Can you fish off the Broome port jetty?

No. Kimberley Ports puts the whole wharf neck and wharf inside its landside restricted zone: entry needs a Maritime Security Identification Card and a port induction, and pedestrians are not permitted on either terminal. The public can't fish from the new Terminal 2 jetty either, and a permanent 60-metre exclusion zone surrounds both terminals. The walkway that made the jetty famous was closed for safety in 2016, partly reopened in 2017 and closed again for the port works by early 2025; Kimberley Ports described that closure as temporary, so check its website for any change. Fish the Entrance Point rocks or the Town Beach jetty instead.

Where is the main boat ramp in Broome?

Entrance Point, at the southern tip of the Broome peninsula, has a ramp on each side of the point, beside the Broome Fishing Club; the Department of Transport also lists the Town Beach ramp. Entrance Point handles thousands of launches a year — 6,057 in a 2012–13 Fisheries camera count. Broome's tides can leave the waterline a long way from the end of the ramp, so plan both the launch and the retrieve around the tide.

What can you catch at Entrance Point?

From the rocks, queenfish and trevally, mostly on the run-in and at the top of the tide when bait is pushed into the shallows. By boat from the ramps, threadfin in the Roebuck Bay creeks and bluebone, Spanish mackerel and tuna on the reef out from Gantheaume Point.

Do you need a licence to fish from a boat in Broome?

Yes, if the boat has a motor. A Recreational Fishing from Boat Licence covers line fishing, crabbing and any other fishing from a powered boat, and you also need one to use a powered boat to carry your catch or gear to a shore spot. A release weight must be on board when boat fishing for demersal species such as bluebone, and a cast net needs a Recreational Net Fishing Licence. No licence is needed for line fishing from the shore.

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First light 4:46 am Last light 6:23 pm

Low 3:50 am High 9:53 am Low 3:55 pm High 9:58 pm

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Water Temp (°C)

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30.0°

Fri

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30.2°

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Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h W (291°).

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

3:30 am → 5:30 am

Good

9:30 am → 11:00 am

1h 30m

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10:00 pm → 11:00 pm

Good

6:00 pm → 6:30 pm

30m

First light

4:46 am

Last light

6:23 pm

Sunrise

5:09 am

Sunset

6:00 pm

Moonrise

4:04 am

Moonset

5:09 pm

Low tide

3:50 am

High tide

9:53 am

Low tide

3:55 pm

High tide

9:58 pm

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