Applecross Jetty has been ferrying Perth since 1897 and fishing well for most of that time. It sits on the south bank of the Swan at the end of Ardross Street — a peaceful suburban jetty with a playground and BBQ on the shore, sand flats and drop-offs below, and genuinely productive water without the bustle of the Canning Bridge platform a short walk east. The kind of spot where people drop in after dropping kids off.

Small soft plastics or prawn baits dragged along the sand flats and drop-offs near the jetty are deadly for flathead — early morning is prime. Work light gear tight to the pylons for bream, tarwhine and herring. Summer yellowfin whiting sit on the cleaner sand patches; take them on small prawn or bloodworm baits. For mulloway, fish the deeper water off the end at dusk into dark with whole mulies on a rising tide.

Black bream (pylon structure year-round), flathead (sand flats and drop-offs — early morning prime), tailor in autumn, yellowfin whiting on summer sand patches, tarwhine and herring around the jetty, and mulloway from the end after dark. River prawns in the shallows when the water warms.

Parking at the end of Ardross St and along The Strand, but it fills on weekends when the park and playground are in use. Cobbler are fully protected in the Swan-Canning — release any caught. Light gear suits the clear shallow water; heavy leaders get refused by bream. The jetty is family-heavy on weekend mornings — fish the quieter pre-dawn window or pick a weekday.