G’day, this is Artificial Lure with your West Aussie coastal fishing wrap.

Along most of the Western Australian coast today we’ve had a classic winter pattern: a solid high sitting inland, cool morning offshore breezes and a fresh southerly–southwesterly sea breeze punching in by mid‑arvo. Skies have been mostly clear early, cloud building with that seabreeze change. Temps on the metro coast have hovered in the mid‑teens, nudging high teens in the arvo, a touch cooler further south and slightly warmer up toward Geraldton and Shark Bay.

Sun was up just after 7 in the morning and ducked below the horizon around 5 in the evening, giving a short but productive bite window at both ends of the day. The pre‑dawn glass‑off and the last light slop have both fished best.

Tides along the west coast are on the smaller side with a modest high through the morning and a lower but still workable high again toward evening. That mid‑morning run‑in and the late run‑out have lined up nicely with the better bites, especially around reef edges and channel mouths.

Inshore metro and Peel have produced a steady mix. Land‑based fishos soaking baits off rock walls and groynes have picked up herring, skippy and the odd tailor, with squid showing around weed beds in the clearer water. Pilchard cubes, mulie tails and small strips of squid have done the damage, with lightly weighted ganged hooks or small paternosters the go.

Off Perth’s inshore reefs, boaties drifting in 10–25 metres have found pink snapper, sand whiting and a few dhufish in the deeper lumps. The better snapper have come on first light, taking soft plastics in the 5–7 inch range in natural baitfish colours, along with slow‑pitch jigs and classic mulie baits on snelled rigs.

Further south off Mandurah and Bunbury, the winter bottom fishing has been solid when the swell backs off. Mixed bags of dhufish, baldchin groper, snapper and breaksea cod have turned up on fresh squid, octopus tentacles and fillets of herring or mulie. Slow, subtle presentations have outfished noisy rigs in the clearer water.

Up the coast toward Jurien and Geraldton, the pelagic action has eased with the cooler temps, but there are still tailor, bonito and the odd school of tuna cruising the inshore contours on the cleaner water lines. Metal slices, small stickbaits and diving minnows trolled around bait schools have produced.

Squid fishing has been a highlight from Fremantle through to Rockingham and down into Geographe Bay. Clear water and gentle drift have seen good numbers on 2.5–3.0 size jigs in white, prawn and pilchard patterns. A slow, sharp lift and long pause has been the winning retrieve.

For lures, pack:

- 5–7 inch soft plastics on 3/8–1 oz jigheads for snapper and dhufish

- 20–60 g metals and small minnows for tailor and bonito

- 2.5–3.0 squid jigs in natural colours for the ink brigade

Best baits right now are fresh squid, mulies, herring fillet, and for land‑based, humble bluebait and pilly cubes still doing plenty.

A couple of hotspots to circle:

- **Five Fathom Bank & surrounding reefs off Rockingham:** Pink snapper at dawn and dusk on plastics and mulies, plus skippy and King George whiting on the edges.

- **Rottnest inshore reefs and weed beds:** Great mixed bag with snapper on the lumps and squid and sand whiting in the sand holes and weed fringes when the water clears.

Fish activity has been noticeably better around the tide changes and during those low‑light periods, so plan your sessions around sunrise, sunset and the bigger pushes of water rather than the middle of the day seabreeze chop.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your coastal Western Australia fishing report.

Light winter pattern along most of the west coast today – cool mornings, light to moderate southerly–southwesterly sea breeze this arvo, easing into a gentle offshore overnight. Skies are mostly clear to partly cloudy, with a small swell running, generally 1–1.5 metres along the metro and lower west coast, a touch bigger around the Capes.

Around Perth, sunrise was about 7:15 am and sunset around 5:20 pm, giving you prime low-light bite windows either side of work hours. Similar timings run up and down the coast with only a few minutes difference.

Tides along the west coast are on the modest side – a gentle morning high, dropping into a mid‑day low and creeping back for an afternoon push. That afternoon flood has been the key, especially around reef edges and inshore lumps.

