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⚠ Heads up to fishers from Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin planning to fish from Saturday 17 October to Sunday 18 Octob...
16/10/2026

⚠ Heads up to fishers from Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin planning to fish from Saturday 17 October to Sunday 18 October, and fishers from Denham to Esperance planning to fish from Tuesday 20 October to Sunday 25 October.

Hazardous fishing conditions are forecast for these parts of the WA coast, with elevated swell heights expected as cold fronts move through on Saturday morning and again on Tuesday.

INFO:

- South-westerly swells of around 3m with periods of 14–16 seconds are expected from midday Saturday 17 October, peaking at 3.5m overnight before easing below 3m from late Sunday afternoon.
- A second period of elevated swell is expected from Tuesday evening, 20 October, with south-westerly swells exceeding 3m between Cape Naturaliste and Albany.
- By Thursday morning, 22 October, elevated swells are expected to extend north to Denham and east to Esperance.
- Swells could peak at around 5m along the South-West Capes, with long swell periods of 16–18 seconds.
- Swells are expected to ease below 3m along the west and south coasts from Saturday evening, 24 October, into Sunday morning, 25 October. Swells around the South-West Capes may remain above 3m until Sunday afternoon.

If you know anyone planning to fish in these regions during this time off the rocks or on the boat, make sure you share this warning with them. We will continue to share our Hazardous Fishing Alerts until the start of winter in 2027. Remember, no fish is worth your life.

In the meantime, make sure you download the Bureau of Meteorology's app to keep track of forecasts and warnings in real-time, even when out of range. For tips on how to stay safe while fishing, visit our website: https://recfishwest.org.au/our-services/safefishing/

🎣 Recfishwest on the road! What a weekend celebrating fishing across WA! 🚗💨 From the Pilbara to the South-West, our team...
16/10/2026

🎣 Recfishwest on the road! What a weekend celebrating fishing across WA! 🚗💨

From the Pilbara to the South-West, our team clocked up the kilometres over the school holidays, joining three fantastic community fishing events! 🙌

🐟 Pemberton - We celebrated five years of the Southern Forests Trout Festival, with hundreds of families joining the fun and helping release trout hatched and reared at DIPRD’s freshwater hatchery into their new home!

🎣 Dampier - Challenging weather couldn't stop our Fishing for Science team from collecting valuable samples at the STARDECK Mackerel 5000, while more young fishos got hooked at our Woodside Energy kids' fishing clinic!

🐟 Kalbarri - Returning families and new faces joined the fun, with a whopping 356 young fishos taking part in the much-loved Kalbarri Kids Whiting Competition!

❤️ A massive shoutout to Southern Forests Freshwater Angling Club Inc., Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Fisheries, Nickol Bay Sportfishing Club, Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club Inc., along with all the volunteers, supporters and local communities who make these events possible!

It's grassroots fishing at its best, and we're proud to be part of it! 🙌

📸 Check out the highlights from our travels and read more here 👉 https://recfishwest.org.au/news/recfishwest-on-the-road-a-big-weekend-celebrating-fishing-across-wa/

🎣 Five years of freshwater fishing fun at the Southern Forests Trout Festival! 🐟🌈Around 300 freshwater fishos and famili...
14/10/2026

🎣 Five years of freshwater fishing fun at the Southern Forests Trout Festival! 🐟🌈

Around 300 freshwater fishos and families turned out to Big Brook Dam in Pemberton for a fantastic fifth Southern Forests Trout Festival, rounding off a big week of freshwater fishing fun following Waroona Troutfest! 🙌

There were plenty of smiling faces as young fishos helped release 310 trout, including some beautiful brown trout broodstock and radiant rainbows, into their new home! 😁🐟

Both festivals continue to show just how much WA's freshwater trout fishery means to our community.

❤️ A massive shoutout to the Southern Forests Freshwater Angling Club Inc. for organising another fantastic event, and to Andrew B**r and his team at DPIRD's Pemberton hatchery for raising these fantastic fish.

A big thank you also to our community fish-stocking partner Daiwa Australia, the Shire of Manjimup and all the volunteers and supporters who made it possible.

🎣 Keen to give freshwater fishing a go? Head to our dedicated freshwater fishing page to find out more! 👉 https://bit.ly/4hSimQw

🎣 Another round, another grinner in our kids fishing photo comp!A gummy shark and an even bigger grin have earned Crew B...
12/10/2026

🎣 Another round, another grinner in our kids fishing photo comp!

A gummy shark and an even bigger grin have earned Crew Bell the winning spot in round two of our Grins and Fins kids photo competition! 😁🦈

Crew landed this impressive gummy while fishing at a Mid-West beach with his dad – and judging by that smile, he was pretty stoked!

📸🎣 Got some great snaps of your young fishos from the recent school holidays? Send them our way!

Remember, it’s not just about the biggest or best catch – it's the smile and the quality of the photo that gets you over the line!

As part of our Recfishwest Healthways Fishing Clinic Program, our Grins and Fins competition celebrates the fun and memories fishing creates, with our panel of fishing experts choosing a new winner every three months.

Think your young fisho has a winning grin? 😁 Enter here 👉 https://bit.ly/4B7apzO

🎣 How good would it be to have a floating jetty at Pemberton’s Big Brook Dam? Have your say. The Southern Forests Freshw...
09/10/2026

🎣 How good would it be to have a floating jetty at Pemberton’s Big Brook Dam? Have your say.

The Southern Forests Freshwater Angling Club is exploring the potential for an accessible floating fishing and recreation platform at Big Brook Dam – and they want to hear from you!

