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: Cloudy Wind: NW 317° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 7 s W Water: 17.8 °C

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Tide Moving

Wind NE 8 km/h

Moon waxing crescent all day

Water temp 17.8 °C all day

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

2:00 pm → 4:00 pm

Good

5:30 pm → 6:30 pm

Good

8:30 pm → 9:30 pm

Good

7:00 am → 7:30 am

30m

First light

6:47 am

Last light

5:57 pm

Sunrise

7:14 am

Sunset

5:31 pm

Moonrise

9:17 am

Moonset

8:47 pm

High tide

11:30 am

Low tide

8:30 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

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343°

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days

Tue

14 Jul

17.4°

Wed

15 Jul

17.4°

Thu

16 Jul

17.5°

Fri

17 Jul

17.8°

Sat

18 Jul

17.8°

Sun

19 Jul

17.8°

Mon

20 Jul

17.7°

Tue

21 Jul

17.7°

Wed

22 Jul

17.8°

Thu

23 Jul

17.8°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NW (317°).

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

2:00 pm → 4:00 pm

Good

5:30 pm → 6:30 pm

Good

8:30 pm → 9:30 pm

Good

7:00 am → 7:30 am

30m

First light

6:47 am

Last light

5:57 pm

Sunrise

7:14 am

Sunset

5:31 pm

Moonrise

9:17 am

Moonset

8:47 pm

High tide

11:30 am

Low tide

8:30 pm

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