Herron Point is the Harvey Estuary's headline land-based spot — a bush camping ground on the east bank of the southern Peel-Harvey arm, with a boat ramp stepping straight onto the shallow flats. Smaller, quieter and more lake-like than the Peel Inlet side, it's where Mandurah locals go when they want the estuary without the crowd. Crabbing, wade fishing, bream on structure — textbook south-metro estuary without the tourist traffic.

Wade the flats on a rising tide at first light — small surface lures or lightly weighted prawn baits for yellowfin and sand whiting, soft plastics along any weed edge or drop-off for bream and flathead. Drop nets from the bank or the boat ramp for blue swimmer crabs through the season. Cobbler feed at night over the muddy bottom — worm or prawn baits on a light running sinker. For mulloway, fish the deeper channels at dusk into dark.

Black bream (structure and weed edges), sand and yellowfin whiting (summer flats), flathead (channel edges), herring, cobbler (after dark), tailor in autumn, and mulloway deeper. Blue swimmer crabs the signature draw from December through the season end.

Peel-Harvey blue swimmer season runs 1 December – 31 August, minimum size 127 mm — bring a measure. Mosquitoes are a Harvey Estuary hallmark at dawn and dusk — pack repellent like you mean it. The campground fills on school holidays, so turn up early or mid-week. Light gear beats heavy tackle in this shallow water, and algal bloom advisories from DPIRD apply here as much as the Peel Inlet.