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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Weather: Rainy Wind: SE 153° · 9 km/h Swell: 2.1 m @ 9 s SW Water: 20.9 °C Pressure: 1018.3 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore

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Wind NW 9 km/h

Moon last quarter all day

Water temp 20.9 °C all day

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Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:04 am Last light 7:06 pm

High 12:04 am Low 11:59 am

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

5:00 pm → 8:30 pm

3h 30m

Good

12:00 am → 1:00 am

Good

11:30 am → 12:30 pm

First light

5:04 am

Last light

7:06 pm

Sunrise

5:28 am

Sunset

6:41 pm

Moonrise

12:22 am

Moonset

10:52 am

High tide

12:04 am

Low tide

11:59 am

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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Hourly Swell

Building 1.7 → 2.1 m SW

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Moderate

1am

1.7 m

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2am

1.7 m

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3am

1.6 m

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4am

1.6 m

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chop

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1.5 m

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1.5 m

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1.5 m

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chop

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1.3 m

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1.5 m

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1pm

1.7 m

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2pm

1.9 m

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ground

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1.9 m

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ground

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2.0 m

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ground

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2.1 m

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7pm

2.1 m

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2.1 m

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days

Thu

29 Oct

20.2°

Fri

30 Oct

20.8°

Sat

31 Oct

20.8°

Sun

1 Nov

20.9°

Mon

2 Nov

21.1°

Tue

3 Nov

21.0°

Wed

4 Nov

21.0°

Thu

5 Nov

21.1°

Fri

6 Nov

21.2°

Sat

7 Nov

21.3°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h SE (153°).

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

5:00 pm → 8:30 pm

3h 30m

Good

12:00 am → 1:00 am

Good

11:30 am → 12:30 pm

First light

5:04 am

Last light

7:06 pm

Sunrise

5:28 am

Sunset

6:41 pm

Moonrise

12:22 am

Moonset

10:52 am

High tide

12:04 am

Low tide

11:59 am

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