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.

Bite Compass

Bite Forecast

Garratt Road Bridge (Swan River)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

Forecast updated 1:19am AWST

Save

Change Spot

←

22 Oct

tap to pick date

→

Today Tomorrow Sun 18 Oct

📍 Garratt Road Bridge (Swan River)

waxing gibbous · 83%

Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 194° · 8 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 12 s SW Water: 20.2 °C Pressure: 1024.5 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

★★★☆☆

Medium Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 5:30 am

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dawn

Tide Turning

Wind S 7 km/h

Moon waxing gibbous all day

Water temp 20.2 °C all day

Learn how the score works →

Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:04 am Last light 6:58 pm

Low 1:00 am High 6:20 am Low 1:00 pm High 8:30 pm

Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:30 am → 7:00 am

2h 30m

Good

6:00 pm → 10:00 pm

Good

8:30 am → 10:00 am

1h 30m

Good

1:00 am → 1:30 am

30m

First light

5:04 am

Last light

6:58 pm

Sunrise

5:29 am

Sunset

6:33 pm

Moonrise

2:40 pm

Moonset

2:58 am

Low tide

1:00 am

High tide

6:20 am

Low tide

1:00 pm

High tide

8:30 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

☁️

15°

↙︎

216°

13 km/h

1am

☀️

15°

↙︎

212°

11 km/h

2am

☀️

14°

↙︎

207°

10 km/h

3am

☀️

14°

↓︎

199°

9 km/h

4am

☁️

14°

↓︎

187°

8 km/h

5am

☁️

14°

↓︎

173°

7 km/h

6am

☁️

14°

↘︎

157°

6 km/h

7am

☁️

14°

↘︎

145°

7 km/h

8am

☁️

15°

↘︎

142°

7 km/h

9am

☁️

15°

↘︎

147°

7 km/h

10am

☁️

16°

↓︎

161°

7 km/h

11am

☁️

17°

↓︎

179°

7 km/h

12pm

☁️

18°

↓︎

194°

8 km/h

1pm

☀️

18°

↓︎

202°

10 km/h

2pm

☀️

18°

↙︎

206°

11 km/h

3pm

☀️

18°

↙︎

207°

11 km/h

4pm

☀️

18°

↙︎

205°

12 km/h

5pm

☀️

17°

↓︎

202°

11 km/h

6pm

☀️

16°

↓︎

198°

11 km/h

7pm

☀️

15°

↓︎

195°

11 km/h

8pm

☀️

15°

↓︎

191°

11 km/h

9pm

☀️

14°

↓︎

188°

11 km/h

10pm

☀️

13°

↓︎

184°

10 km/h

11pm

☀️

12°

↓︎

179°

10 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.5 m SW

12am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

1am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

2am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

3am

1.9 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

4am

1.9 m

@ 11 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

5am

2.0 m

@ 11 s

↙︎

Solid

ground

6am

1.9 m

@ 11 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

7am

1.9 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

8am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

9am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

10am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

11am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

12pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

1pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

2pm

1.7 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

3pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

4pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

5pm

1.9 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

6pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

7pm

1.8 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

8pm

1.7 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

9pm

1.6 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

10pm

1.6 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

11pm

1.5 m

@ 12 s

↙︎

Moderate

ground

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 20.2°

Mon

19 Oct

20.0°

Tue

20 Oct

20.0°

Wed

21 Oct

20.0°

Thu

22 Oct

20.2°

Fri

23 Oct

20.1°

Sat

24 Oct

19.6°

Sun

25 Oct

—

Mon

26 Oct

—

Tue

27 Oct

—

Wed

28 Oct

—

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h S (194°).

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

Open in the full fishing map →

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:30 am → 7:00 am

2h 30m

Good

6:00 pm → 10:00 pm

Good

8:30 am → 10:00 am

1h 30m

Good

1:00 am → 1:30 am

30m

First light

5:04 am

Last light

6:58 pm

Sunrise

5:29 am

Sunset

6:33 pm

Moonrise

2:40 pm

Moonset

2:58 am

Low tide

1:00 am

High tide

6:20 am

Low tide

1:00 pm

High tide

8:30 pm

Nearby Spots

Species at This Spot

Keep Tabs on Garratt Road Bridge (Swan River)

Get an email when the bite score here hits High, and stop refreshing this page. Free account, takes a minute.

Alert Me When It's High Save This Spot

Weekly Bite Forecast

Garratt Road Bridge (Swan River) + nearby Perth spots. Thursday 6pm — top windows, conditions, what's biting.

Free. Unsubscribe any time.