Where to go fishing near Coal Wharf?

• Straggler Rocks Straggler Rocks has good fishing for King George Whiting and Tailor on the eastern side. The western side fishes well for Pink Snapper and Samson Fish. During summer stroll the western side for Spanish Mackerel.
• Mewstone Rock Mewstone and the rocks to the east produce good early morning fishing for Herring, Tailor and Silver Trevally. Poppers and metal slugs all work well. Tailor mainly around white water.
• Passage Rock Passage Rock produces Silver Trevally and King George Whiting, the odd Pink Snapper also show up.
• Carnac Island Close to the island fishes well for herring, tailor and whiting on the eastern side. The west side fishes well for Pink Snapper, Samson Fish and Trevally. Further west are deeper reefs which fish well for Pink Snapper and Dhufish.
• Parmelia Bank Fishes well for King George Whiting around the weed beds. Pink Snapper and Mulloway in the shipping channel drop off, jigging and bottom bouncing soft plastics work.
• Alcoa Jetty Big Pink Snapper around the end of the jetty, fish around the pylons.
• D9 Wreck Popular spot for Pink Snapper, best fished at dawn and dusk, try to get there before everyone else! Soft plastics jigged around the bottom.
• Pinnacle Rock Pink Snapper, best fished at night.
• Rockingham Power Station Fish the power station out let with average sized minnows and metal slugs for Tailor. There is a warm water outlet here that attracts the Tailor and bait fish.
• Herring Bay Herring Bay fishes well for...? Herring of course. Metal slugs work well.
• Sulphur Bay Sulphur bay produces Pink Snapper, Silver Trevally, Herring King George Whiting and Australia Salmon in Autumn.
• Five Fathom Bank All along Five Fathom Bank Pink Snapper and Samson Fish gather during June before the spawning Season, good time to fish with soft plastics around the drop offs. Year round snapper can be caught here. Troll the western side during summer for the chance of a Spanish Mackerel.
• Charted Wreck Five Fathom Bank Charted wreck seen on Navionics, fishes well for Pink Snapper, best in June.
• Garden Island South Good fishing around reefs south of Garden Island for Silver Trevally, Herring and King George Whiting.
• Passage Rock From Passage Rock North, fish the reefy areas for Pink Snapper on soft plastics. These areas also produce Silver Trevally, King George Whiting, Tailor and Herring, but check sanctuary zones before fishing.
• Charted Reef Five Fathom Bank Reefy area holds Pink Snapper and Samson Fish. Troll the western side in Summer for Spanish Mackerel and Tuna.
• Historic Wreck South Five Fathom Pink Snapper, Samson Fish and King George Whiting around the reef and Historic Wreck.
• Reef The reef here is around 8 meters deep, surrounded by 20 meter deep water, can hold snapper, Samson fish, herring and Tailor. Work along the drop off with soft plastics for Snapper, Trevally and Samson Fish.
• Wreck off Becher Point Holds fish year round, Pink Snapper, Trevally, Herring & Tailor, check local updated sanctuary zones.
• Horseshoe Reef Horseshoe Reef produces good fishing for Pink Snapper, Trevally King George Whiting, Salmon in Autumn and Tailor are best in Summer. Soft plastics work well for Pink Snapper.
• ASI Groyne and Boat Ramp Groyne Great place to target Pink snapper during a NW wind is the outside groyne, during rough seas the snapper can be on the inside in sheltered waters also. Fish along the entire groyne, best times are at dawn and dusk.
• Garden Island Around the island the beaches produce Australian Salmon in Autumn, skippy, herring and king george whiting. Tailor reefs where waves are breaking, tailor will take poppers and metal slugs in this scenario. King George Whiting are also abundant on the eastern side of Garden Island.
• Warnbro Beach Warnbro Beach is a long stretch of beach that produces mainly herring and whiting. The odd tailor in summer.
• Penguin Island Penguin Island fishes well for Herring, Tailor and Australian Salmon in Autumn. There are numerous spots to try and some walking is required, however it can pay off when a big tailor is caught on a metal slug.
• Shoalwater Point Shoalwater Point has a shallow sand bar that goes right across to Penguin Island. Along the shallows anglers can target Flathead and Whiting. Flathead will take just about any lure, soft plastics are very effective bounced across the bottom.
• Point Peron The rocky reef areas of Point Peron produces Herring, Tailor and Silver Trevally year round. Autumn Australian Salmon, a metal slug is the best lure for all species here except whiting, which prefer smaller soft plastics or poppers.