ON THE BITE CHRIS PITMAN
Corio Bay allowed anglers a sheltered option from the weather with pinkie snapper devouring soft plastics.
The spoil grounds to the west of Limeburner’s boat saw schools of pinkie snapper averaging 35-40cm gather in large numbers.
Anglers made use of depth sounder to mark fish then presented soft plastics to schooled up pinkies and boated numerous fish.
Around the corner at Clifton Springs the Point Richards Channel was a chosen haunt for many snapper anglers.
The section of the channel known as The Turn produced snapper to 4kg for those fishing of a tide change.
Squid still remained a consistent capture for those drifting in close in 3-4 metres of water, they also make for a handy bait supply for the snapper too.
The Queenscliff boat harbour this time of year sees an influx of pinkie snapper along with a few larger specimens.
Fishing the main causeway with soft plastics on the end of the run-in tide saw anglers bank pinkie snapper up to 45cm with the odd silver trevally making its way into anglers’ bags.
Anglers fishing from a boat inside the harbour and making use of a liberal berley trail often encountered better numbers of both trevally and pinkies.
Over at the Barwon River estuary the entrance anglers had little difficulty in landing whiting, Australian salmon and mullet.
Again a lightly weighted piece of prawn got the job done with some impressive sized mullet showing up.
With the recent flush the Barwon River has received, anglers have their fingers crossed the mulloway and bream fishing will really fire up.
Offshore from Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads those drifting in 40m of water boated gummy shark and snapper with large baits such as squid and salmon fillet the most effective.
Surf anglers walking the beaches such as Bancoora on an incoming tide and making lengthy cast with 25gram metal lures took Australian salmon to over 2kg.
The rock platforms around Lorne also fished well when the wind and swell allowed safe access.
On the freshwater front Michael Evans took a trip up to Newlyn Res where, casting Norries Metal Wasaby lures, Michael came up tight with a 62cm brown trout.
Michael noted that the water resembled the colour of chocolate.
Bradley Cox was at it again this time at Wurdee Boluc.
Making long casts over the deeper weed beds Brad hooked into a couple of well-conditioned redfin using Pontoon 21 Paco’s.
Fishers have also encountered the odd rainbow trout with some rainbows almost 1kg in weight.
