Squid, salmon break out

Perry and Michael Stravroplous used a break in last week’s wild weather to fish the Hermsley Rd grass beds for squid.
After an hour or so using 2.5-sized jigs the pair had a total of 14 squid.
On Saturday afternoon Daniel Baden and I took a run down to Lorne to spin for a few salmon. After finding a high tide and large swell making the rocks a bit challenging we moved over to Lorne Pier where I managed to find salmon to 1kg on the evening tide change while casting Asari 28g slugs.
Other anglers on the pier caught good numbers of grass whiting on pippies.
Jan Juc produced large numbers of Australian Salmon on both bait and lure, with the fish averaging over 1kg.
Ballarat’s Julie Donaghy fished Limeburner’s Point’s rock wall last Thursday where she was delighted to land a 750g salmon.
Pinkie snapper were taken along Geelong’s waterfront on soft plastics. Schools of Australian salmon averaging 800g to 1kg were also again present for anglers lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.
Squid and whiting dominated reports from St Leonards, particularly in 5m to 6m of water straight out from the boat ramp. Tenderised squid strips and pippies were the bait of choice, with the run-out tide most productive.
Freshwater anglers were rewarded for persistence with redfin to 45cm at Wurdee Boluc Reservoir, along with the odd trout.
St Augustine’s and Seagull Paddock lakes produced stocked yearling rainbow for school-holidays anglers.
Pink Powerbait and small lures such as Rapala F-5s worked well.
Michael Appleton and mate Dave fished Ballarat’s Lake Wendouree with some quality mudeye for a brown trout of 1.9kg. Next they changed to Squidgy Fish soft plastics and landed a smaller brown of 700g.
West Barwon Reservoir yielded rainbow trout around 1kg for anglers casting soft plastics and allowing them to sink. Powerbait on a running sinker rig was also effective.
Lake Purrumbete produced brown trout to 1.5kg for anglers drifting and casting shallow-diving hard body lures over the weed beds. Pins minnows and Daiwa Double Clutch lures worked well, while others had success flat-line trolling Tassie Devils at first light.
Anglers next door at Lake Bullen Merri caught Chinook salmon on baits fished in well-established burley trails.
Anyone keen on travelling further afield could try Lake Toolondo where casting Strike Pro Bob ‘N’ Spoons and Tassie Devils in the Clown pattern has been accounting for many chunky brown trout.
Send reports and photos to info@raylongtackle.com.au or visit Ray Long’s Fishing World, 105 Shannon Ave, Manifold Heights.