There is plenty of fishing in Denmark and the surrounding areas, and this is a guide to some of the most popular and most suitable for rock fishing, beach fishing, boating, and for families just wanting to have fun.

King waves occur on the Southern Ocean! Use extreme caution and follow all safety advice especially when fishing off rocks. There are Angel Rings at Flat Rock, McGeary’s Rock, Black Hole, and Sinker Bay.

Bag Limits apply in the South Coast Bioregion. Find out more about the region, specific fishing closures and bag limits from Fisheries.

Here’s a link to maps of the Wilson and Nornalup Inlets – a great resource!

• McGearys Rock (Ocean Beach) Hope to catch sand whiting, mulloway, skippy, sampson, herring, and salmon.
• Flat Rock (Ocean Beach) A good place for skippy, silver bream, herring, sand whiting, and salmon.
• Lights Beach offers both beach and rock fishing. Hope for skippy, herring, silver bream, and an occasional salmon.
• Elephant Rocks (William Bay) is good for King George whiting.
• Waterfall Beach and Madfish Bay (William Bay) are safe and pretty. Often herring, King George whiting, sand whiting, silver bream, and skippy are caught there. Large salmon can be caught from February to May.
• Parry Beach is popular for beach and rock fishing. Lots of species here including herring, skippy, silver bream, salmon, salmon trout and the chance of mulloway, samson fish, and shark
• Hilliers Beach for herring, skippy, and sand whiting.
• Boat Harbour (4WD only) is a small protected bay where the kids can swim while dad is fishing from the beach or the exposed reef. All the usual fish, including small sharks.
• Peaceful Bay for herring, silver bream, whiting, salmon, and rock species.
• Conspicuous Beach for herring, silver bream, sand whiting, and salmon.
• Wilson Inlet is the place to fish if you have a boat. The large inlet produces catches of cobbler, King George whiting, snapper, mullet, salmon trout, tailor, and flathead and is abundant with prawns and blue manna crabs in season.