Flathead have made Swan River fishing more interesting with increased numbers, with Fremantle and Claremont yielding good numbers.

Try near the Police Academy in Maylands for bream.

Sand whiting to 30cm were a treat for boat fishers close to shore at City Beach and Hillarys, Simon Darthwaite and Brendan Earle catching good numbers off Mindarie.

Good size skippy were caught around Mindarie and the Five Fathom Bank. Garfish and herring made for good targets at marinas, heaps of small garfish around Fremantle rock walls.

Reasonable numbers of pink snapper have been nabbed from Cockburn Sound, which will close to fishing on October 1.

Some squid around, but numbers are decreasing with warmer waters.

Busselton

Busselton is supporting large numbers of squid and crabbing is a popular pastime, drop netting from both boats and the Jetty productive. Herring are another Jetty species on tap, early morning and just before dusk best.

King george whiting fishing is best in good conditions. In good weather larger boats have found good jewfish towards Naturaliste Reef and off the west coast, one weighing 23kg and another 24kg. Shore anglers have landed some excellent tailor near Dunsborough.

Albany

Weather governs what you can do in Albany. Reasonable mixed bags have resulted from deep sea outings, pink and red snapper and the odd jewfish featuring and the odd queen snapper, breaksea cod and samson fish. Leatherjackets remain a problem.

The story is similar for waters from Walpole to Bremer Bay. Shore fishing is a tad quiet, small herring and skippy are biting with fair numbers of sand whiting.

Salmon are a possibility east of town at Cheynes Beach, Bluff Creek and Bremer.

Be careful where you choose to 4WD and rock fish. Salmon spots around Albany yield the occasional fish, Gull Rock, Nannarup and Little Beach turning up the odd salmon.

The Harbours are working for king george, squid and the odd snook, near Frenchman’s Bay and Seal Rock best.

Two Peoples Bay launching is hampered by weed with Wilson Inlet offering salmon, pink snapper and king george among them.

Albany region rivers hold quite cool waters and are fishing slowly because of that, although those near-Albany Kalgan and King are performing better for bream and school mulloway.

Source: Perth Now