Is Wilson Inlet really that good for black bream?

Yes. Wilson Inlet is one of the recognised south-coast bream estuaries, with quality fish year-round through the Hay River arm, the Denmark River and the deeper inlet snag lines. Light gear, small presentations and clean casts to structure are the local approach. The bar phase — open or closed — shifts the fish around the inlet but does not shut the fishery down.

When does the Wilson Inlet bar open?

Most years the sandbar is opened mechanically through Ocean Beach (typically July or August) to mitigate flooding around the inlet edges; the bar then naturally closes again from late summer. The post-opening week tends to concentrate bream at the bar and lets salmon push into the inlet on the rising tide. Timing varies — check the Shire of Denmark before planning around it.

Does the West Coast demersal closure apply at Denmark?

No. Denmark sits in the South Coast Bioregion, which has its own bag and size structure for demersal scalefish and is not subject to the West Coast boat-based closure that runs to spring 2027. The South Coast mixed demersal daily bag dropped from 5 to 4 on 1 June 2026. Verify current South Coast Bioregion rules with DPIRD before targeting pink snapper, dhufish or other demersals.

Can I fish at Greens Pool?

No. Greens Pool has been closed to all fishing since 2018 under the Prohibition on Fishing (Greens Pool) Order 2018, which covers the pool and its immediate waters rather than the rest of William Bay National Park. The fish life has rebounded and it is now a snorkelling and swimming site rather than a fishery. Lights Beach to the east and Ocean Beach to the south of town are the open-coast options.

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Denmark (Wilson Inlet / Ocean Beach / Lights Beach / Hay River)

Sun 08 Nov 2026 · Australia/Perth

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Weather: Rainy Wind: SW 225° · 23 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 8 s SW Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1013.8 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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At the day's peak · 7:00 pm

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Time of day Dusk

Tide Moving

Wind SW 23 km/h

Moon new all day

Water temp 18.2 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 4:35 am Last light 7:14 pm

Low 5:30 am High 11:00 am Low 2:00 pm High 9:45 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

4:00 am → 6:00 am

Good

10:30 am → 12:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

10:00 pm → 12:00 am

First light

4:35 am

Last light

7:14 pm

Sunrise

5:02 am

Sunset

6:47 pm

Moonrise

4:00 am

Moonset

5:58 pm

Low tide

5:30 am

High tide

11:00 am

Low tide

2:00 pm

High tide

9:45 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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14°

↙︎

216°

2 km/h

1am

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14°

↙︎

203°

1 km/h

2am

☁️

14°

↓︎

198°

2 km/h

3am

🌧️

15°

↓︎

196°

3 km/h

4am

🌧️

15°

↓︎

195°

4 km/h

5am

🌧️

16°

↓︎

196°

6 km/h

6am

🌧️

16°

↓︎

198°

8 km/h

7am

🌧️

17°

↓︎

200°

10 km/h

8am

🌧️

17°

↙︎

204°

12 km/h

9am

🌧️

17°

↙︎

210°

14 km/h

10am

🌧️

17°

↙︎

216°

17 km/h

11am

🌧️

17°

↙︎

221°

20 km/h

12pm

🌧️

17°

↙︎

225°

23 km/h

1pm

🌧️

17°

↙︎

227°

25 km/h

2pm

🌧️

17°

↙︎

229°

27 km/h

3pm

🌧️

16°

↙︎

231°

28 km/h

4pm

🌧️

16°

↙︎

232°

27 km/h

5pm

🌧️

15°

↙︎

234°

26 km/h

6pm

🌧️

14°

↙︎

235°

24 km/h

7pm

🌧️

14°

↙︎

236°

23 km/h

8pm

🌧️

13°

↙︎

234°

23 km/h

9pm

🌧️

13°

↙︎

231°

23 km/h

10pm

🌧️

13°

↙︎

225°

24 km/h

11pm

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12°

↙︎

219°

25 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.0 m SW

12am

1.2 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

1am

1.1 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

2am

1.1 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

3am

1.1 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

4am

1.1 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Moderate

5am

1.0 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

6am

1.0 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

7am

1.0 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

8am

1.0 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Slight

9am

1.0 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Slight

10am

0.9 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Slight

11am

0.9 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Slight

12pm

0.8 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Slight

1pm

0.7 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Slight

2pm

0.6 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Slight

3pm

0.7 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Slight

4pm

0.7 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Slight

5pm

0.8 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Slight

6pm

0.8 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Slight

7pm

0.9 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Slight

8pm

0.9 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Slight

9pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Slight

10pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

11pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 18.2°

Thu

5 Nov

18.3°

Fri

6 Nov

18.2°

Sat

7 Nov

18.2°

Sun

8 Nov

18.2°

Mon

9 Nov

18.2°

Tue

10 Nov

18.1°

Wed

11 Nov

18.1°

Thu

12 Nov

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Fri

13 Nov

—

Sat

14 Nov

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h SW (225°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

4:00 am → 6:00 am

Good

10:30 am → 12:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

10:00 pm → 12:00 am

First light

4:35 am

Last light

7:14 pm

Sunrise

5:02 am

Sunset

6:47 pm

Moonrise

4:00 am

Moonset

5:58 pm

Low tide

5:30 am

High tide

11:00 am

Low tide

2:00 pm

High tide

9:45 pm

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