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Recfishwest

Locality: Hillarys, Western Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 8 9246 3366

Address: 3/45 Northside Drive 6025 Hillarys, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.recfishwest.org.au

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24.01.2022 Fishing clubs are the lifeblood of many WA communities, bringing fishers together socially to learn, have a great time and, of course, catch a few fish. Cockburn Power Boats Club (CPBC) is one of those clubs which is fabulously-run and offers members many benefits including five club-owned launching ramps. If you’re looking to join a metro club, be sure to head to CPBC’s annual Open Day this Saturday from 10am to 4pm.... Click the link for more info: https://bit.ly/3387Gb5

23.01.2022 Summer is on the way and the flats fishing is already beginning to fire We’re already starting to see plenty of yellowfin whiting and flathead attacking lures in the shallows at our favourite estuaries and rivers. From the Swan River, Peel-Harvey Estuary or Leschenault Estuary, the quality flats fishing should only continue to get better as the weather warms during 2020-21’s La Niña event.... Last week, Recfishwest’s Aaron Moses and Mike Minutillo joined Tackle West at its whiting popping information night recently to talk all things whiting. If you missed the info session, head to our I Love Fishing website for tips on how to catch more yellowfin whiting on the flats https://bit.ly/3oOTBbz Steve Hart and Han Yeoh

23.01.2022 A new dinghy, trailer and outboard for simply catching a salmon and entering it into the 20201 Salmon Slam. Beau Gee, of Mt Barker, was presented the 3.5m Seejay aluminium dinghy, powered by a six horse-power, four-stroke Honda outboard and trailer at the Recfishwest office today for simply catching a salmon. Beau was ecstatic that he’d scooped the Salmon Slam’s top-prize in a random draw from the almost 1,700 fishers who took part in the three-month, app-based fishing c...ompetition. I’ve always wanted a boat but you know how it is it’s one of those things that comes after a house and a new car so I guess this was pretty good shortcut, Beau said. Read the full story and how the Salmon Slam celebrates salmon as a fantastic, safe and accessible sportfish here https://bit.ly/2SscB4b

23.01.2022 If you’re fishing in new waters over the school holidays, make sure you are across State and Commonwealth marine parks zone rules. The marine park mapping tool on Recfishwest's smartphone fishing app can help you ensure your fishing activities are within the marine park fishing rules and it doesn't need mobile phone reception to work. The GP- responsive feature helps you fish stress-free and know exactly where the marine park zones are located and what fishing activities you... are allowed to do in each of them. The Recfishwest fishing app is available to download on to your phone for free on the app store and on Google Play. For general info about marine parks in WA and where they are located visit the Australian Marine Parks website and the Marine Parks and Reserves page on the @Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia website. Read more about the marine park mapping feature on our app and how it can help you be across all the marine park zones: https://bit.ly/33plz3U We wish you good fishing over the holidays and hope you get amongst them!

22.01.2022 Another year, another amazing Troutfest! It was great to have hundreds of freshwater fishers join us at Drakesbrook Weir, near Waroona, this morning to get their hands dirty and feet wet while hand-releasing thousands of rainbow and brown trout. Troutfest’s strong community support highlights how anglers place such a high value on the Peel and South West regions’ freshwater fisheries.... Today wouldn’t have been possible without the Shire of Waroona, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development - DPIRD, Alcoa, Whitey's Tackle & Camping, SHIMANO Australia Fishing Anaconda Bunbury, SHIMANO Australia Fishing and of course, all of you who’ve helped release the trout! Keep an eye out for more coverage from this morning’s Troutfest, including more of JLG Photographics photos, on Monday!