The proposed platform could make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to wet a line and enjoy fishing for trout, redfin and marron at one of the South-West’s favourite freshwater fishing spots.

Recfishwest would love to see this platform come to fruition. “The thought of walking out on this platform and easily landing big, healthy trout or redfin in the middle of Big Brook’s stunning waterway excites fishers,” said Recfishwest Operations Lead Matt Gilett.

Now’s your chance to help shape what it could look like. 👇

🐟 Have your say at the Southern Forests Trout Festival this Sunday, 11 October at Big Brook Dam or complete the community survey, open until 1 November.

Your feedback will help identify what the community needs and inform the options considered to get out and enjoy the recently stocked freshwater fishery!

Have your say here 👇
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M36KCTS

Read more about the project here 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJF7hl

If you’re “trout and about” in the South West this weekend, bring the family down this Sunday, 11 October, for the South...
08/10/2026

If you’re “trout and about” in the South West this weekend, bring the family down this Sunday, 11 October, for the Southern Forests Trout Festival returning to Pemberton's beautiful Big Brook Dam to celebrate its fifth year! 🎉

Help us release hundreds of trout into their new home at this fun-packed FREE event, which includes lots of freshwater fishing activities among Pemberton's towering karri forests! 🌳

📍 Where: Big Brook Dam, Pemberton
📅 When: Sunday, 11 October
⏰ Time: 9am–1pm
🎟️ Cost: FREE!

A big shout out to the Southern Forests Freshwater Angling Club for organising this event in partnersip with Recfishwest, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Shire of Manjimup and Daiwa Australia for helping bring this fantastic community event to life!

🎣 No freshwater fishing licence? No worries!

The freshwater fishing licence-free period runs until Sunday, 11 October, so it's the perfect opportunity to give freshwater fishing a go!

🙌 Round up the family and come join the fun!

👉 Find out more here https://bit.ly/4jbMyse

07/10/2026

🎣 10 years of Waroona Troutfest – and what a way to celebrate!

Hundreds of freshwater fishos and families flocked to Drakesbrook Weir for the biggest Waroona Troutfest yet, celebrating a decade of freshwater fishing, community and plenty of trout! 🐟

From grandparents and parents to the next generation of fishos, there were smiling faces, hundreds of rainbow and brown trout and heaps of activities on offer, making it a fantastic way to mark 10 years of this much-loved South-West event. 🙌

A huge thank you to the of Waroona, and freshwater fishing groups and everyone who came along and got hands-on for this milestone event. Thanks also to Australia our community fish stocking partners for their support.

🎥 Check out the highlights from the 10th Waroona Troutfest!

Watch the Waroona Troutfest highlights on YouTube 👉 https://bit.ly/4jG4tav

And if you missed out on Waroona, the freshwater fun continues this Sunday at the Southern Forests Trout Festival at Big Brook Dam, Pemberton! 🎣

06/10/2026

🎣 The wait is over – here are your 2026 Recfishwest Apex Kununurra Barra Bash highlights!

Four huge days of barra, family fun and fishing festivities saw 1,350 fishers come together in Kununurra for one of the East Kimberley’s favourite fishing events. 🙌

From wetting a line on Lake Kununurra to all the action back on shore, this year’s Barra Bash once again showed exactly why people travel from across WA and interstate to be part of it.

A massive effort from the Apex Kununurra Barra Bash crew and everyone who helped bring another fantastic Barra Bash to life.

🎥 Check out all the action from the 2026 event!

And read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/4zcgUzj

A cracking turn-out at Saturday’s 10th Waroona Troutfest and a fantastic day of family fish releasing and fishing fun in...
03/10/2026

A cracking turn-out at Saturday’s 10th Waroona Troutfest and a fantastic day of family fish releasing and fishing fun in the sun! ☀️🐟🎣👏🏽

Kids, mums, dads and grandies all helped us release hundreds
of radiant rainbow and beautiful brown trout into their new home of Drakesbrook Weir dam. 🌈😍

In addition to fishing activities, face painting, music and casting competitions, a range of freshwater fishing associations, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and Recfishwest had stands to help promote WA freshwater fishing.

Massive shout out to Shire of Waroona for organising another great event, Andrew B**r and his Fisheries WA trout hatchery team for rearing and bringing the fish that gave so much joy to so many today and to our fish stocking partners Daiwa Australia.

Missed out? We get to do it all again at the Southern Forests Trout Festival at Pemberton’s Big Brook Dam, next Sunday - see you there 👋🏽

🎣 A fishing dream is coming true for Port Hedland!The first concrete has been poured for Australia’s largest purpose-bui...
02/10/2026

🎣 A fishing dream is coming true for Port Hedland!

The first concrete has been poured for Australia’s largest purpose-built fishing reef, turning years of community passion and advocacy into an exciting new place to fish! 🙌

Funded by BHP and delivered with Recfishwest and Pilbara Ports Authority, 300 locally constructed modules will create new marine habitat and fishing opportunities for local families and visitors.

For Hedland fisher Robbie Peck, who first pitched the project in 2020, it’s a “dream come true”.

“It’s been great to have Recfishwest and BHP get behind the project and turn it into a reality, I think everyone who fishes locally is going to be pumped for this.”

🐟 Expected to be completed before Christmas, the reef will sit in around 21m of water north-west of the town, supporting prized species such as coral trout, Rankin cod, red emperor and Spanish mackerel.

New habitat, better fishing and a community legacy for generations to come - definitely something to get excited about!

👉 Read the full story - https://recfishwest.org.au/news/dream-come-true-as-australias-largest-purpose-built-fishing-reef-takes-shape-off-port-hedland/

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