Fishing near Mandurah, Western Australia

Mandurah sits at the mouth of the Peel-Harvey Estuary system, one of the largest estuaries in Western Australia, and the variety of water within easy reach is hard to match anywhere on the coast. The estuary, Peel Inlet, the Murray and Serpentine rivers, long surf beaches, nearshore reefs and offshore grounds like the Five Fathom Bank all sit within a short run of town. Blue swimmer crabs are arguably what Mandurah is most famous for, but the fishing spans land-based bream and whiting in the estuary canals, tailor and mulloway off the beaches, and snapper and dhufish on the offshore reefs.