Cape Naturaliste is the southern bookend of Perth's long-weekend fishing orbit — the rocky cape between Geographe Bay and the Margaret River surf coast. Bunker Bay and Rocky Point give you honest rock platforms with depth off the edges; Eagle Bay and Meelup are sheltered Geographe Bay sand-flat water; Yallingup on the ocean side is salmon-migration country in autumn. One cape, three fisheries, and a salmon run that lights the whole place up when the schools push through.

From the Bunker Bay rocks: metal slugs and poppers for autumn salmon schools, stickbaits or soft plastics for pink snapper and samson around the deeper ledges in cooler months, smaller lures for herring, tailor and wrasse. Geographe Bay side (Meelup, Eagle Bay, Old Dunsborough): light baits on sand/weed edges for King George and sand whiting through summer, squid jigs around boat ramps at night. Yallingup ocean side: beach and rock spin for salmon and tailor when the swell cooperates.

Australian salmon (autumn migration — the headline event, any rocky platform or open beach on the cape), tailor (autumn), herring and skippy (year-round bread-and-butter), King George and sand whiting (summer flats), flathead, squid (year-round, night prime), plus rock-platform ambition targets: pink snapper, samson fish, yellowtail kingfish.

West Coast Bioregion demersal closures apply — land-based snapper is permitted outside spawning closures; check DPIRD before you pack heavy gear. Rocks here get swell-washed — Bunker Bay looks calm until a set lifts the ledge; wear grippy shoes, watch the water, never turn your back. No vehicle access to many of the best rock spots; wear sturdy shoes and carry light. Ngari Capes Marine Park sanctuary zones apply — check the DBCA map.