Where exactly do you fish at Garratt Road Bridge?

The jetty and grassed foreshore at Garratt Road Bridge Park on the Bayswater side are the main land-based platforms, with bank access either side for casting at the pylon lines. Kayaks launch easily from the same foreshore and open up the full pylon field across both bridges.

What's the best bait for bream at Garratt Road Bridge?

Fresh river prawn on a size 2–4 hook with the lightest running sinker that holds bottom. Expect to sort through small fish on bait — the better bream tend to fall to soft plastics and small hardbodies worked tight against the timber piles.

Can you keep bream from the Swan River here?

Yes, within the rules: minimum size 250 mm, individual daily bag limit of 6 within the statewide nearshore/estuarine mixed bag of 16, and no more than 2 black bream over 400 mm may be taken from the Swan and Canning rivers. Check current DPIRD rules before keeping fish.

Is Garratt Road Bridge a good spot to fish with kids?

One of the better ones on the river — the Bayswater-side park has a playground, BBQs, lawns and a jetty a short flat walk from parking, so a fishing session can share the afternoon with a family outing.

Is it worth kayaking at Garratt Road Bridge?

Yes — it's a popular metro kayak-bream mark. Drifting the pylon lines lets you present lures to timber that shore-based anglers can't reach, and quality fish approaching 40 cm are taken from kayaks here.

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Garratt Road Bridge (Swan River)

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Weather: Unavailable Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s SW Water: 19.2 °C Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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At the day's peak · 6:30 pm

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dusk

Tide Moving

Moon waxing crescent all day

Water temp 19.2 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:13 am Last light 6:51 pm

Low 7:00 am High 10:30 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

2:00 am → 4:00 am

Good

2:30 pm → 4:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 7:30 am

2h 30m

First light

5:13 am

Last light

6:51 pm

Sunrise

5:38 am

Sunset

6:27 pm

Moonrise

7:23 am

Moonset

10:09 pm

Low tide

7:00 am

High tide

10:30 pm

Hourly Swell

Steady ~0.5 m SW

12am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

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ground

1am

0.7 m

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ground

2am

0.7 m

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ground

3am

0.6 m

@ 10 s

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ground

4am

0.6 m

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ground

5am

0.6 m

@ 10 s

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ground

6am

0.6 m

@ 10 s

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7am

0.5 m

@ 10 s

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8am

0.5 m

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Slight

9am

0.5 m

@ 10 s

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10am

0.5 m

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Calm

11am

0.5 m

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12pm

0.5 m

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0.4 m

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0.4 m

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0.4 m

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4pm

0.4 m

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ground

5pm

0.4 m

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6pm

0.4 m

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7pm

0.4 m

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chop

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Calm

9pm

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11pm

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chop

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 19.2°

Sun

11 Oct

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Mon

12 Oct

—

Tue

13 Oct

19.1°

Wed

14 Oct

19.2°

Thu

15 Oct

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Fri

16 Oct

19.6°

Sat

17 Oct

19.8°

Sun

18 Oct

19.9°

Mon

19 Oct

20.0°

Tue

20 Oct

20.0°

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Wind data (text)

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

2:00 am → 4:00 am

Good

2:30 pm → 4:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 7:30 am

2h 30m

First light

5:13 am

Last light

6:51 pm

Sunrise

5:38 am

Sunset

6:27 pm

Moonrise

7:23 am

Moonset

10:09 pm

Low tide

7:00 am

High tide

10:30 pm

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