Anglers love a plentiful Corio Bay

ANGLERS made the most of Corio Bay in excellent conditions over the weekend.
Pinkie snapper once again made their presence felt with fish holding around the Geelong Yacht Club and Western Beach moorings.
Those fishing the rocks off Limburner’s boat ramp have seen King George whiting to 35cm taken; pippie has been the bait of choice.
Inside the Grammar School Lagoon bream and pinkies have been taken on soft plastics; casting your lure right up under the moored boats has been the key.
Clifton Springs produced fantastic squid over the last week. The grass beds next to the long broken pier held squid to 1kg with the Yamashita King George whiting squid jig in size 2.5 the most productive.
The spoil ground out from Sands caravan park has pike and pinkies in reasonable numbers. As the year goes on we can expect to see pike reach almost one metre.
Queenscliff has seen large squid to 2.5kg taken over at the bight. Larger jigs such as size 3.5 have been more effective especially when worked with an aggressive action. Whiting are still being taking on the grass beds on a run out tide and tenderized squid as bait has been doing the trick. Inside the harbour squid are being caught among the boats where 2.5 sized jigs are the go as the water is less than one metre deep.
Over the weekend Geoff and Ali Smith headed out off shore from the Surf Coast in kayaks, trolling lures and finding pike to 80cm.
The Barwon estuary is full of smaller Australian salmon and King George whiting, suckers for pippie and prawn baits. Anywhere along the Sheepwash Road section both species have been taken. If you’re looking for a place to take the kids for a fish this school holidays then the Barwon River is a great option.
Just recently Lake St Augustines in Waurn Ponds was stocked with 800 rainbow trout for the school holidays. Fishing pink power bait on a running sinker rig is a great method to catch these feisty fish. Otherwise casting small hardbody lures will see the kids connected to a fish or two.
Those looking for options over the next week should consider chasing squid at Queenscliff and or the whiting over at St Leonards with work all finished at the boat ramp. Clifton Springs should have snapper along the channel and fishing the tide change should see the fish come on the bite.