Beachport is at the north end of Rivoli Bay.

Beachport has a superb jetty – at 772m (formerly 1.2km) it is the second longest jetty in South Australia, covering a vast expanse of shallow water.

Squid, mullet, Australian salmon, tommies, gar, bream, whiting and mulloway are caught.

The best local fishing beaches are the aptly named Salmon Hole and Glen Point Beach.

The water is often very clear at these beaches, making for good lure fishing.

Mulloway are chance off the beaches, but rays are often first to the bait.

Bowman Scenic Drive gives access to much of the coast.

Beachport Conservation Park has great coastal scenery, camping, 4WD tracks and fishing.

Beachport’s boat ramp is poor at low tide and is exposed. It can be seen in the aerial photographs here.

For boaters, Ringwood Reef is almost 2km long and lies just 6km off Beachport, while West Rocks and Lipson Rock are 4km out. Many skippers avoid Ringwood because of breaking waves.

All produce snapper, trevally, squid, sweep and mulloway, as well as many of the inshore species mentioned earlier.

Another great fishing spot to try is Southend at the southern end of Rivoli Bay, with surf, rock, jetty and boat fishing.

To the south, at Southend, the jetty is worthwhile for a range of species, including squid.

Nearby Canunda National Park has beaches with mulloway (summer), salmon and mullet (winter) and gummy sharks, and beachside camping.

Rivoli Bay fishing GPS marks

NOTE: Extreme care required at Ringwood and De Mole reefs because of breaking waves.
West Rock 37 31.118S 140 01.577E
Ringwood East 37 32.054S 140 02.473E
Ringwood West 37 32.172S 140 01.746E
‘Three Mile’ 37 31.513S 139 58.443E
Lipson Rock 37 30.767S 140 02.303E
Sherbert Rock 37 31.232S 140 03.839E
De Mole Reef 37 29.661S 140 02.048E

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Augusta has a large estuary, worthwhile rivers, and safe launching into the sea through a large marina located inside Cape Leeuwin.

There are reef grounds extending south-east from Cape Leeuwin, keeping in mind the Ngari Capes Marine Park sanctuary.

Augusta’s impressive Hardy Inlet is fed by the Blackwood and Scott Rivers.

A dinghy gives access to the estuary’s bream, spotted and yellowfin whiting, tailor, salmon, herring, trevally, flathead, cobbler, herring, mullet, flounder, prawns and blue crabs.

The estuary is something of a nursery, so an abundance of little fish can be a problem.

Beach fishing east of the inlet entrance is good, with 4WD tracks leading through to Windy Harbour, with creek mouths along the way.

Salmon are the main catch in late summer/autumn.

In poor weather some beaches north of Augusta offer shelter.

Local fishing spots include:

Colour Patch – near the shops at the estuary mouth, whiting, flathead, bream, trevally, herring.
Ellis St Jetty – as above, with mulloway at night.
Ringbolt Bay – squid, whiting, herring.
Deepdene – 4WD track off Cosy Corner Rd, beach fishing.
Hamelin Bay – north of Augusta, fish the beach by 4WD or travel further to Caves Rd.
Skippy Rock – trevally, herring, samson, kingfish and snapper.

North of Augusta, Hamelin Bay, Prevelly, Gracetown and Canal Rocks are popular destinations for boaters.

Gracetown’s Cowaramup Bay is picturesque and has a van park, beach launching and good grounds nearby.

Beaches and rocks in this area have tailor, salmon, herring, trevally and groper, but care is required on the rocks.

Note that Kilcarnup Sanctuary Zone exists north of Cape Mentelle, with the Cape Freycinet Zone about 15km to the south. A larger sanctuary zone exists wide of Cape Freycinet under the South West Commonwealth Marine Reserve.

Blackwood River fishing spots

The Blackwood is the longest river in WA’s south-west and the only river that has historically maintained an annual flow.

Its source is near Kukerin, about 500km from the sea entrance.

The tidal section of the Blackwood River has some huge bream, along with quality yellowfin whiting in the estuary, but light tackle and fresh or live bait is a must.

The trick to catching the big bream is often just getting past all the little ones.

This may mean using lures or fishing at night.

Sea-run trout are a chance in the lower river in late winter and spring, but the river has mostly redfin in the upstream section, as well as cobbler (freshwater catfish).

Tidal water extends to Schroeders Weir, about 50km from the mouth.

Decent bream fishing extends as far as Warner Glen (Chapman Pool) about 40km upstream of the mouth, but is usually better downstream around Alexandra Bridge (25km).

Bream move upstream in summer. Heavy rain will push marine fish downstream.

Trout are around Darradup, Jalbarragup, Nannup and Wrights Bridge, but the fish can be hard to find. Rainbow and brown trout are caught.

Eulin Crossing is a popular access point.

The river is an attractive location and popular with kayakers.

Weed can be an issue at times, and Hardy Inlet has been affected at times by water quality issues related to local land use.

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Wharton lies about half way between Cape Arid and Esperance, on the Duke of Orleans Bay off Orleans Bay Rd, near the mouth of the Dailey River.

The bay has a caravan park and reasonably sheltered beach launching. There is no shortage of reef within 10km of Wharton, including Bay Rock, Dodd Rock and John Island within the bay.

Three island groups are within 15km of the launch site.

For landbased fishos, there are 4WD tracks leading off the main roads to scenic and fishable coastal access points.

Dunns Rocks, about 20km west of Wharton, produces salmon and mulloway.

Wharton Beach and its nearby rocks fish well.

Just 20km east is Alexander Bay, with good rock and beach fishing.

Kennedys Beach and Tagon Point 38km east of Wharton fish well for trevally, salmon, sharks and mulloway.

Thomas River has bream. It flows into Yokinup Bay, where salmon and mulloway are caught in the surf, at the start of Cape Arid National Park.

Poison Creek beach between Cape Arid and Cape Pasley is renowned for big salmon.

It can be reached by 4WD track, and then by driving on the beach.

Sharks, mulloway and tailor patrol gutters at night.

There are soft sand sections in this area that require tyre deflation, so a tyre compressor is required.

Never drive on thick beach weed mats as bogging is almost assured.

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