Pelican Point is the shallow end of the Swan — a sand spit with weed beds and flats running out into Matilda Bay, right alongside UWA. It's where Perth bream anglers cut their teeth. Wade the flats, sight-cast to fish you can actually see, and try to ignore the rowing eights going past. When the wind is up everywhere else, the flats stay fishable.

Light gear and subtle presentations — this is clear, shallow water over sand and weed, and the bream see everything. Small soft plastics or hardbodies worked slowly near the weed edges are the go-to for bream and flathead. Yellowfin whiting love the sand patches on the incoming tide in summer, worked on tiny soft plastics or prawn baits on light gear. Herring and tailor move through the edges at dawn and dusk.

Black bream (the headline — weed edges, incoming tide), tarwhine, yellowfin whiting (summer sand flats), flathead (sand–weed edge), herring and tailor through the edges, and the occasional pink snapper pinkie or mulloway for people fishing dark.

Wade carefully — the flats look shallow but deeper pockets and the main channel drop-off are close. Light tackle wins here; heavy leaders get refused. Cobbler are totally protected in the Swan-Canning — any caught must go straight back. Watch for sailing club traffic on weekends and don't back-cast into cyclists on the Matilda Bay path.