The outer harbour has continued to offer some good fishing for pinky snapper and flathead to anglers casting soft plastics around the spoil grounds.
4” Turtleback worms, Minnows and Nemesis (all from the Gulp range) have been standouts.
Anglers fishing with baits have been getting stuck into a slightly better average size with the average around the 3kg area. Again, the spoil grounds are where most of the current action is.
Around the peninsula and King George whiting have fired up again this week with St Leonards proving to be the standout location. Fishing the stronger tides is the best time to be chasing them and lately the run out seems to be the more productive tide.
Fish have been averaging the low 30s with plenty getting around over 40.
Anglers have also been finding plenty of calamari between St Leonards and Queenscliff, more so trying to load up on some kingfish baits but they are still picking plenty up. Squid Jigs with high UV glow are working best at the moment in a size 3.0.
Yellowtail kingfish remain high on the priority list of target species this week with the rip continuing to produce. The weekend did fish a little tough which could be due to the moon, small tides, boat traffic etc. However anglers that have been out since have been picking up some fish with knife jigs working best and live baits also accounting for plenty of fish.
Offshore and in particular Point Lonsdale has offered some solid kingfish reports.
Anglers slow trolling live baits and poppers have been picking up fish to around the mid-90s in length with plenty of fish bigger. Large poppers have been super popular this season as collecting live bait has not been easy and these make plenty of noise to get the attention of the kingfish.
Making the most of the good weather anglers have also encountered good numbers of mako sharks with anglers drifting in 70 metres of water picking up sharks to over 50kg in weight along with a bunch of bottom fish whilst waiting for the sharks to come along.
