Best Fishing Spots in Western Australia

Western Australia covers a third of the continent, and distance shapes the fishing more than season does. Mapped waters run warm-temperate in the south and subtropical in the north, so nothing freezes and the year is open throughout, with the limit being heat and access rather than cold. Elevation is low, from 7 metres below sea level to 540 metres with a median of 227 metres. Coastal inlets make up a meaningful share of the mapped water, systems where fresh and salt meet and the fishing shifts with rainfall and tide. Licensing here is unusual: there is no general recreational fishing licence, but specific fisheries such as rock lobster, abalone and freshwater angling in the south require their own. The Western Australia list holds 273 waters, drawn from 76 counties. Natural lakes come first by count, inlets second. Top of the list for area is Lake Argyle, around 829 sq km. Among waters with recorded depth, Lake Argyle runs deepest at some 98 metres. Averages run 12°C in the cold season and 24°C in the warm one. Species reported most across these counties: South Australian roughy, white trevally, goldlined seabream and western pygmy perch....