Seabird is a one-pub coastal town halfway between Guilderton and Lancelin — a small beach, a tavern with decent fish and chips, and 4WD tracks running north and south of town to quiet gutters that don't see the pressure the bigger destinations get. It's where you go when you want the beach fishing without the tackle-store queue. Classic Indian Ocean Drive species: tailor at dusk, salmon schools in autumn, and mulloway for people willing to fish into the dark.

Drive onto the beach from the ramp in front of the Seabird Tavern (4WD, tyres down) and head north or south until you find a gutter that looks right — darker water, whitewash spilling in, defined edges. Cast metal slugs and poppers through the wash for tailor and salmon, quick retrieve. For mulloway, pick a deeper gutter and fish whole mulies or mullet strips at dusk into night on a rising tide. Herring respond to berley and small baits along the quieter stretches.

Tailor (autumn, dawn/dusk in the gutters), Australian salmon (autumn schools), mulloway (night, deeper gutters on the rising tide), herring along the edges, and sand whiting on cleaner sand through summer.

4WD is the difference between fishing Seabird properly and just walking the town beach — deflate tyres and stick to established tracks. The 4WD recovery line is what separates optimists from tourists. Fuel in Lancelin or Gingin; nothing reliable between Guilderton and Lancelin except the pub. Pub kitchen hours are early by Perth standards — eat before they shut.