Fish activity has picked up with the cooler water. Inshore along the metropolitan beaches, tailor and herring have been active on the dusk high, with a few solid tailor nudging 50 cm. Plenty of bread‑and‑butter herring on most groynes and rock walls, along with the odd skippy mixed in. Whiting are still over the sand patches behind the shore break.

Off the rocks and reefs from Lancelin to Jurien, there’ve been reports of pink snapper in close after the blow, with fish in the 60–80 cm bracket coming from the reefy gutters at first light. Down south, around Bunbury and Busselton, squid numbers are good over the shallow weed beds, with anglers picking up 8–12 squid in a short session.

Best lures today:

- For tailor and herring: small metal slices 15–30 g, white or pilchard‑pattern stickbaits, and 3–4 inch paddle-tail soft plastics in natural baitfish colours.

- For squid: size 2.5–3.0 jigs in pink, orange, or khaki, worked slowly with long pauses.

- For demersals offshore: 4–5 inch soft plastics on 1–2 oz jig heads and slow‑pitch jigs around 60–100 g over lumps in 20–40 m.

Best bait:

- Tailor: whole or half pilchards on ganged hooks.

- Herring and skippy: pieces of prawn, mulies, or squid strips with a light berley trail.

- Pink snapper in close: fresh fillets of mullet, herring, or squid heads on a running sinker rig.

- Whiting: live or fresh beach worms and small pieces of squid.

A couple of hot spots to try:

- **North Mole and South Mole, Fremantle** – tailor and herring on the evening high, plus a by‑catch of skippy and the odd mulloway after dark if you soak a big bait.

- **Cottesloe and City Beach groynes** – great for families, with herring, whiting, and the chance of a tailor on metals as the sun drops.

- **Two Rocks to Guilderton reefs** – pink snapper on the inshore lumps after a bit of swell, work the change of light and the flooding tide.

- **Busselton Jetty and adjacent weed beds** – reliable squid sessions, especially on the clearer evenings with a bit of water movement.

Keep an eye on that afternoon sea breeze: great for a bit of chop and baitfish movement, but it can make casting and boat positioning tricky, so plan to be set up before it peaks. Low-light periods tied to the turning tides are still your best bet for quality fish rather than numbers.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your West Aussie coastal fishing rundown.

Along the metro coast from Two Rocks down to Mandurah, the afternoon sea breeze has settled into a classic 15–20 knot south‑wester, easing a touch toward evening. Skies are mostly clear, temps sitting in the low 20s on the water, and swell on the exposed beaches is around 1–1.5 metres with a bit of lump on the open coast but cleaner inside the reefs and marinas. The Fremantle zone is seeing a solid seabreeze chop, so think heavier lures or fish the lee of groynes and harbour walls.

Tides along the west coast are on a modest range today with a mid‑morning high and a dropping tide through the afternoon into an evening low. That falling water has been firing up the gutters on the surf beaches and the rock walls around sunset. Local tackle shops around Perth and Rockingham report the best bite pushing hard in the last hour of light and into full dark.

Sunrise was just after 7 am with sunset around 5:20 pm, so the golden window right now is that 4–6 pm slot. The easterly mornings have been very kind this week, with glassy conditions offshore and a gentle drift for those bottom‑bouncing the reefs.

Inshore, anglers working the metro beaches have been finding good numbers of tailor, herring and sand whiting. Several local charter skippers out of Hillarys and Fremantle report tailor to 45 cm taken on metal slices and shallow‑running minnows worked quickly in the whitewater near reef edges. Herring are thick in the berley trails off the moles and marina rock walls, with double‑headers on small long‑shank hooks not uncommon. Whiting have been steady over the inshore sand patches on small baits during the morning.

Offshore around the 30–60 m line, crews heading out from Mindarie, Two Rocks and Mandurah have been boating pink snapper, dhufish and breaksea cod. The consistent pattern has been snapper biting best at first light and on the evening change, especially around inshore lumps and artificial reefs, while dhuies are coming from a bit wider water and slower drifts. Several boaters have reported solid pannies around the 60–70 cm mark on both bait and soft plastics.

