The freshwater fishing this past week has really heated up with the crater lakes producing some quality captures.
Lake Bullen Merri and Lake Purrumbete have both been fishing very well for rainbow, tiger and brown trout.
In Bullen Merri some anglers have managed to get their boat on the lake regardless of the boat ramp construction and I’ve managed to pick up some quality fish on the troll. Tassie
devils have been a favourite lure at the moment as well as Daiwa double clutches.
Chinook salmon have also been biting well in the lake with anglers using bait just off the bottom finding good success.
Lake Purrumbete has definitely been holding the better quality fish with brown trout up to 7lb being caught.
There has been plenty of redfin an offer in the lake to dropping ice jigs or soft plastics on their heads have been super effective.
Wurdiboluc Reservoir and Stony Creek Reservoir both continue to produce some good trout and redfin fishing.
Wurdiboluc has probably been the stand out lake with plenty of trout to 1lb been caught along with a few pushing the 6lb mark.
The inner harbour of Corio Bay has continued to produce plenty of good fishing with pinky snapper and Australian salmon on the chew.
Bait fishing with squid has been working very well. Anglers casting soft plastics have also been finding great success, 3 inch minnow profile in natural patterns have been working the best.
Port Macdonnell Has been red hot with the barrel tuna bite at the moment with lots of reports coming in daily with fish over 100kg caught and for some boats, multiple in one day. A lot of success has come from skirted lures and dropping live bait into the schools of fish.
