ON THE BITE with Peri Stavropoulos
The Geelong inner harbour has welcomed back one of its favourite landbased species, snotty trevalla.
Anglers have been finding success throwing small creature or curl tail soft plastics that work very well and will also get the majority of the other species kicking about in the area. Bait will always be a standout for these with ‘Trellys Chicken’ working best. Don’t knock it until you try it, works really well.
Good areas to target these guys are the Geelong waterfront, Cunningham Pier and North Shore are all fantastic areas to suss.
The outer harbour still remains a popular location for anglers chasing BIG calamari in the shallow water, size 3.0 or 3.5 jigs are working well with natural baitfish colours working best. Some hoods have been getting over 40cm in length so it’s well worth getting down there and having a crack.
Swan Bay has been a popular location for anglers this past week trying to escape the crazy weather and there has been some great fishing on offer in the channel. Silver trevally, pinkie snapper, salmon and garfish. A key to fishing this area is a steady burley trail and persistence to sift through the rubbish fish, do that and the better fish will start to hit the deck.
The south west estuary systems have been holding some impressive fishing this past week with bream and perch both on the chew, the Hopkins River was a standout.
Peri Stavropoulos from Trellys Geelong along with Jason Bird managed a few bream to 44cm and a few smaller estuary perch. Soft plastics, deep diving jerkbaits and vibes were all working very well. The water has been very dirty so plenty of scent on lures has definitely helped.
Lake Purrumbete still remains to be the best trout fishing location across the state at the moment with plenty of good reports still rolling in of anglers landing brown trout to 8lb along with the usual other species that hang around there like rainbow trout, tiger trout, chinook salmon and redfin.
Casting the weed edges with shallow jerk baits is working very well at the moment.