Best lures right now:

- For tailor and herring, 20–40 g chrome slices, white or pilchard‑pattern hardbodies and 3–4 inch paddle‑tail soft plastics in natural baitfish colours.

- For pink snapper and dhufish, 5–7 inch soft plastics in nuclear chicken, motor oil and pearl white, rigged on 1–2 oz jig heads, slow‑rolled close to the bottom.

- Around reefy shallows, lightly weighted soft plastics and small stickbaits are turning up bonus skippy and snook.

Best baits:

- Tailor and herring are smashing pilchard cubes, mulies and bonito strips.

- Pink snapper and dhufish are responding well to fresh squid, octopus leg, mullet fillet and whole or half mulies on snelled 6/0–8/0 hooks.

- Whiting are best on small pieces of squid, prawn or coral prawn on fine wire hooks.

A couple of hotspots to consider this session:

- **North Mole and South Mole, Fremantle:** Good reports of tailor, herring and the odd mulloway after dark. Fish the change of light with metal slices and pilchard baits, then soak a big livey or fresh fillet into the night.

- **Inshore reefs off Mindarie and Two Rocks:** Late arvo into evening has produced pink snapper for boats anchoring up with a steady berley trail, as well as bust‑ups of tailor working bait on the surface. Soft plastics and lightly weighted baits are the go.

If you’re land‑based, tuck in behind a groyne or harbour wall for some shelter from the sea breeze, run a simple paternoster rig and keep the berley flowing. Boaties, watch that wind against swell on the ride home, and keep an eye on the sounder – the fish are holding tight to structure.

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G’day crew, Artificial Lure here with your arvo wrap for the Western Australian coast, from Perth up through the Midwest and a nod north.

Along the metro coast, a light to moderate southerly sea breeze has been pushing in through the afternoon, with clear skies and a small swell around a metre or so. According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s coastal outlook, it’s been classic high‑pressure winter weather: cool mornings, mild days, and that reliable seabreeze kicking in after lunch. First light came in just after 7, and the sun ducked away a touch after 5, giving land‑based fishos a tight but productive dawn and dusk window.

Tide‑wise, the Fremantle and Perth coastal stations have been showing a modest high in the morning, easing into a low about mid‑arvo, then building again this evening. That late push of water has fired up the inshore bite, especially around reefy breaks and groynes where the bait’s getting funneled.

Reports from local tackle shops up and down the metro strip have been solid. There’s been a good run of **herring** and **skippy** off the rock walls at North Mole, South Mole, and Hillarys. Small metal slices in the 10–20 gram range, whitebait on paternosters, and tiny 2–3 inch soft plastics have been doing the damage. A few **tailor** have shown up on dusk around Trigg and Scarborough, mostly choppers, with the odd bigger greenback mixed in for those spinning 30–40 gram chrome metals or unweighted mulies.

Further north around Lancelin and Jurien Bay, boating crews have been landing solid **pink snapper** and **dhufish** on the broken ground in 30–50 metres. Fresh mullet and squid baits on simple dropper rigs are still king, but slow‑pitch jigs in pinks and glow patterns have taken plenty of fish for the lure tragics. Local skippers are also reporting **baldchin groper** and **breaksea cod** in the esky when they’ve stuck to that rougher country instead of featureless sand.

Down in Cockburn Sound and Garden Island, there are still **squid** hanging around the weed beds in 4–8 metres. Natural and prawn‑pattern jigs in browns, greens, and orange have accounted for good numbers when worked slowly along the bottom. A few **King George whiting** have been picked up on tenderised squid strips and small vibe lures in the same areas.

For beach fishos chasing a feed, the gutters along the Mandurah to Myalup stretch have held **whiting**, **herring**, and smaller **shovel‑nose rays**, with the occasional tailor after dark. Best baits there have been beach worms, pipis, and small strips of mullet. Light gear, small hooks, and a bit of burley have really helped on the slower tides.

