Fishing near Karratha, Western Australia

Karratha sits in the Pilbara on the northwest coast of Western Australia, flanked by Nickol Bay, the Burrup Peninsula and the Dampier Archipelago. The fishery is entirely tide-driven — spring tides push over 4–6 metres here, and the bite moves hard with the run-in and run-out. Land-based anglers work rock ledges, jetties and creek mouths from Point Samson to 40 Mile Beach (Gnoorea Point), while boat anglers launch into the archipelago for reef and pelagic species within minutes. Queenfish, threadfin salmon, barramundi and mangrove jack are the bread-and-butter targets, with coral trout, red emperor and Spanish mackerel available further offshore.