The fishing this past week has continued to impress with anglers getting stuck into some insane fishing right across the region with the outer harbour producing some fantastic fishing.
Snapper have been chewing really well between the bend of the channel and the boat ramp of Clifton Springs in 8 metres of water. Anglers taking the time to sound around and find the big schools of fish are having some mental sessions on the snapper landing lots of fish to 5kg.
From reports there have been some schools of fish still spawning so they are sure to be aggressive when a bait or soft plastic goes past their nose.
King George whiting along St Leonards through to Queenscliff have been chewing very well again this past week with anglers getting amongst some quality bags of fish.
A few locations that have produced have been the area known as ‘Bourke Street’, the front of Swan Bay and the grass beds out front of Queenscliff. Fishing the stronger tides is the ideal times to fish as the whiting chew best during these times.
The tuna out the front are still on fire with anglers having some insane sessions landing lots of fish on stick baits and poppers, keeping with the birds is key as they are often hot on the baitfish that the tuna are chasing.
The 60 metre line still seems to be the most productive area to where the fish are holding.
The Portland barrel tuna bite is still going strong and the reports are coming in pretty much daily (when weather permits). Trolling with skirted lures remains the best and most reliable technique with 8 and 10 inch skirts and dropping pilchards into the bait balls and casting stick baits are also accounting for plenty of fish too.
The estuary systems along the great ocean road and the west coast are mostly fishing quite well for bream and perch with anglers having success targeting both species and landing both on various techniques.
Surface fishing during low light is producing the goods on the perch and casting hardbody along the edges for the bream is working a treat.
