The Geelong Inner Harbour has had some good fishing, especially from land-based anglers.
Wangum Walk has offered some good fishing for Pinky Snapper, Australian Salmon, and Flathead to those either casting soft plastics or bait, accounting for plenty of fish. There has been a school Yellow Tail Kingfish hanging around the waterfront at the moment, too, so it’s well worth having a big rod handy in case you see them.
Snapper reports continued to get better and better in the bay over the past week; compared to previous years, this season is certainly a bit later than usual, and the water temperature is lower compared to last, but with some days of warmer weather, it should rise and the fishing could explode!
Clifton Springs is still offering some solid reports with fish to 5kg, proving to be in good numbers; the Spoil Grounds and Channel are again proving to be some very productive grounds to fish and fishing the tides with baits like Pilchards, Silver Whiting, and Calamari always great bait options, with pilchard cubes tossed in for burley.
King George Whiting out from Clifton Springs is still not slowing down, with reports coming in with loads of fish at a fantastic size. YES, we have been speaking about the whiting here for weeks, but they are still going hard! Ideally, fishing with stronger moving tides or when the tide moves its hardest will result in better fishing. A bit of burley goes a long way, too. The whiting is spread across the Curlewis Bank, past Portarlington and through St Leonard’s.
Queenscliff had a hot calamari bite last week, with some fantastic reports coming through with Calamari in huge numbers and at a quality size! The Queenscliff Bight has been their main hotspot in anywhere from 3 to 12 metres. So you may have to cover some ground to find them, but it could be absolutely hectic when you do. Size 3.5 and 4.0 jigs are working best, and of course, a real/fresh bait on a spike is lethal for the giants. Fishing a slack tide, ideally the high, is the best time to fish for them.
Offshore continues to offer some great snapper fishing out along the 50-metre line. Anglers drifting and anchoring are picking up plenty of fish with an average size around the 1-kilo mark, with some fish getting to 5kg and a few gummy Sharks, too. The odd Thresher shark is also still popping up for anglers chasing snapper, which is a very cool capture while fishing for snapper.