If you’re looking for hot spots over the next tide cycle:

• **North Mole & surrounding Freo rock walls** – great for herring, skippy, and a crack at tailor or a rogue snapper when that evening high pushes in. Metals, small soft plastics, and mulies are the go.

• **Five Fathom Bank off Rockingham and the reefs west of Garden Island** – excellent for pink snapper and skippy on the change of light with fresh mullet, squid, or well‑presented soft plastics and slow jigs.

General lure tips:

– For metro inshore, pack 10–40 gram chrome slices, 3–4 inch paddle‑tail plastics in white or pilchard colours, and a couple of 3.0–3.5 squid jigs.

– For offshore, bring slow jigs around 60–120 grams in pink, orange, and glow, plus a selection of circle hooks and fresh bait if you can source it.

Bait wise, **fresh squid**, **mullet**, **pilchards**, and **whitebait** are hard to beat right now. If you can only take one, grab squid – it’s versatile and tough on the hook.

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G’day crew, Artificial Lure here with your arvo run-down for the WA coast.

Along most of the west coast from Geraldton down through Perth and into the Capes, we’ve had a classic winter pattern today: moderate sou’west to southerly breezes on the exposed coast, easing a touch into the evening, with offshore winds lighter and a bit more forgiving. Skies have been partly cloudy with passing showers, but there are some nice clean windows between fronts. Offshore swell is still pushing through in the 2–3 metre range on the more open beaches, smaller and more manageable up the estuaries and inside the reefs.

Sunrise was around twenty past seven this morning with sunset just after five-thirty this evening, so that short golden hour either side of sunrise and sunset has been prime time. The dropping light has really helped on the clearer sand and reef patches where the fish can be a bit shy under full sun.

Tides along the metro and lower west coast have been running a fairly standard winter pattern today, with an early morning low, a decent mid‑day to arvo push, and a smaller high again into the night. That mid‑tide run has fired things up around reefy corners and channel edges, especially where there’s a bit of wash pushing bait in tight.

Inshore, tailor have been active along the metro beaches and north around Two Rocks and Lancelin. Most fish are chopper to solid pan size, with the odd bigger greenback showing at first light. Small metal slices around 20–40 grams, white or pilchard‑pattern stickbaits, and old‑faithful blue‑and‑chrome minnows have been the stand-outs. For bait fishos, pilchard cubes and mulies on ganged hooks are still doing damage in the whitewater gutters.

Herring have been thick on many of the metro and South West rock walls and sheltered beaches. Light gear, small pieces of prawn, squid strips, or chicken and tiny metal lures are getting quick bites. There’s also been a mix of skippy, sand whiting and the odd tarwhine picking around the same areas, especially where there’s berley in the water.

Offshore around Rotto, the Five Fathom and out wider off Mandurah and Bunbury, demersal activity has been reasonable when the weather lets you get out. Snapper have been hanging around broken ground and lumps in that 20–40 metre range, with a few bigger fish sitting wider. Soft plastics in the 5–7 inch range in pink, white, or natural baitfish colours, slow‑pitch jigs around 60–120 grams, and classic baits like mulie, squid and octopus leg have all seen fish hit the deck. There are still dhufish about in the deeper stuff, though they’ve been a bit fussy on the bright days; squid and fresh fillet baits are your best bet.

Further south around Busselton and the Capes, squid have been a real feature whenever the water clears. Size 3.0 to 3.5 jigs in natural browns, greens and prawn patterns have outfished the loud fluoro colours in the clearer patches, with brighter pinks and oranges better when the swell stirs things up. Work the weed edges and sand holes slowly and be patient.

On the rockier ledges north and south, salmon schools are still popping up in patches, though not the thick autumn madness. If you find birds and bait getting nervous, have metal slugs, stickbaits and soft plastics ready. Even smaller schools can produce a couple of quality fish if you land on them at first or last light.

For bait choices, you won’t go wrong today with:

- Pilchards and mulies for tailor, snapper and general surf work.

- Squid and octopus for demersals, plus fresh fillet strips when you can get them.

- Prawn and worm for whiting and bread‑and‑butter species.

