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Best tailor lakes in Western Australia

26 Western Australia waters list tailor (official records or labelled estimates), 26 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. A toothy schooling predator of surf gutters, bay entrances and bait-rich tidal current.

1. Windy Harbour — 192 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
2. Geographe Bay — Sector 07 — 83 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 8 public access sites
3. Hellfire Bay — 164 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
4. Geographe Bay — Sector 13 — 186 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
5. Yanchep Lagoon — 93 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
6. Cockburn Sound — Northwest — 121 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
7. Champion Bay — Northeast — 150 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
8. Cockburn Sound — Northeast — 109 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
9. Geographe Bay — Sector 04 — 83 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 9 public access sites
10. Jurien Bay — Northwest — 97 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
11. Cockburn Sound — Central — 91 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
12. Champion Bay — Northwest — 144 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 7 public access sites
13. Geographe Bay — Sector 09 — 159 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
14. Geographe Bay — Sector 06 — 121 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, Tailor, Silver TrevallyWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
15. Jurien Bay — Northeast — 102 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
16. Geographe Bay — Sector 10 — 62 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
17. Geographe Bay — Sector 11 — 54 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 9 public access sites
18. Geographe Bay — Sector 08 — 59 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
19. Jurien Bay — West — 29 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
20. Shark Bay — Sector 18 — 28 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
21. Cockburn Sound — West — 57 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, King George Whiting, TailorWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites

…plus 5 more Western Australia waters holding tailor.

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When to fish tailor in Western Australia

• Spring 3–25 ft — Australian spring: search the mapped shallow habitat and current edges; spring and autumn is a broad regional tendency, not a catch forecast.
• Summer 11–65 ft — Australian summer: start shallow in low light, then follow bait toward deeper mapped edges as the day warms.
• Fall 3–46 ft — Australian autumn: use current, temperature and visible forage to choose between shallow habitat and the first major drop.
• Winter 15–65 ft — Australian winter: slow down on deeper structure and do not infer presence from a regional roster without local signs.

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