Fishing near Busselton, Western Australia

Busselton sits on the sheltered shores of Geographe Bay in Western Australia's South West, and the fishing here is as varied as anywhere on the coast. The 1.8 km Busselton Jetty — the longest timber-piled jetty in the southern hemisphere — is the centrepiece, putting anglers over deep water and around pylon structure that holds over 300 marine species. Beyond the jetty, Geographe Bay's calm, clear inshore waters, sandy beaches, estuaries like the Vasse-Wonnerup system, and nearby headlands at Cape Naturaliste, Bunker Bay and Eagle Bay round out a productive year-round fishery for land-based and boat anglers alike.