WA Coast Hot Fire: Tailor, Mackerel and Kings Running Hard This Friday

G'day mates, this is Artificial Lure here with your Western Australia coast fishing report for Friday, 24th April 2026, 3pm AWST. Fair dinkum, the Indian Ocean's treating us kind today—light southerlies at 10-15 knots, partly cloudy skies, temps around 26°C, perfect for a beach flick or boat run. Sunrise was at 6:20am, sunset 5:50pm, so chase those dawn and dusk bites. Tides are running average today per Tides4Fishing charts—high at 7:13am (0.1m) and 7:21pm (-0.4m), lows at 12:59am (3.0ft) and 1:06pm (2.3ft). Solunar's pumping with very high activity: major periods 11:46am-1:46pm and minors at 6:14-7:14am plus 6:18-7:18pm. Full moon's got the fish fired up, especially around lunar transits. Action's been red hot lately! Local reports from Perth to Esperance show tailor smashing beaches in numbers up to 1kg, heaps of skippy on the reefs, and spanish mackerel pushing 10kg offshore. Samson fish and samlets are on the chew too, with kingfish reports from Rottnest. Crappie-like bream post-spawn staging in estuaries, hitting jigs hard. Best lures? Go metal slugs or poppers like the ever-reliable Halco Twisty for tailor and macks—cast 'em into the wash. Soft plastics in pilchard or whitebait colours on 3-5" vibes nail the bream and flathead. For bait, fresh pilchards or mulies rule the roost; squid jigs at night for calamari bonus. Hot spots: Mandurah beaches for tailor frenzy at the rivermouth, and Rottnest's Kingston Reef for kings and samson—anchor up and drop livies. Safety first, check those reds on the flags if you're pier-bound. Thanks for tuning in, legends—subscribe for more tips! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.