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ilderness Island is an untouched island situated in the Exmouth Gulf. As a result the fishing at and around Wilderness Island is fantastic and a wide variety of fish can get hooked any time of the year.

What You Can Catch

Popular species caught at Wilderness Island include:

• Spanish mackerel
• queen fish
• snapper
• cobia
• longtail tuna
• big eyed tuna
• yellow fin tuna
• mangrove jack
• barramundi
• giant/golden/brassy trevally
• sailfish
• barracuda
• permit
• giant herring
• estuarine  cod
• rankin cod
• coral trout

Where You Catch Them

The fish are generally found offshore  in around 2m of water, trawling/ lures off the back of the boat, or in the mangroves. Or you can throw a line off the beach right in front of your hut!

When You Catch Them

Fish are abundant most of the year round except for barra which predominate during January to April, and sailfish from November to April.

Want to see what past guests have hooked on Wilderness Island? Check out the Catches of the Day in the Image Gallery.