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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Weather: Sunny Wind: E 98° · 15 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 11 s SW Water: 17.6 °C Pressure: 1028.8 hPa ↓ falling

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Medium Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 6:30 am

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dawn

Tide Turning

Wind E 18 km/h

Moon waning crescent all day

Water temp 17.6 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 am → 7:30 am

1h 30m

Good

9:00 am → 11:00 am

Good

5:30 pm → 7:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

9:30 pm → 10:30 pm

First light

6:00 am

Last light

6:27 pm

Sunrise

6:24 am

Sunset

6:03 pm

Moonrise

4:29 am

Moonset

2:57 pm

High tide

6:45 am

Low tide

3:45 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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12°

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128°

15 km/h

1am

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12°

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117°

16 km/h

2am

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11°

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110°

18 km/h

3am

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11°

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107°

19 km/h

4am

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10°

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105°

19 km/h

5am

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19 km/h

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10°

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102°

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101°

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100°

15 km/h

10am

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16 km/h

11am

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97°

16 km/h

12pm

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18°

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14 km/h

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106°

14 km/h

4pm

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11 km/h

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107°

13 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.0 m SW

12am

1.2 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

1am

1.1 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

2am

1.1 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

3am

1.1 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

4am

1.1 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

5am

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

6am

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

7am

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

8am

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Slight

ground

9am

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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ground

10am

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

11am

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

12pm

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

1pm

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

2pm

1.0 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

3pm

1.0 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

4pm

1.0 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

5pm

1.0 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

6pm

1.0 m

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Moderate

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7pm

1.0 m

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Moderate

ground

8pm

1.0 m

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Moderate

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9pm

1.0 m

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10pm

1.0 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

11pm

1.0 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

Water Temp (°C)

↘ cooling — down 0.4° over the last 3 days

Sat

5 Sep

18.0°

Sun

6 Sep

17.8°

Mon

7 Sep

17.7°

Tue

8 Sep

17.6°

Wed

9 Sep

17.7°

Thu

10 Sep

17.8°

Fri

11 Sep

17.9°

Sat

12 Sep

17.9°

Sun

13 Sep

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Mon

14 Sep

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h E (98°).

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 am → 7:30 am

1h 30m

Good

9:00 am → 11:00 am

Good

5:30 pm → 7:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

9:30 pm → 10:30 pm

First light

6:00 am

Last light

6:27 pm

Sunrise

6:24 am

Sunset

6:03 pm

Moonrise

4:29 am

Moonset

2:57 pm

High tide

6:45 am

Low tide

3:45 pm

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