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Reports this week have been flowing in, with mixed bags coming in from across the metro area. Snapper have been the main target from local marinas with fish over ten kilo’s regular occurrences. Many taken on floating baits on the back of the three mile reef system but anywhere from Fremantle through to two rocks have been producing these great fish.
Bluewater Melville staff member Marco Piviali with a 5kg snapper taken from shore.
The garfish are slowly increasing in size. Soon we should be seeing some of the XOS storm gardies making an appearance in local waters. Herring are always great to target with the kids and sizes ranging from tiny to rather over sized specimens can be caught just about anywhere along the coast at the moment.
Tailor have been a little quiet, but those willing to put in the extra time have been getting above average sizes around the Trigg point area. Trigg has also been a hotspot for sand whiting of a substantial size with many falling for Berkley gulp sandworms.
Small collection of lures used to target Swan river species.
Squid are starting to increase in numbers and size. Whilst Parmelia bank may give anywhere a run for its money, South Mole and the Coogee Marina still seems to be the place to be for squid and gardies. Remember when targeting squid to allow your jig to sink close to the weed!
Salmon have still been seen cruising up and down the local beaches with good reports around the Dawesville cut region.
If you’re in search of some mulloway, their have been a few large fish being raised when hunting the gutters around Madora - Singleton Beaches, soaking large fresh baits is recommended whilst spending a little time on presentation wont go astray!
Johari from Bluewater Scarborough enjoying his day off.
Reports from the river have been patchy at best, especially in the lower reaches – whilst there have been small numbers of herring and very small tailor present, they have been few and far between. Water clarity has greatly improved, and there are still heaps of bait fish evident.
This current bit of wet weather should see a bit of movement happening in the Swan, might even hopefully be enough to generate a bit of a King Prawn run. Black Bream are still showing up in good numbers with reports of good catch rates ranging from Claisbrook, Belmont and the Swan Brewery.
A Swan River black bream taken on a Bassday lipless sugar minnow.
The weather about to settle over Perth means there will be a number of diehards battling the conditions for the chance to tangle with pink snapper, mulloway and small sharks, from the numerous rock walls lining our coast. The best times for snapper are just prior to the main storm front hitting and immediately following any serious blows, as these times there are a lot of food items being washed around which makes for easy feeding for the fish.
Recent weather has left few windows of opportunity for small craft to get out wide. Most reports have featured good numbers and sizes of pinkies being caught in relatively shallow waters, with 5 Fathom Bank being a popular spot as always. Baldies have been in good numbers and size especially just inside Direction bank (40-50m). Dhufish have also been in good numbers but closer to shore.
Bluewater Melville's Marco Piviali with a nice Dhufish.
An old trick is to find where the craypot lines are. Ensure you are not too close to them to avoid snagging the ropes and drift down the line of them or anchor nearby and berley (Snapper are EXTREMELY responsive to berley!). Majority of the fish the staff have caught here have been in the 7kg – 9kg range.
A number of Bluewater staff have been using the Rjayz berley system to great effect recently. This is one of the most well thought out systems we have seen and there have been some impressive catches taken whilst using the system. Check out the setup next time you are in the store or go to rjayz.com.au for more info.
The weather this weekend is shaping up to be a cracker. Don't forget to check the latest forecasts before heading out from seabreeze and drop into your local Bluewater store for a couple of recommended spots.
Whiting have been around in numbers and good size about four to five miles offshore –some king george with them but more of these have come from slightly more reefy terrain in the 32-34m mark.
Salmon turned up on the back of the three mile through the week with some exited customers getting stuck into the salmon on light spin and fly gear. A large number of skippy can be had around the 3 mile reef region also. Salmon are still being caught out at Rottnest’s west end.
Salmon school typical of the Rottnest Island shallows.
Small tuna are still evident slightly wider, however conditions again have prevented many boats heading out much further than west end. Normally the FAD’s are well in by this time of the year, however they will be remaining in location until early June which is a good thing as being Autumn we should see a few more days of good weather enabling small boats to head out into the deeper stuff.
A couple of boats from PGFC are looking at heading very wide of Rottnest – in vicinity of 100nm West of! – to have a crack at getting onto some broadbill swordfish and obviously, if they get out there and have any luck then you’ll hear of it here in the near future!!
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Check out the write up from the Perth Game Fishing Club here for the final results of the WA Open.
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Great Barracuda from Exmouth for Alf.
The Mindarie crew just got back from a trip to the north of Exmouth and had a ball tangling with Yellowfin tuna big GT’s and too many Spaniards while casting surface lures – hard for some.
Bluewater Mindarie's Jason Rushton with a great Exmouth GT.
The Bluewater Crew.
Text and pics © 2010 Bluewater Tackle World
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