Can you fish at Fishmarket Reserve in Guildford?

Yes. The reserve is open and free, with no gates or opening hours published, and you fish from the natural bank and off the concrete boat ramp — there is no jetty. Black bream in the timber snags are the main target. One thing to know before you go: the City of Swan bans fishing from any bridge or weir anywhere in the district, so do not treat a Swan River road bridge as a backup plan.

Is crabbing open at Guildford right now?

No. Blue swimmer crabbing is closed from 1 September to 30 November across the Swan and Canning rivers and all waters south to Minninup Beach, and that closure binds shore crabbers, not just boats. When the season is open the Swan-Canning bag is 5 a day at a minimum 127mm carapace width — half the Peel-Harvey limit, and the Mandurah figure is simply wrong up here. The current rules reopen the season on 1 December, and DPIRD's proposal to shift that to 1 January has been consulted on but is not gazetted.

When is the best time of year to fish Fishmarket Reserve?

November through March. The bream sit tight against the bank snags in the warmer months and the shallow water close in is where the fish are. Winter is the weak half of the year here — fresh water coming down the Avon pushes the bream downstream, and the fish that remain hold deeper and bite for a shorter window.

Are there toilets at Fishmarket Reserve?

No. The reserve has a wood barbecue, picnic tables, a playground and about 400m of riverbank walk trail, plus an unsealed car park with roughly 10 to 20 car-and-trailer bays, but no toilet block and no lighting. Plan a session with kids around that.

What lures work for bream at Fishmarket Reserve?

Small soft plastics and suspending hardbodies fished hard against the timber. Published picks for this mark are 65mm and 80mm Squidgies Pro Wrigglers, a 55mm Pro Critter, a Pro Lobby, a 2 inch Gulp Shrimp, a small sinking bream wobbler and a bream prawn vibe. Take the middle treble off any hardbody before the first cast. Bloodworms and fresh prawn are the traditional baits on this stretch.

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Fishmarket Reserve (Guildford, Swan River)

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📍 Fishmarket Reserve (Guildford, Swan River)

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Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 239° · 6 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 9 s W Water: 20.0 °C Pressure: 1019.6 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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Medium Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 7:00 pm

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Time of day Dusk

Tide Slack

Wind SW 9 km/h

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 20.0 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:07 am Last light 6:55 pm

Low 1:20 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

5:00 am → 8:00 am

First light

5:07 am

Last light

6:55 pm

Sunrise

5:32 am

Sunset

6:30 pm

Moonrise

11:43 am

Moonset

1:22 am

Low tide

1:20 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

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13°

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169°

6 km/h

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117°

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121°

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105°

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Hourly Swell

Easing 1.4 → 1.0 m W

12am

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1am

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2am

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3am

1.3 m

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4am

1.3 m

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5am

1.3 m

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6am

1.3 m

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7am

1.3 m

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8am

1.2 m

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9am

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10am

1.2 m

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11am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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12pm

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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1pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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2pm

1.1 m

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3pm

1.1 m

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4pm

1.1 m

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5pm

1.1 m

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Moderate

6pm

1.0 m

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7pm

1.0 m

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8pm

1.0 m

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1.0 m

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1.0 m

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11pm

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Slight

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 20.0°

Fri

16 Oct

19.7°

Sat

17 Oct

19.9°

Sun

18 Oct

20.0°

Mon

19 Oct

20.0°

Tue

20 Oct

20.1°

Wed

21 Oct

20.2°

Thu

22 Oct

20.1°

Fri

23 Oct

20.0°

Sat

24 Oct

19.8°

Sun

25 Oct

19.9°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h SW (239°).

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

5:00 am → 8:00 am

First light

5:07 am

Last light

6:55 pm

Sunrise

5:32 am

Sunset

6:30 pm

Moonrise

11:43 am

Moonset

1:22 am

Low tide

1:20 pm

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