Lure-wise, pack:

- 20–60 g metals and slim stickbaits for tailor, salmon and herring.

- 5–7 inch soft plastics for snapper offshore.

- 3.0–3.5 jigs for squid in the inshore weed beds.

Couple of hot spots to keep in mind:

- **Perth metro rock walls and groynes** – great mix of herring, tailor and the odd snapper on the change of light and tide.

- **Busselton Jetty and nearby weed beds** – reliable for squid, herring and the odd skippy when the swell lies down.

Fish smart, watch that swell on the exposed ledges, and keep an eye on those tide and weather windows

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G’day, Artificial Lure here with your West Aussie coastal fishing wrap.

Along most of the WA coast today we’ve had a classic winter pattern: a solid high sitting south of the state bringing clear skies, cool mornings and moderate southerly to southeasterly winds easing by late arvo. Swell along the lower west and south coasts has been running 2–3 metres on the exposed beaches, a bit more manageable in the metro and northern lee. Sunrise was around twenty past seven, sunset just before half past five, which means those bite windows have been tight around first and last light.

Tides along the west coast have been neaps, with modest movement through the middle of the day and a better push late afternoon into early evening. That smaller tide has made things a bit trickier off the beach, but perfect for working structure and bommies in the boat where you want less run.

In the metro area, the inshore snapper run is ticking along nicely. Several skippers working Cockburn Sound and the Three Mile Reef reported solid pinkies in the 60–80 cm range on the evening change of light. Best results have come from lightly weighted baits of fresh mulie, squid strips and small fillets of herring, plus soft plastics in 5–7 inch jerk shad patterns in natural pilchard and pink shine colours. A slow lift‑and‑drop retrieve over rubble patches has been the go.

Beach fishers from Rockingham through to Lancelin have found tailor to 45 cm in reasonable numbers, but you’ve had to be there right on dusk. Metal slices around 40 g, slender stickbaits, and old faithful mulie ganged on a paternoster have all produced. Mix in plenty of chopper tailor and herring, with the odd sand whiting in the gutters on small bits of prawn or squid.

Up the Coral Coast around Jurien and Dongara, boats sneaking out between the wind lines have done well on dhufish and baldchin groper in 30–45 metres, working slow‑pitch jigs in 80–120 g and big soft plastics. Fresh octopus and big squid heads dropped on the edge of the lumps have tempted the better dhuies. Closer in, squid numbers over the weed beds have been strong; small white or natural‑coloured jigs, slow‑rolled and paused, are outfishing the bright candy colours.

Further north around Exmouth and Ningaloo, the inside reef has been producing spangled emperor, coral trout and rankin cod. Shallow divers and stickbaits cast tight to the reef edge on the morning high have accounted for most of the action, while unweighted strips of mullet and whole pilchard baits drifted back into the wash are deadly. Out wide, those trolling small to medium skirted lures in purple‑black or lumo have picked up the odd mackerel and tuna when the wind’s allowed.

If you’re land‑based and looking for a feed, two hot spots worth a crack:

• The beaches north of Yanchep, working the deeper gutters at dawn and dusk for tailor, herring and the chance of a rogue mulloway on whole mulie or fresh bait.

• Fremantle moles and rock walls after dark for herring, squid and snapper on fresh baits and bright squid jigs under the lights.

Best overall lure choices right now:

• 40–60 g metals and slim stickbaits for tailor.

• 3–4 inch paddle tails and 5–7 inch jerk shads for inshore snapper and reef fish.

• Size 2.5–3.5 squid jigs in natural prawn or white patterns.

Best bait: fresh if you can get it – mulies, herring strips, squid, and for the bigger bottom dwellers, octopus or fresh fillet baits.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your arvo coastal fishing report for Western Australia.

Along most of the metro and lower west coast, we’ve had a classic winter pattern: a solid westerly swell rolling through with light to moderate southwest winds easing into the evening, and cool nights under partly cloudy skies. The Bureau of Meteorology is calling it mild along the coast, with temps sitting in the mid-teens and wind backing off after dark – good news for anyone planning a gutter session off the beach.

