Fishing near Kwinana, Western Australia

Set in Cockburn, Kwinana is a Western Australia town. It counts about 30,433 residents. Take them in turn: Lake Cooloongup some 7.3 km, Lake Richmond some 8.8 km to the south-west, Thomsons Lake some 10.0 km with Lake Coogee some 10.6 km to the north. Lake Richmond rewards a slow walk along the bank rather than a long cast into nothing. Winter is a mild inconvenience, nothing more. First and last light carry the summer. There is little flow anywhere on this list. Stony ground fishes better than mud in the cold. The first on the list, Lake Cooloongup, measures about 3.4 sq km. Open occurrence data nearby lists King flathead, crimson-backed sillago and jack mackerel. The water round the town is mostly natural, not held. The wider circle holds dozens of them, so this is only the near end. Between Kwinana and Lake Cooloongup there is nothing else worth stopping for....