Six months on, with the Perth metro FADs back out of the water until next November, how have they fished and what have we learned?
METRO
Ocean Reef: Dhufish, pink snapper, southern bluefin tuna.
Rottnest Island: Squid, yellowtail kingfish, pink snapper.
Three-Mile Reef: Pink snapper, samson fish, skippy.
Swanbourne: Herring.
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Cockburn Sound: Pink snapper, squid.
Fremantle inshore: Squid.
North Mole: Pink snapper, squid, herring.
South Mole: King george whiting.
East Fremantle: Prawns.
Claremont: Black bream.
Narrows Bridge: Mulloway.
White Hills: Pink snapper.
Bouvards: Dhufish, pink snapper.
Mandurah offshore: Skippy, dhufish.
Murray River: Black bream.
AUGUSTA
Blackwood River: Herring, whiting, black bream, juvenile salmon.
Dead Finish: King george whiting.
Flinders Bay: Herring, whiting, squid, pike.
Hamelin Bay: Sand whiting.
Marina: Herring.
BUSSELTON/DUNSBROUGH
Cape: Yellowtail kingfish.
Geographe Bay: Pink snapper, king george whiting, squid, salmon.
Beaches: Pink snapper, mulloway.
Bunker Bay: Salmon.
Jetty: Samson fish, squid, herring.
Dolphin Road: King george whiting.
GERALDTON
African Reef: Dhufish, baldchin groper, pink snapper, samson fish.
Pensioners Bank: Dhufish.
Drummond Cove offshore: Pink snapper, dhufish, baldchin groper, skippy.
Coronation Beach offshore: Pink snapper, dhufish, red-throat emperor, spangled emperor.
Drummond Cove: Mulloway, flathead, tailor.
Pages Beach: Whiting.
Separation Point: Tailor.
CARNARVON
Islands west side: Wahoo, Spanish mackerel, rankin cod, coral trout, spangled emperor.
Islands east side: Pink snapper.
Steep Point: Spanish mackerel.
Cuvier offshore: Rankin cod, pink snapper, Spanish mackerel.
Quobba: Wahoo, mulloway, Spanish mackerel, cobia, spangled emperor.