22.01.2022 From dhufish to Spanish mackerel and tailor or skippy, WA is home to many fantastic fish species! That’s why Western Angler magazine editor and fishing guru Scott Coghlan is writing a new and exclusive series for Recfishwest Scott’s Species. The weekly segment is featured in our State-wide Fishing Report each Friday and provides an expert’s view on some of the amazing fish found across WA.... If you haven’t signed up to our fishing report yet, why haven’t you? From in-depth reports from Broome to Albany outlining what’s biting and where, alongside the exclusive Scott’s Species series and the West Aussie Ultimate Angler Series presented by Shimano, our weekly fishing report is a must-read! Sign-up as a FREE member or a premium member today to receive our exclusive State-Wide Fishing Report https://bit.ly/35GhlY4! Or, catch up with the Scott's Species on golden trevally here https://bit.ly/2HYNWi3

21.01.2022 If you haven’t fished Kununurra, there’s one million reasons why you should barramundi! Today, Fisheries Minister Peter Tinley AM revealed 200,000 more juvenile barra would be released into Lake Kununurra through the stocking program before Christmas. It will be a momentous occasion once the fish are released, lifting the total number of barra fingerlings stocked into Lake Kununurra since 2013 beyond one million fish. Seriously, how good is that?... Kununurra is home to amazing fishing, attracting avid fishers to the East Kimberley to try and land a barra like the one Curt McCartney is pictured with below. Lake Kununurra’s barramundi population is something Recfishwest is very proud of, given we’ve consistently pushed for barra stocking in this system for a number of years. Read about Kununurra's abundant barra stocks, which are literally on the town's doorstep, here https://bit.ly/2G4ZQqn

21.01.2022 More Western Australians are holidaying at home now more than ever. That’s why proposed fishing rule changes are important to address concerns widely voiced last year about the potential impact on local fish populations. In September last year, having been contacted by concerned community members, former Fisheries Minister Peter Tinley asked Recfishwest for advice about the appropriateness of the current State-wide possession limit.... In response, Recfishwest surveyed its members and talked to many key leaders in the regional fishing community to provide a series of recommendations to the former Minister. Based on the substantial feedback Recfishwest received, including from 875 members who responded to our survey, the message was clear protection of our fish stocks is best undertaken by implementing a range of measures rather than just changing the possession limit. Since we consulted with recfishers, the State Government have been broadly supportive of multiple recommendations we made. One of these includes the introduction of a ‘trip limit’ capping the amount of demersal fillets fishers can have in their 20kg possession limit at 10kg. However, WA’s recfishing community have made it clear that protection of our fish stocks will be best undertaken by implementing a range of measures, rather than just changing the possession limit. The new legislation is likely to be implemented by the end of June in time for the July school holidays. It will be reviewed in 12 months once data can be gathered to build up a better picture of if and how increased fishing activity is translating into more fish caught. Find out more about why Recfishwest supports temporary rule changes to protect vulnerable fish species around regional centres here: https://bit.ly/3yTsotj

20.01.2022 A trailblazing program to rejuvenate Cockburn Sound’s severely depleted seagrass beds is happening this weekend and it needs your help!! The OzFish Unlimited team are calling for more volunteers to join them at Cockburn Sound from tomorrow to Sunday to support the third annual Seeds for Snapper program. Selfless divers, families, boaties and recfishers are volunteering to hand-dispersing seagrass seeds to create much-needed nursery habitat for species such as pink snapper, ...squid and blue swimmer crabs! However, more volunteers particularly boat owners are needed for the free seeding day event at Cockburn Power Boats Club from 8am to 1pm on Saturday. Addressing Cockburn Sound’s severe seagrass loss is something Recfishwest takes very seriously, given how important Cockburn Sound is as a fishery and that healthy seagrass meadows maximise fishing opportunities. Read about the project on our website and how you can help here https://bit.ly/35F4wfo OzFish Unlimited

