Snapper deliver in-the-pink moments for shore anglers

METRO:

There has been some excellent pink snapper action for shore fishers. They have been taken from rockwalls, including the moles, and have also been caught from beaches south and north of the river. There have been a few dhufish caught by shore fishers using drones as well.

There are still good numbers of southern bluefin tuna near Rottnest Island, and also at Direction Bank. Anglers haven’t needed to go deep to find dhufish, pink snapper, baldchin groper and breakea cod, with fish caught in depths of less than 30m from Rockingham north to Mindarie.

There have been some nice King George whiting off Mindarie, while skippy have moved in around inshore structures in numbers, with samson fish often following them. This includes along the Five-Fathom Bank and Three-Mile Reef.

The odd dhufish has been caught at the latter. Squidding continues to be excellent right throughout the metro area, with the waters off Fremantle one of the better locations.

The moles are producing skippy, herring and squid, as well as runs of pinkies and the odd mulloway. Herring are good along the beaches, with Cottesloe, City Beach and Rottnest Island all fishing well for shore anglers, as well as Ocean Reef Marina.

The Swan River is now pretty quiet after all the rain, with black bream around structures in the lower reaches. Prawning has been fairly quiet.

Off Mandurah, there has been some good inshore fishing, with dhufish, King George whiting and pink snapper in 10-20m. Squid are worth chasing in close. An unusual catch at the Dawesville Cut was a southern bluefin tuna. There have been plenty of skippy and herring in the Cut.

DUNSBOROUGH:

Squdding has been excellent, with plenty from the Busselton Jetty to the cape. Herring are fishing well around the headlands, at spots such as Eagle Bay, Point Picquet and Castle Rock. There are some residential salmon moving around, but they don’t stay in one spot for very long. There have been good numbers of pink snapper in the shallows around the storms, on both sides of Busselton and up towards Bunbury.

A number have been caught from shore, and inshore boaters have been doing well in the bay in 16-25m. The bay is also producing some nice dhufish. Dhuies have also been taken off the west coast, while there have been southern bluefin tuna out from Bunker Bay and Eagle Bay. Along the west coast, big herring have responded well to berley at Injidup. Some nice tailor are also being taken in that area.