Western Australia Coast: Tailor and Trevally Firing This Autumn Friday

G'day mates, this is Artificial Lure here with your Western Australia coast fishing report for Friday arvo, May 1st, 2026. Sunrise kicked off at 6:45 AM, sunset's rounding out at 5:50 PM—plenty of daylight to chase the bite. Weather's classic autumn: mostly sunny with a light southerly at 10-15 knots, seas 1-1.5 meters, perfect for getting offshore without copping a drenching. Tides are firing today—high at 10:30 AM and 10:45 PM around Perth, low at 4:15 PM. Fish the run-out for best action as tailor and samson smash the shallows. Solunar peaks hit mid-morning and late arvo, so time your casts right. Fisho's been landing solid hauls lately: tailor up to 5kg hammering beaches from Kalbarri to Mandurah, heaps of skipjack trevally and yellowtail scad in the estuaries, plus spanish mackerel pushing inshore. Samsonfish and kingfish are showing on reefs, with a few big pink snapper limits from boaties despite the bag rules. Squid's on too, glowing under UV lights at night. Best lures? Stick to **metal slugs** in chrome or pink for tailor—7-inch Bust ‘Em style on 1/2oz heads if you're jigging. Soft plastics like paddletails on light jigheads nail the trevvies. For bait, fresh mullet strips or pillies on a gang hook rule for macks and kings; squid jigs or prawns for the calamari and estuary work. Hot spots: Rottnest Island reefs for kings and samson—troll stickbaits shallow. And Cottesloe Beach for tailor off the rocks at dusk, or Mandurah channels for squid and flatties. Tight lines, stay safe out there! Thanks for tuning in, mates—subscribe for the latest! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.