When does tailor season start at North Mole?

Tailor are about from October to June, best December to May. Dawn and dusk on a moving tide are when most fish are caught.

Is North Mole safe to fish at night?

The harbour side is the safer choice after dark — it's calmer and the lighting is reasonable. Avoid the ocean-side ledges in the dark unless you know them well, and never fish low ledges without watching the swell first.

Why does North Mole shut down in big swell?

The ocean side directly faces incoming SW swell with no shelter, and waves wash over the lower rocks above about 2m. When the swell's up the historical answer was the harbour side of the wall; with the whole mole gated since June 2026, South Mole is the swap.

Is North Mole open right now?

No. Fremantle Ports closed the whole wall after the storm over the WA Day long weekend, 30 May – 1 June 2026, which shifted boulders out of the rock wall and washed concrete kerbing across the roadway. In its 14 September 2026 update the port says it is still not safe to reopen, the mole stays shut until repairs are complete — which may take some months — no reopening date has been set, and entering while it is closed carries a $2,000 penalty — so check Fremantle Ports' latest notices rather than assuming. South Mole is open and fishes the same harbour-side squid, herring, tailor and mulloway; it is the standard fallback.

What's the best bait for mulloway at North Mole?

Whole mulies or fresh squid heads on a single 6/0 hook fished tight to the rocks on the harbour side after dark. A live herring on a slow drift around the tide change is the standout when conditions allow.

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North Mole (Fremantle)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 North Mole (Fremantle)

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Weather: Unavailable Swell: 1.7 m @ 10 s SW Water: 19.2 °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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Time of day Dusk

Tide Slack

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 19.2 °C all day

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Day timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:07 am Last light 6:57 pm

High 12:30 am Low 3:30 am Low 12:30 pm High 9:30 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 9:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

7:30 am → 8:30 am

Good

4:30 am → 6:00 am

1h 30m

Good

12:30 pm → 1:30 pm

First light

5:07 am

Last light

6:57 pm

Sunrise

5:31 am

Sunset

6:32 pm

Moonrise

12:43 pm

Moonset

1:59 am

High tide

12:30 am

Low tide

3:30 am

Low tide

12:30 pm

High tide

9:30 pm

Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.6 m SW

12am

1.5 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

1am

1.5 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

2am

1.5 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

3am

1.5 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

4am

1.6 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

5am

1.6 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

6am

1.6 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

7am

1.7 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

8am

1.7 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

9am

1.7 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

10am

1.7 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

11am

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

12pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

1pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

2pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

3pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

4pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

5pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

6pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

7pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

8pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

9pm

1.6 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

10pm

1.6 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

11pm

1.6 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 19.2°

Sat

17 Oct

19.2°

Sun

18 Oct

19.5°

Mon

19 Oct

19.4°

Tue

20 Oct

19.2°

Wed

21 Oct

19.0°

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

6:30 pm → 9:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

7:30 am → 8:30 am

Good

4:30 am → 6:00 am

1h 30m

Good

12:30 pm → 1:30 pm

First light

5:07 am

Last light

6:57 pm

Sunrise

5:31 am

Sunset

6:32 pm

Moonrise

12:43 pm

Moonset

1:59 am

High tide

12:30 am

Low tide

3:30 am

Low tide

12:30 pm

High tide

9:30 pm

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