Anglers battled atrocious conditions over the past week.
Paul Maher persisted with flicking soft plastics on Geelong’s waterfront to catch good numbers of pinkie snapper and the odd snotty trevalla on Turtleback worms.
Salmon were also schooling up in the area, with Paul catching plenty, including one over 3kg that he struggled to land.
Jamie Scotland gave St Helens a crack on Friday amid blustery wind. He was rewarded with a quality snapper right on low tide.
North Shore rocks hosted Paul Martin on Saturday night. He began fishing with pilchard baits about 7pm, caught a pair of snapper weighing 3.7kg and 4.8kg and went home happy about 9.30pm.
Anglers who fished between Lorne and Apollo Bay were rewarded with offshore winds and reasonably settled conditions. Salmon to 1.5kg were taken from Grey River and Mount Defiance on small metal slugs such as the 28g Asari, while salted bluebait was also successful.
Ocean Grove Angling Club recently had its annual tuna trip to Portland where Adamas Fishing Charters helped members take advantage of some excellent weather out near the shelf. Trolling deep-diving hard-body lures, the boys were soon catching bluefin tuna of 15kg to 20kg.
The skipper then pointed out a large school on the sounder and down went the knife jigs, returning with four albacore of similar weights. They finished up with some deep-dropping in 150m for a mixed bag of quality fish.
Up-country, Lake Toolondo remained consistent. Rob Waters and son Jet fished with Trevor Holmes on Monday, boating a mix of 11 brown and rainbows trout reaching more than 2kg and 1.4kg respectively.
Trevor has been boating plenty of fish exceeding 3kg, with trolling Tassie Devil lures the best method.
Highton’s Lake St Augustine’s has received its school-holiday stocking of rainbow trout, which kids can target over school holidays with pink or orange Powerbait lightly weighted on the bottom.
Wurdee Boluc Reservoir continued producing redfin from 40cm to 50cm for persistent anglers. Trout over 2kg were also landed.
Send reports and photos to info@raylongtackle.com.au or visit Chris at Ray Long’s Fishing World, 105 Shannon Ave, Manifold Heights.