20.01.2022 Smiles, fantastic fishing and rainbow trout at Fish in the 'Burbs The hundreds of happy snaps of smiling kids, proudly holding the trout they just caught says it all our inaugural ‘Fish in the ‘Burbs’ event held at Austin Lakes Estate, just south of Mandurah, was an outstanding success! The Recreational Fishing Initiatives Fund-backed project provided a family-friendly and fun fishing event the local community during the long-weekend just a stone’s throw or, in this c...ase, a line’s throw from their homes. The event's overwhelming success gives the green light to work on ramping up a suburban and urban freshwater stocking program. A big shout out to the Shire of Murray, Aquatic Life Industries and Indo-Pacific Environmental for helping make the inaugural Fish In The ‘Burbs possible. Imagine catching a barra or a bass in your local metro lake!?! Watch our YouTube video here https://bit.ly/3kVAaen Or read the full story here https://bit.ly/3n3gO8U

19.01.2022 Picture a rainbow - one with fins on it - in the middle of suburbia at our inaugural Fish in the ‘Burbs event over this long-weekend! Held in partnership with the Shire of Murray, Indo-Pacific Environmental and Aquatic Life Industries at Austin Lakes Estate, South Yunderup near Mandurah, Fish in the 'Burbs is yours and your kids' chance to catch a radiant rainbow trout in a family-friendly and safe fishing environment - for FREE! You'll need to hurry to book your spot..., though, Saturday’s two sessions are already fully-booked, with hundreds of fishers keen to take part in the WA-first event. But we will be working hard to make sure there are more of these great school holiday fishing events in the future - much more!!! There is a limited amount of loan gear available for this event, so be sure to bring your own rod and reel of you have one a small rod rated in the 1kg to 5kg range, suitable for bream or whiting! Click here to register now: https://bit.ly/2ZWmnfv Photos courtsesy of Golden Ponds & Trilogy/Shire of Murray

17.01.2022 Do you have an idea or project that'll make fishing better? If so, apply for Round 11 of the Recfishwest Community Grants Program before it closes this Sunday, 4 October! Fishing clinics, competitions, clean-up days and bream stocking initiatives are among the many community-driven fishing projects previously funded through the program.... Recfishwest knows community groups can achieve amazing results with a little bit of support, so click here to find out more about our community grants program, and how you or your group can apply https://bit.ly/2D1uZJK

14.01.2022 CHECK THIS OUT! Just a few hours ago we were stoked to be joined by some of the great and the good of the recfishing community and DPIRD’s Marine Finfish Hatchery team to release 10,000 yellowtail kingfish off South Mole at Fremantle. That’s a massive step forward for establishing an ongoing metro kingie stocking program and 10,000 more reasons to get excited about hooking into amazing sportfishing off Perth! Kingies are fast-growing these fish could be legal size within ...a year and they are hardy making them perfect for fish stocking. The State Government has backed in funding for kingie stocking for the next three years and adds to our ongoing barramundi, pink snapper, trout and marron stocking programs. Well-managed stocking programs create fish abundance and fantastic fishing experiences. Stocking really is king! For more information, click here https://bit.ly/39gqqc4 Thanks to Dixon Brothers Fishing, Halco Tackle Fabio Varrone, of Fab Fishing & Tours, Compleat Angler Nedlands and Tackle West for supporting and coming down to help us release the kingies! Also, shout out to Saltfix for sharing some awesome fishing footage with us! Fisheries WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development - DPIRD Peter Tinley AM

13.01.2022 Pink snapper spawning aggregations like this is what we’re continuing to fight to protect in Cockburn Sound from the Outer Harbour development. The Westport Taskforce which made the recommendations for the Outer Harbour development completely failed to answer this basic question in its multi-million dollar, three-year process: What impact will a new port in Cockburn Sound have on the Sound’s pink snapper stocks and fishing experiences? So we’re not stopping the fight fo...r the Sound and its habitat which supports the largest spawning aggregations of pink snapper in the West Coast Bioregion. We’re continuing to push Government to address the Taskforce’s shortcomings and make sure Cockburn Sound’s future as a marine habitat and the future of West Coast pink snapper is not put on the line. Thanks to Jamie Vogler, of The Nomads, for sending us the footage and thanks to him and the tens of thousands of you like us who care about Cockburn Sound. Read more about our reaction to the Outer Harbour announcement here: https://bit.ly/3lZPSpR Also, check The Nomads' YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRqaH443sN-TVI6S1Cw5AA

