 years of fishing southern wa beaches i can assure you SA spanks the pants off WA for consistant salmon fioshingn year round

in WA the pros absalutly rape the salmon leaving little

in SA they see tham as a tourist draw card

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Follow Up By: Bill BD - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:48

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:48

Outmore, the limit on salmon in WA is more about water temp than the professional fishos. Although I agree the salmon stocks would be better used as a tourist resource in southern WA I don't agree that the pro's ruin the fishing stocks by "raping". I fish in a beach leased to a salmon fisho. His team target the big schools and take what they have a contact for, usually 20 - 40 tonnes in a year. The same beach is chockas with salmon for most of the year nevertheless as there are countless tonnes of small breakaway schools that the pro's never touch.

In WA the Salmon migrate from the SE towards Perth but stop when the water gets warm. We have the Leuwen (spelled wrong) current running N to S, which brings down warm water. The further it goes south the less far up the coast the salmon go. This year the SW beaches got very few arrivals because of the high water temp. The SE beaches did better as the current never gets that far. Down Cape Arid and Israelite bay way was probably excellent but I didn't go down to look.

SA don't have the same problem and the salmon are a more permanent feature there. Lucky it isn't a contest.

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Follow Up By: get outmore - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 14:00

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 14:00

most of my fishing has been done in the SE from esperance east which is comparable to SA and i stand by what i said the salmon fishery in SA spanks the pants off WA

in SA most of my fishing was done from Venus bay to loacks wells

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Follow Up By: Bill BD - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 14:15

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 14:15

Get Out - I wasn't disputing that the salmon fishing was better in SA, in fact I thought I agreed with you in my last sentence. I was providing an well researched explanation contrary to your blaming the pro fisherman. The area Esperance East is comparable to SA because of its lower water temperature and relative proximity to more permanent stocks in the Bight and SA. Further North in WA (say Albany upwards) relies on migrating stocks which stop when they hit warmer waters. The warm current moving north to west largely determines this. I don't bother to fish for salmon much past Bremer Bay. Apparently this year was particularly bad anywhere past Albany.

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Follow Up By: get outmore - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 19:27

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 19:27

i didnt bother chasing salmon this year, I would normally go to yeagerup. apparantly some people got lucky but they were thin on the ground

VERY unusual summer last summer, weak sea breezes howling easterlies for days on end and sea temperatures almost like the tropics

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Follow Up By: Bill BD - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 20:08

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 20:08

Truth be known I love the fight of salmon but I would rather catch a nice skippy, flathead, or even a dozen big herring as they are all better to eat than salmon (although fresh salmon is ok). I find it annoying when the salmon are too thick as I can't catch anything else. yeagerup was too far north this season. There are still plenty further south east if you get up the energy.

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Reply By: fisho64 - Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 22:34

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 22:34

So you think a bit of local knowledge isnt required? Is it the case in Vic or Tas that you can "just bait up the rig and you assured of success"?
Tourist promotion brochures and Caravan Park owners arent anymore a good source of info than a Real Estate salesman is for housebuying advice or car salesman.

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Reply By: Bill BD - Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 23:24

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 23:24

Shore fishing requires local knowledge. I was down Bremer Bay last week and caught nice solid 3/4 kilo skippy, aussie salmon of 5-6 kilo almost on demand, big herring, the largest yellow eye mullet I've ever seen (caught on a gang hook mulie).... so I dunno about fished out. I know the area, how to read the beaches there, when to fish, etc. Local knowledge is everything..... plus a 4wd or four wheeler to get up the beaches and find the right features. I don't know about Tassie but you summation of WA is certainly a little unfair. Some beaches have never been good fishing..... some always will be.

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Reply By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 23:28

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 23:28

know how you feel, i see all the cool pics of wildflowers in the desert and the caravan park operators say you MUST see it ..... so off i went in Dec to see them and they were lying, there was none at all, we looked everyware and not a thing .............
hahaha...... cumon, get my point, the water is FULL of of fish, it is you that cant catch them, not them catching you dude, i spent years, i mean YEARS and caught NOTHING until i learnt where, how and when and now i can catch them, i drove for 6000klms to Bremer and on day 4 went to the front beach, drove along until we saw a spot that was perfect for salmon, rigged up and hokked up within 5 mins, had all caught in 1 hour .... then drove off again and talked to heaps who had been there for weeks and not caught a thing ....
Chin up, it will happen
Cheers
Joe

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Reply By: landseka - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:43

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:43

WA fishing is still good, this was my last visit to Port Gregory WA.

Link to video here.

Cheers Neil

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Follow Up By: Bill BD - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 14:20

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 14:20

Solid mulloway caught in difficult water.... nice.

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Reply By: fisho64 - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 23:59

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 at 23:59

A more cynical person than those here may type a remark about eastern staters coming to WA and expecting everything to be handed out on a plate.......

:-)

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