Tides along the west coast are on a modest run today, with a mid‑morning high, a decent afternoon drop and another push into the evening. That falling tide into dusk has fired things up lately, especially around reef edges and deeper beach gutters.

Sunrise was around twenty past seven this morning and sunset just after five, so your prime bite windows have been that first light change and the last hour before dark, running into the early evening. Inshore water’s got a bit of colour from recent swell, which has actually helped the bite on bread‑and‑butter species.

In the last few days, local tackle shops and club chatter up and down the coast have been reporting good numbers of **herring**, **sand whiting**, and **tailor** off metro and near‑metro beaches, with the odd **school mulloway** turning up after dark. Up toward Lancelin and down past Mandurah, reefy corners and points have also produced solid **pink snapper** for land‑based anglers timing that evening tide with the swell.

Best bait right now has been the old reliables:

- Small **pilchard cubes** and **whitebait** for herring and tailor.

- **Worms** and **cockles** for sand whiting.

- **Fresh mullet strip** or **fillet baits** for mulloway and snapper after dark.

If you’re a lure tragic like me, bring:

- 10–20 g chrome **metal slices** and small **stickbaits** for herring and tailor.

- Lightly weighted **soft plastics** in 3–4 inch minnows or grubs for snapper around reef edges.

- A slow‑rolled **paddle‑tail plastic** or suspending **shad‑style hardbody** if you’re soaking a lure for mulloway in a deep gutter.

A couple of hot spots to circle for this week:

- **North Mole & surrounding rock walls (Fremantle area):** Tailor, herring, skippy and the chance of a snapper when the swell’s up but manageable. Fish the change of light and work metals or bait into the wash.

- **Rockingham to Secret Harbour beaches:** Some very nice gutters holding herring, whiting and school mulloway. Simple paternoster rigs with bait in the afternoon, then live or fresh strip baits into the night.

If you’re heading farther, the reefs and ledges around **Lancelin** and **Jurien** have been turning up bigger snapper and the odd dhuie for boaties working plastics and jigs in 20–40 metres, especially around the tide changes.

That’s the wrap from Artificial Lure – keep it safe on the rocks, watch that swell, and fish those tide changes hard.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your West Aussie coastal fishing report.

Along most of the Western Australian coast today we’ve had classic winter conditions: cool mornings, moderate southerly to south‑westerly winds, and a lingering swell on the exposed beaches. Skies have been a mix of partly cloudy with the odd shower pushing through, especially around Perth, Mandurah and down toward Bunbury. Daytime temps have been sitting in the mid‑teens to low‑20s, cooling off quickly once the sun dips.

Sunrise along the west coast has been around twenty past seven in the morning, with sunset just after five‑thirty in the evening. That gives a short but very fishy window of low‑light at both ends of the day, and those bite times have been the standout.

Tides today along the metro coast have been modest but handy for land‑based anglers: a low tide through the late morning and a building high into the evening. Up around Geraldton and further north, the tidal range has been a bit bigger, with stronger movement helping the pelagics and reef species fire around the headlands and outer reefs. Offshore crews have been timing their drifts and burley trails to that incoming tide into sunset.

Fish activity has been solid for winter. The metro beaches from Two Rocks down through Cottesloe and further south to Secret Harbour have produced good numbers of **herring**, **whiting**, and the odd solid **tailor** in the evenings. A few **snapper** have been caught from rock walls and close‑in reefs after dark, especially when the swell has had some punch over the last few days. Down toward Mandurah and Bunbury, the estuary and inlet systems are giving up **black bream**, **juvenile snapper**, and a few **mulloway** to patient night‑time anglers soaking big baits.

Up the coast, spots like Jurien Bay and Geraldton have seen **pink snapper**, **dhufish**, and **Baldchin groper** coming from deeper reefs for boats working slow‑pitch jigs and baits. Land‑based, the northern rock platforms and groynes have produced **tailor**, **skippy**, and the odd **Spanish mackerel** earlier in the week when the water cleaned up.

