Canning Bridge has been a Perth fishing spot for eight decades, and the dedicated fishing platform on the Applecross side makes it one of the most accessible land-based options in the metro area. The bridge pylons sit in current at the Swan/Canning junction — fish moving between the two systems funnel past the posts on every tide. Bream stack up around the pylons, mulloway ambush in the shadow lines at night, and chopper tailor push through on the change.

Fish tight to the pylons and along the current edges — that's where bream hold and mulloway wait. Small soft plastics or prawn baits on light leaders for bream during the day. After dark with a rising tide, step up the leader and drop mullet or a tailor strip into the deeper water under the span for mulloway. Garfish and herring work well on small baits under a float, and squid jigs pay off after dark through spring and summer.

Black bream (the pylons are the prize), flathead (sand edges off the platform), chopper tailor (autumn), mulloway (after dark, rising tide), tarwhine, garfish, herring, and pinkies. Squid after dark from spring through summer.

Fish the tide movement, not the slack — bait and fish both spread out at top and bottom of the tide. Blowfish are a pest if your bait sits shallow; get it down quickly to avoid the worst of them. Night sessions around new and full moons with a high tide peaking before midnight are the mulloway windows locals target. Cobbler are fully protected in the Swan-Canning — release any caught immediately.