Why is the Greenough River mouth a mulloway spot?

The river outflow concentrates bait in the surf zone, the gutters either side of the bar are deep enough to hold fish through the tide, and the Southgate Dunes give anglers space to spread out at night. The combination of clean food supply, deeper near-shore water and limited foot traffic produces consistent mulloway from soapies up to genuine quality fish.

Is the bar always open?

No. The bar opens after rainfall and winter storms and closes back over dry summers. The lower river holds bream regardless, but mulloway and tailor fishing at the mouth itself shifts with the bar — when it is closed the fish hold further out in the surf, and when it is open the bait push is more concentrated. Read the bar each visit.

Does the West Coast demersal closure apply here?

From a boat, yes. Cape Burney is in the West Coast Bioregion, where boat-based demersal fishing is closed until spring 2027. It does not apply to land-based fishing, so the south-side rocks stay open for pink snapper and dhufish under a 2-fish mixed demersal bag with 2 pink snapper inside it. Land-based spearfishing for dhufish is the one thing still banned. Check current DPIRD rules before a trip.

Can I fish the river without a boat?

Yes. The lower river is wadable and bank-accessible from the Cape Burney side and produces bream year-round on light spin gear. A boat or kayak helps reach the upstream snags above the bar but is not required for a productive session at the mouth.

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Greenough River Mouth (Cape Burney)

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📍 Greenough River Mouth (Cape Burney)

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Weather: Unavailable Swell: 2.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 20.2 °C Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW

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At the day's peak · 7:00 pm

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Tide Turning

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 20.2 °C all day

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Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:15 am Last light 6:57 pm

High 1:50 am Low 12:30 pm High 7:30 pm High 11:15 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 9:30 pm

3h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 8:30 am

3h 30m

Good

12:30 pm → 1:30 pm

Good

1:30 am → 2:30 am

First light

5:15 am

Last light

6:57 pm

Sunrise

5:39 am

Sunset

6:33 pm

Moonrise

12:53 pm

Moonset

1:57 am

High tide

1:50 am

Low tide

12:30 pm

High tide

7:30 pm

High tide

11:15 pm

Hourly Swell

Building 1.9 → 2.5 m SW

12am

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

1am

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

2am

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

3am

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

4am

1.9 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

5am

2.0 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

6am

2.0 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

7am

2.0 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

8am

2.0 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

9am

2.0 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

10am

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

11am

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

12pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

1pm

2.2 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

2pm

2.2 m

@ 10 s

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ground

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2.2 m

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ground

4pm

2.3 m

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ground

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2.3 m

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2.3 m

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7pm

2.4 m

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ground

8pm

2.4 m

@ 10 s

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ground

9pm

2.4 m

@ 10 s

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10pm

2.5 m

@ 10 s

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11pm

2.5 m

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Solid

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Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 20.2°

Sat

17 Oct

20.3°

Sun

18 Oct

20.3°

Mon

19 Oct

20.2°

Tue

20 Oct

20.2°

Wed

21 Oct

20.1°

Thu

22 Oct

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Fri

23 Oct

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24 Oct

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Sun

25 Oct

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Mon

26 Oct

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 9:30 pm

3h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 8:30 am

3h 30m

Good

12:30 pm → 1:30 pm

Good

1:30 am → 2:30 am

First light

5:15 am

Last light

6:57 pm

Sunrise

5:39 am

Sunset

6:33 pm

Moonrise

12:53 pm

Moonset

1:57 am

High tide

1:50 am

Low tide

12:30 pm

High tide

7:30 pm

High tide

11:15 pm

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