Bremer Bay, almost 500km east of Perth, has some of the best beach salmon fishing on Western Australia’s south coast.
The combination of clear water and white sand surf beaches that in many cases drop away quickly into deep water, with large WA salmon often present, are the highlights of this region.
There is also excellent offshore fishing.
A 4WD is needed to reach the best surf beaches, but for the family fisho with a 2WD vehicle, Short Beach on Point Henry Peninsula has a sealed road access, but with no vehicle access to the beach.
Short Beach beach has deep water with a reef near shore, with salmon schools moving inside the reef at times. silver trevally and herring are also caught, and occasional tailor and kingfish.
Night fishing can be productive, with mulloway and school and gummy sharks caught in the dark.
Fishery Beach is a relatively sheltered beach, also on the Point Henry Peninsula. It has a marina, toilet facilities and a fish cleaning table. Squid are caught here, along with herring and salmon.
Little Boat Harbour is on Point Henry Peninsula at the end of Point Henry Road. There are boat launching facilities for 4WD vehicles, with deep water close in. silver trevally, squid, king george whiting, sand whiting and flathead are caught here.
Bremer Beach is at the end of Bremer Bay Road. It produces mainly silver trevally, salmon, flathead, whiting and herring.
Rock fishos can try Flat Rock off Cuneo Drive. This is near Bremer Bay Caravan Park, with a staircase giving access to the rocks. Expect salmon, herring, king george whiting, silver trevally and squid.
There is bream fishing in the Wellstead Estuary, which also produces blue swimmer crabs, prawns, yelloweye mullet, flathead, flounder and whiting.
There is a boat ramp in the lower river at Muirs Point, suited to small boats.
The estuary entrance beach has mulloway after heavy rain when the bar opens.
Fosters and Reef Beaches are two of the best locations but require high-clearance 4WD to access. These beaches produce large salmon and silver trevally, with a chance of mulloway, especially at Reef Beach.
The big salmon can be caught all year.
The use of 4WD is allowed on many beaches in this region.
Rock platforms in this area drop into deep water and produce samson, kingfish, pink snapper and mulloway, along with salmon, but the Southern Ocean demands respect.
A 4WD track leads 17km north of Bremer township to Gordon Inlet, with bream in the upper river for cartopper and canoe fishos.
Further north, beach launching is inside Point Ann at Cheadanup, located on the rabbit-proof fence.
This is part of Fitzgerald River National Park.
Boaters who go wide along the Bremer Bay coast will find pink snapper, nannygai, morwong, harlequin, kingfish, samson, sharks and more.
Further afield, there are launch sites in this region at Two People’s Bay, Cheynes Beach, and Cape Riche.
Bremer Bay tides
WA fishing regulations
Fitzgerald River National Park
WA marine parks
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