Lure choice:

For beaches and rock walls, small metal slices around 15–40 g in chrome or white bait patterns have been deadly on tailor and herring. Shallow diving minnows in natural pilchard or mullet colours are doing well at dawn and dusk. Soft plastics in the 3–5 inch range, paddle tails or jerk shads in motor oil, pearl, or bloodworm, are accounting for snapper and skippy around reefy ground. Offshore, slow‑pitch jigs in pink, blue, or glow have been working on dhufish and snapper.

Best baits right now:

– For bread‑and‑butter species: **prawn**, **squid strips**, and **pilchard** cubes.

– For bigger predators and mulloway: **fresh mullet**, **herring fillets**, and whole **squid**.

– For bream in the estuaries: **river prawn**, **cockles**, and small **crab** pieces, or lightly weighted soft plastics and hard‑body crankbaits.

A couple of hot spots to put on your list:

– **North Mole and South Mole, Fremantle**: Great for herring, skippy, and tailor on a rising evening tide. Fish metals and small bait rigs for a mixed bag, and drop a bigger bait deeper if you’re chasing snapper or mulloway after dark.

– **Mandurah Cut and adjacent beaches**: Consistent bream and tailor, plus the chance of mulloway at night. Work the edges of the current with soft plastics by day, and soak whole baits after sunset.

If you’re further north, the **Geraldton headlands and reefy points** are worth a crack for tailor, snapper, and the odd pelagic when the wind backs off and the water clears.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your West Aussie coastal fishing report.

Along most of the Western Australian coast today we’ve had a classic winter pattern: cool to mild temps, light to moderate southerlies in the morning, freshening sea breeze and a bit of swell pushing in by arvo. The Bureau of Meteorology has been calling it pretty settled, with only a slight chance of a shower along the lower coast. Sunrise was around twenty past seven, with sunset just after five, so that short golden window at first and last light really mattered.

Tides up and down the coast have been on a moderate run – enough flow to fire things up without making the inshore stuff unfishable. Around the metro coast the early morning rising tide lined up nicely with sunrise, and the evening turn pushed bait into the gutters.

In the **Perth metro and outer reefs**, the inshore weed beds produced a steady pick of **herring**, **sand whiting**, and a few chunky **skippy**. Small metal slices, tiny white bucktail jigs, and 2–3 inch paddle‑tail plastics in natural pilchard colours did the damage. Bait fishos did best on half‑pilchards, squid strips, and old‑faithful mulies on gangs. A few land‑based crews also found **tailor** in the low‑light sessions, mostly choppers but with the odd better fish around the river mouths and rock walls; 15–25 g metal slugs and shallow‑running stickbaits worked fast across the wash were the go.

Down **Rockingham to Mandurah**, the beaches with good structure – darker water, defined gutters, and a bit of whitewater – fished well for tailor, herring, and a few **school mulloway** after dark. Fresh mullet fillets and live herring or whiting have been the standout mulloway baits. If you’re soaking baits tonight, run lighter sinkers where you can and keep your rigs neat; the fish are there, but a bit shy with the clearer water.

Further south around **Bunbury and Busselton**, the broken ground and reef edges held **pink snapper** for boaties fishing the late arvo into dark. Soft plastics in 5–7 inch jerk‑shad styles, in glow or pink, slow‑worked near the bottom, matched the hatch and out‑fished straight bait at times. That said, fresh squid and fillets of scalies or herring are still hard to beat for bigger snapper. In Geographe Bay, squid have been thick over the seagrass; pink and natural‑brown jigs in the 2.5–3.0 size have been the pick.

Up the **Mid West**, around **Geraldton and Kalbarri**, tailor numbers along the beaches and reef platforms have held up well, with a few solid greenbacks mixed in for those putting in the dawn and dusk hours. Chrome slices, stickbaits, and shallow divers in blue‑silver have been producing, while bait anglers are doing well on garfish and mulies rigged ganged. Offshore, mixed bags of **dhufish**, **baldchin groper**, and **snapper** came from the 30–60 m line where the swell allowed; fresh squid and octopus heads are still prime cut baits.

