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Cape Le Grand

4.5/5 - (2 votes)
33°59'28.3" S, 122°13'9.04" E

Cape Le Grand Fishing Spots

Cape Le Grand is a beautiful National Park in Western Australia, approximately 631 km south-east of Perth and 56 km east of Esperance.

Rocking fishing at Cape Le Grand is very popular and most south-west species can be found here including Herring, Skippy, Bream and Whiting. Care must be taken when fishing the Cape Le Grand area; it is wise to only fish during calm sea conditions.

Cape Le Grand has some fantastic land based fishing spots including Hellfire Bay, Thistle Cove, Lucky Bay and Rossiter Bay.

Salmon fishing is good all year round with fish from 2-5kg regularly taken, however from November to February the Salmon fishing is even better and the average size is 5-8kg.

The Herring run follows after the Salmon run however Herrings are available all year around.

Lucky Bay

There are some fantastic fishings spots at Lucky Bay, the bay provides great fishing for land based fishermen, from the beach and rocks. Target species at Lucky Bay are Bream, Herring, Whiting and Flathead. Larger species can also be targeted from the beach and rocks, Salmon, Mulloway, Snapper, Samson Fish, Blue Groper and sharks are the main catches.

Lucky Bay also has a beach launch for small boat anglers giving access to some sheltered waters where Samson Fish, Queen Snapper, Groper, Leather Jackets and Skippy can be caught.

Where to go fishing near Cape Le Grand?

  • Wharton Beach Wharton Beach provides great fishing for salmon all year round, however during Easter and September to October is the best time to target them.
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Tide Times Cape Le Grand

Thistle Cove (3.6km)
Friday 29 Mar 2024

Low - 5:26AM
0.42M
High - 12:29PM
1.15M
Low - 7:26PM
0.51M
High - 11:45PM
0.69M

Esperance Fishing Report

Boats The crews who put in the miles and ventured well east of town scored bigger nannygai than those who worked the waters south of Woody Island. The waters east of town... Read more

Fish currently being caught in the Goldfields / Esperance region May, 2017

Australian Salmon Black Bream King George Whiting Pink Snapper Silver Trevally Southern Bluefin Tuna
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Current Rating Cape Le Grand May, 2017
3.2/5 - (12 votes)
Fishing Report Provided By I Love Fishing

Recommended Lures for Cape Le Grand

Click here to find the best lures for fishing Cape Le Grand. 5 stars mean this lure has been hand picked for Cape Le Grand.

Twisty 70g

Suited for the Area.
Good for: Australian Salmon

Twisty 55g

Suited for the Area.
Good for: Australian Salmon, Giant Herring, Silver Trevally

Roosta Popper 160

$15.99
Suited for the Area.
Good for: Australian Salmon

Laser Pro 120

$12.00
Suited for the Area.
Good for: Australian Salmon
Storm Gomoku Fishing Jig

GOMOKU SLOW ROCKER Micro Jig

$8.95
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Pink Snapper, Queen Snapper, Samson fish

Laser Pro 160

$16.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Australian Salmon, Giant Herring
Storm Fishing Jig for Snapper

GOMOKU SLIM JIG

$10.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Pink Snapper

Jewie 150

Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Jewfish / Mulloway

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