12.01.2022 If you've never explored the South West's wonderful freshwater systems while fishing for rainbow or brown trout, then this weekend is an ideal time to give it a go! DPIRD have made this weekend, 3-4 October, a freshwater licence-free weekend meaning fishers don't need a licence to catch rainbow trout, brown trout and redfin perch. With no licence required, there isn't a better time than this Saturday and Sunday to wet a line in freshwater systems across the South West... and Peel regions and try your hand at freshwater fishing. The licence-free weekend coincides with our booked-out Troutfest event at Drakesbrook Weir tomorrow. Unfortunately, COVID-19 protocols have played their part in limiting the number of spots available at Troutfest, so we have had no choice but to restrict the numbers. However, if you have missed out on Troutfest this time, be sure to still get out and about to try catch a big rainbow or brown trout at one of the many great freshwater locations. Read our freshwater tips here https://bit.ly/2FVp9uC Declan Busher!

11.01.2022 And they're off! Five of our metro FADs are being deployed as you read this post for the second year of the State-wide trial FADs program. Complementing the Perth Game Fishing Club's FADs - which went out yesterday - the Recfishwest FADs can be found out from the West End of Rotto and off the north metro. So, get set for another awesome summer of fast and furious pelagic action on the FADs... but wait there's more! ... In the next few weeks FADs will be going in off Albany and Cape Naturaliste - and for the first time off Rockingham and Gero! Watch this space! Go here for FADs locations https://recfishwest.org.au/fads/fad-locations/

07.01.2022 From the launch of the State-wide FADs trial, to releasing more than 5,000 yellowtail kingfish off Freo, to a heap of new recfishing initiatives being announced by the Premier including new artificial reefs, as well as WA’s first suburban trout stocking program - 2019/20 has been a massive 12 months for the recfishing community. Earlier this week, we held our Annual General Meeting to celebrate 12 great months despite unprecedented challenges to the recfishing sector and industry brought by COVID-19. We continue to power forward and deliver many great initiatives that continue to make fishing even better and fight for recfishers on a number of big ticket issues. Check out what happened at our AGM and read our Annual Report here https://bit.ly/3nlExRm

06.01.2022 The abundance of sailfish that turn up in Exmouth Gulf at this time of year supports a genuinely world-class fishery and sensational catch and release fishing events like this. Abundance of fish always underscores great fishing experiences which is why we don't want fish to be just sustainable but abundant. So get out there, sample some of this awesome sportfishing and see if you can sail away with some of the great prizes on offer and take a bow Exmouth Game Fishing Club - EGFC for putting on such a class event!

06.01.2022 Sailfish approaching a teaser with tenacity. Their black bullet-like figures distinguishable in the clear blue water, as their extended sails stick above the surface. How good is Broome? Broome Fishing Club’s annual Broome Billfish Classic will be held next weekend, from 2 4 July, to once again highlight the world-class sailfish fishery off the Kimberley coastal town. It all gets underway next Wednesday night with a briefing session. So, if you’re keen to compete, make... sure you head along. Want to know more? Click here https://bit.ly/3vPRJS3

05.01.2022 One secondary college near Mandurah is giving students the opportunity to become aquaculturists and help fill an important estuary system to the bream with an important fish species! John Tonkin College students are spending their time in the classroom, and also out of it, working to ensure black bream stocks in the Peel-Harvey Estuary remain abundant for many years to come. Led by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council alongside Murdoch University and JTC, the ...Black Bream Project which is supported by Recfishwest is working to increase stewardship of our estuaries and teach kids that healthy rivers lead to healthy bream stocks. While the program is doing a wonderful job nurturing black bream, it might also be nurturing WA’s next crop fisheries scientist, researchers and fishers. To read more and watch a mini doco about the fantastic project, click here https://bit.ly/32V5RhH Pictures courtesy of Eligh Quigley and Steve Anderson.

