Is there a boat ramp at Port Gregory?

No. Port Gregory has no formal boat ramp, and its service jetty is silted up and listed by the Department of Transport as inaccessible to vessels — small boats launch from the firm sand. A 4WD is sensible and the launch line through the reef passage should be checked on a calm morning before committing. The nearest formal ramp is at Kalbarri; Horrocks has a beach launch rather than a built ramp.

Can I fish the Pink Lake?

No. Hutt Lagoon is a hypersaline algal salt lake and a working salt operation — the pink colour comes from a carotenoid-producing algae, not a fish-holding water body. It is a tourism photo stop and a private salt lease, not a fishery. The fishing is the ocean side.

Does the West Coast demersal closure apply here?

Yes, but only to boats. Port Gregory sits in the West Coast Bioregion, where boat-based recreational fishing for demersal scalefish — pink snapper, dhufish and the wider mixed bag — is closed until spring 2027. Land-based fishing off the jetty and the beaches is exempt and stays open with a 2-fish mixed demersal bag; land-based spearfishing for dhufish is the one shore prohibition. Verify current DPIRD rules before targeting demersals from the inshore reef or further out.

Are there jewfish (mulloway) at Port Gregory?

Yes. Mulloway are year-round at Port Gregory, with the autumn shoulder producing the best night sessions. Fish the deeper gutters on the beach north of town after dark with whole mulies or live herring on a 6/0 running-sinker rig; the foreshore jetty also sees the occasional small mulloway through the night.

What does the reef do for the fishing?

The fringing reef breaks the prevailing south-west swell and leaves the inside lagoon fishable on days that wash out Horrocks and the open mid-coast beaches. It also concentrates bait inside the reef line, which is why the foreshore jetty and the inside beach fish consistently for the bread-and-butter species.

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Port Gregory (Harbour / Foreshore Jetty / North & South Beaches)

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📍 Port Gregory (Harbour / Foreshore Jetty / North & South Beaches)

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Weather: Unavailable Swell: 1.0 m @ 9 s SW Water: 20.3 °C Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W

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Medium Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 7:30 pm

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Time of day Dusk

Tide Turning

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 20.3 °C all day

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Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:18 am Last light 6:58 pm

High 1:45 am Low 4:30 am Low 9:30 am Low 12:18 pm High 7:18 pm High 11:00 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

4:30 am → 10:00 am

5h 30m

Good

1:30 am → 2:30 am

Good

12:30 pm → 1:00 pm

30m

First light

5:18 am

Last light

6:58 pm

Sunrise

5:41 am

Sunset

6:34 pm

Moonrise

12:56 pm

Moonset

1:57 am

High tide

1:45 am

Low tide

4:30 am

Low tide

9:30 am

Low tide

12:18 pm

High tide

7:18 pm

High tide

11:00 pm

Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.2 m SW

12am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

1am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

2am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

3am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

4am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

5am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

6am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

7am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

8am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

9am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

10am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

11am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

12pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

1pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

2pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

3pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

4pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

5pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

6pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

7pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

8pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

9pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

10pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

11pm

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 20.3°

Sat

17 Oct

20.6°

Sun

18 Oct

20.5°

Mon

19 Oct

20.4°

Tue

20 Oct

20.3°

Wed

21 Oct

20.3°

Thu

22 Oct

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Fri

23 Oct

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24 Oct

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25 Oct

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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

4:30 am → 10:00 am

5h 30m

Good

1:30 am → 2:30 am

Good

12:30 pm → 1:00 pm

30m

First light

5:18 am

Last light

6:58 pm

Sunrise

5:41 am

Sunset

6:34 pm

Moonrise

12:56 pm

Moonset

1:57 am

High tide

1:45 am

Low tide

4:30 am

Low tide

9:30 am

Low tide

12:18 pm

High tide

7:18 pm

High tide

11:00 pm

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Horrocks Beach 27.3 km

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