Tim's Thicket marks the southern boundary of the Perth metro fishing zone and it fishes like a country spot without the drive. The beach is exposed to open ocean swell, which carves deep gutters and pushes bait in close. When the autumn salmon run is on, this stretch can be electric — schools of salmon herd bait into the surf and you can see them busting up from the car park.

Walk the beach and look for defined gutters where wave patterns break differently — darker water means deeper sand. Cast metals or pilchards into the gutter on a running sinker rig. For salmon, work metal slugs or poppers through the white water when you spot schools working. Dawn sessions on the incoming tide produce best.

Australian salmon (Mar–Jun, the main event here), tailor (summer evenings), herring (year-round in gutters), and the odd mulloway at night in deeper holes.

The beach can be remote and exposed — let someone know you're fishing here, especially at night. Bring warm gear in autumn as the sea breeze cuts through. If the salmon are on, you'll know — gulls working the surface and bait spraying out of the water. Don't bother with heavy rigs; light spin gear and metals are all you need.