04.01.2022 FISH IN THE 'BURBS AND TROUTFEST BOOKED OUT!! It's official, this long-weekend's inaugural Fish in the 'Burbs event at Austin Lakes Estate, South Yunderup, and the following Saturday's anticipated Troutfest at Drakesbrook Weir are fully booked! It’s really great to see the WA fishing community's demand for family-friendly freshwater fishing activities. Rest assured we will be putting in the hard yards to make many more accessible fishing events like this happen soon through... an enhanced WA freshwater stocking program. Unfortunately, COVID-19 protocols have played their part in limiting the number of spots available at each event, so we have had no choice but to restrict the numbers. But if you have missed out this time, don’t forget next weekend 3-4 October will be be a freshwater licence-free weekend, so it definitely will be a great time to get out and about to explore the South West and catch a big rainbow or brown trout. For more information on what freshwater bodies DPIRD have stocked with trout recently and how to gear up for trout, read our latest freshwater fishing story https://bit.ly/2FVp9uC

04.01.2022 Get your cray pots and dive gear ready, we’re set for a bumper crayfish season! Using puerulus data collection, rock lobster scientists at Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development - DPIRD have peered into their crayfish crystal ball and predicted a bumper season ahead DPIRD Principal Research Scientist Dr Simon de Lestang has forecast 2020-21’s anticipated ‘whites run’ would start in about a fortnight!... The annual whites migration run’s buzzing nearshore activity as crays begin their annual migration to deeper waters is why more than 50,000 West Aussies took out a recreational lobster fishing licence last year and why the rock lobster rec sector matters! Click here for the inside scoop on how you can catch a feed of crays for Christmas https://bit.ly/3emhwKP Underwater snaps Matthew Barnes Photography

03.01.2022 Come and say g'day to the Recfishwest crew tomorrow or this weekend at the Perth 4WD and Adventure Show at McCallum Park (we’re on Stand 256 next to 2 Oceans Tackle) and ask anything you want to know about fishing. We'll be there to tell you more about what we do and what we’re doing to make fishing better or to simply shoot the breeze about your latest catches and fishing trips. As well as our own stand, we'll be joining our good friend and fishing guru Scott Coghlan from Western Angler magazine on the fishing stage with all the latest 4wdriving, caravanning, camping and fishing products and info also available all in the one place, along with family entertainment and attractions. See you down there! More info https://perth.4wdshow.com.au/

02.01.2022 Great result for metro abalone fishers! Fisheries Minister Peter Tinley AM this morning announced an extension of the metro abalone season from four days to five. Thanks to careful management of the metro abs fishery and the State’s 17,500-plus licensed fishers sticking to the rules, the fishery has recovered sufficiently to allow the extra day. ... Licensed fishers can now catch abalone from Guilderton to Busselton across five Saturdays between 7am and 8am on these days: - 12 December. - 9 January. - 23 January. - 6 February. - 20 February. It’s always great to see a fishery management plan work and result in a quick change in the rules benefitting recfishers. But we’re not stopping here we will continue to look at more ways to improve your access to the Roe’s abalone as the stocks continue to improve including returning the bag limit to 20 and adding even more fishing days in the future. More thoughts on this announcement from your peak recfishing sector body here https://bit.ly/2HiFWIR

02.01.2022 It’s full pedal to the metal for Fishability and people with disabilities who like to fish with this fantastic new fishing van. The van will play an important role in Fishability promoting inclusive participation in recreational fishing, while helping the group’s volunteers get to and from the various jetties where it holds fishing clinics in the south metro area. Recfishwest CEO Dr Andrew Rowland joined Fisheries Minister Peter Tinley AM at Point Walter as Fishability Chair...man Mike Donnelly and Executive Officer Mike McMullen were given the keys to a new van. Fishability is a great organisation which does wonderful work, assisting children and adults with the support required to get out and about to wet a line and catch a fish we’re looking forward to hear about all the fish caught at the upcoming events! Read more here: https://bit.ly/2ZV5BO5