FISHING IN THE HARVEY DISTRICT
FRESHWATER
ANGLING
Trout (Rainbow & Brown)
Open
Season September 1 until April
30.
Most Harvey Shire waters are closed to fishing from May 1 – August
31.
Artificial lures and live bait are permitted.
Bag limit 4 per angler, minimum size 30cm.
LOCATIONS
HARVEY DAM - REAR OF
DAM ONLY. Weir Road, Harvey (Off the South Western
Highway)
LOGUE BROOK
DAM (Lake Brockman) - ENTIRE DAM. Logue Brook Dam Road, Cookernup
(Off South Western Highway)
Trout (Rainbow & Brown)
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Daily combined bag limit for Trout of 4 per
angler
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Minimum size limit for Trout State-wide is
30cm
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Artificial lures permitted
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Live bait permitted
Redfin Perch
-
Redfin Perch have no size or bag limits.
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Redfin Perch are major predators of juvenile
marron and if caught, should not be returned to the water.
Cobbler
Also caught in the
Harvey Dam waterways. (Rear area only)
Fishing licences
A licence is required for all freshwater fishing in water
south of Greenough and above the tidal influence include
all lakes, dams, rivers and their tributaries. Licences are
available from the Department of Fisheries and all Australia Post
outlets.
Licences and Fees
2009
South-West Freshwater Angling - $24.00
Marron - $24.00
Abalone - $41.00
Rock Lobster - $35.00
Net Fishing (gill, haul and throw) - $29.00
All categories (all the above) - $81.00
For more information regarding Fishing etc visit the Department of
Fisheries website at www.fish.wa.gov.au
MARRONING
Open: 12 noon, Friday 8 January - 12
noon, Friday 5 February 2010
LOCATIONS
HARVEY DAM - TROPHY WATERS (Trophy
Waters are managed to provide fishers with a larger opportunity to
catch 'Trophy' sized marron.
This applies within 500m of the water line of the Harvey Dam and
Waroona Dam)
Snare water only
Access available at the rear of the dam. Along
northern side, the access is via Honeymoon Road, and to the south
it is via the Harvey Quindanning Road (Weir Rd).
Domestic animals (including horses), swimming and fishing are not
permitted in any circumstances. This is in order to safeguard the
quality of drinking water being supplied to the people of Harvey,
Mandurah, Rockingham and Perth.
LOGUE BROOK DAM (Lake Brockman)
Snare water only
STIRLING DAM
Fishing and marroning are
no longer permitted at Stirling Dam
and the Harvey River upstream of Stirling Dam. Water catchment
area.
HOFFMAN’S MILL
Fishing and marroning are no longer
permitted at Hoffman Mill site. Water catchment area.
SIZE LIMIT
A minimum size limit
of 80mm carapace length applies throughout the marron fishery
except in 'Trophy Waters - Harvey Dam' where a minimum size limit
of 90mm applies.
DAILY BAG LIMIT
A daily bag
limit of 10 marron per licensed fisher applies except in 'Trophy
Waters' where a bag limit of 5 applies. The daily bag limit applies
from midday to midday the next day during the open season.
POSSESSION LIMIT
You may only
accumulate your daily bag limit up to a possession limit of 20
marron during the marron season. The possession limit applies
everywhere except in your permanent place of residence. A seperate
possession limit applies near "Trophy Waters".
HOW TO MEASURE A MARRON
Always
use an approved gauge and measure from the tip of the horn
protruding from the marron's forehead, to the back edge of the
marron's carapace. If the gauge fits over the back of the carapace,
or is even slightly loose, the marron is too small and must be
returned to the water.
BREEDING STOCK
PROTECTION
Females with eggs (berried) or live young
attached beneath their bodies and undersize marron must be returned
to the water immediately.
CRABBING (Blue swimmer crab / Blue manna)
LOCATIONS
THE CUT AND THE ESTUARY (
Australind)
BAG LIMITS
Bag limits reduced
to 10 crabs per person per day.
BOAT LIMITS
Boat limits reduced to 20 crabs per
boat, if there are more than two people on board. If there is only
one person on board, standard bag limit of 10 applies.
There is also a limit of 10 drop nets per boat.
SIZE LIMIT
Minimum size limit
of 127mm across the widest part of the shell. Return all undersize
and berried (egg-carrying) crabs to the water. You must return
these unwanted crabs to the water within 5 minutes of catching
them.
CRABBING GEAR
Only wire or
plastic scoop nets, drop nets or hand-held blunt wire hooks may be
used to catch crabs. It is illegal to take crabs using fishing of
prawning nets. Any crab caught accidentally this way must be
released.
BEACH FISHING
LOCATIONS
MYALUP BEACH
Summer months
(December - April) are best for beach fishing. Common varieties
caught are Silver bream (all year), Tailor, Yellowfin & King
George whiting, Garfish, Australian herring, Flounder,
Mulloway, Salmon (March through to Winter) &
Flathead.
BINNINGUP BEACH
A reef that
runs parallel to the beach makes it an excellent fishing beach.
Common varieties caught are Silver bream (all year),
Tailor, Flathead, Flounder, Garfish, Australian Herring, Small
Shark, Mulloway, Salmon (March through to Winter), Whiting (King
George and Yellowfin).
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