New regs for fishing
Submitted by Faulkner Family on Thu, 2026-05-28 06:38
As expected. As of 1st June 
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RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
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little johnny
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Fishing
Is boat limit 4 total . Or is bag limit per person?
Faulkner Family
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Bag per person. Down from 5
Bag per person. Down from 5 .
Still way better than metro
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Mark_M
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Date Joined: 10/04/15
Still confusing some..
A quick search on the DPIRD site for black snapper, (blue-lined emperor, grass snapper, grass emperor) Lethrinus laticaudis, brings up this page:
https://rules.fish.wa.gov.au/Species/Index/58
Which incorrectly states size as 320mm and 5 as the bag limit in gascoyne & north.
Some people may get pinged on that info.
Similar bag limit error for bluebone:
https://rules.fish.wa.gov.au/Species/Index/188
EDIT: I emailed Fisheries with this info and webpages have been updated
and confusingly the bag limit for estuary cod has increased from 3 to 4 under the "all other species" category.
https://rules.fish.wa.gov.au/Species/Index/70
EDIT: Note that the condition for Pinkies "(outside of Shark Bay inner gulfs)" has been deleted from the latest version of the guide posted above.
link to updated guide is here;
https://www.dpird.wa.gov.au/individuals/recreational-fishing/recreational-fishing-rules/
The Saint
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Seems the maximum size for
Seems the maximum size for estuary cod has been removed.
I wonder what the reasoning is behind that, for years they have told us they are the breaders and need to be protected.
Apparently not any more.
sea-kem
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No brainer on the Estuaries
No brainer on the Estuaries imo
they just die usually
saying that we go one to release well in 50m that would have been a 30kg fish
i cleaned his/her mouth and gullet of lots of jewellery
i still reckon the bag limits are quite generous
3 on board a max of 12 fish is a good day out
Love the West!
The Saint
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Agree with your comment about
Agree with your comment about them dying Andy, I never really thought the max size limit was a good idea.
Tried to release a big one some time ago at Shark Bay, well over 20kg, but even with 2 heavy release weights in its mouth it just would not go down.
Such a waste watching a big fish like that floating away for the the sharks to eat.
Not worth the risk of putting it in the fish box, fisheries would thow the book at you for keeping it, dead or not.