Two quick hot spots to circle:

- **North Mole and surrounding metro rock walls**: good mix of herring, skippy, tailor, and the chance of a mulloway after dark on live bait.

- **Mandurah to Tim’s Thicket gutters**: tailor at first light, herring through the day, and mulloway on fresh fillet baits on the evening high.

Overall, fish activity has been best around the tide changes and that short light window at each end of the day. Keep your leaders light where you can get away with it, match the hatch on your lures, and don’t be afraid to move until you find bait and structure.

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This is Artificial Lure with your West Oz coastal fishing report.

Along most of the WA coast today the weather’s settled into a classic early-winter pattern: cool mornings, mild arvos, and generally light to moderate southerlies along the metro and lower west coast, freshening into the afternoon. Further north around Geraldton and Kalbarri the breeze has a bit more southeast in it and stays up most of the day. Skies are mostly clear to partly cloudy, with only the odd shower brushing the lower southwest.

Sunrise along the Perth coast was around twenty past seven, with sunset just after five in the arvo, giving a short but productive low‑light window. Up around Geraldton you gain a few minutes either side, and down toward Busselton–Dunsborough you lose a few.

Tides on the west coast are neapish and fairly gentle – around a metre of movement through the day on the metro beaches. That smaller run has suited the lure fishos working gutters at first and last light, but bait fishers chasing mulloway are wishing for a bit more push in the water.

Inshore, the metro beaches from Trigg to Yanchep have fished well the past few days for **herring**, **sand whiting**, and the odd **chopper tailor**. Numbers aren’t huge, but patient anglers have picked up a half‑dozen herring each session, with tailor mostly in the 30–40 cm class. A few solid **mulloway** around the 8–12 kg mark have been reported after dark from deeper gutters north of Two Rocks and down around Secret Harbour.

Best lures for the surf have been:

- Small 10–20 g metal slices in silver or pilchard pattern for herring and tailor.

- 4–5 inch paddle‑tail soft plastics in natural whitebait colours for mulloway, slow‑rolled through the deeper holes after sunset.

Top baits:

- WA pilchards on gang hooks for tailor.

- Fresh mullet or squid strips for mulloway.

- Squid tentacles and small prawn pieces for herring and whiting.

In the Swan and Canning, the cooler water has the **bream** a bit sulky during the day, but the bite has been good at dawn and after dark around structure. Fish to 35 cm have come from bridge pylons and rock walls. Hard‑bodied deep‑diving minnows in muted browns and greens, and lightly weighted prawn‑style soft plastics, have accounted for most fish. Bait anglers are doing well on river prawns and mullet strips.

Offshore, when the weather windows have allowed, the 30–60 m lumps off Perth and Mandurah have given up steady **pink snapper** to around 80 cm and a mix of **breaksea cod**, **Baldchin groper** and **dhufish** in the deeper spots. Snapper numbers are not crazy but consistent: think two or three decent fish per small boat on a good morning session, especially when the breeze is light and the swell under two metres. Fresh squid and mullet cubes have out‑fished frozen bait. Slow‑pitch jigs and 5–7 inch jerk‑shad plastics in pink or nuclear chicken colours are also doing real damage.

Further north, around Jurien and Geraldton, the story is similar but with a few more **spanish mackerel** still hanging about on the inshore reefs and lumps. Trolled deep‑diving minnows in mackerel or bonito patterns and rigged garfish have been the standout offerings.

Couple of hot spots to put on your list:

- **Ocean Reef to Quinns Rocks**: working the deeper gutters at first light has produced mixed bags of herring, whiting and chopper tailor, with a chance of a school mulloway after dark.

- **Five Fathom Bank off Mandurah**: on the right drift this has held good pink snapper and dhufish, especially around tide change, for crews fishing fresh squid baits and slow‑pitch jigs.

As always, check the latest marine forecast and local size and bag limits before you head out, and keep an eye on swell if you’re working reefs and rock walls.

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