The spark of good weather has definitely fired up the fishing in and out of the bay and some freshwater too.
Out of Clifton springs has still got some fantastic fishing on offer with snapper on most anglers minds.
Fishing towards the channel has attracted the most interest from boats, with snapper reaching up to 5kg.
Another spot worth having a look at is up towards Wilson Spit and the quarries – the area doesn’t get too much boat traffic and holds some cracking fish.
In closer to shore, anglers are still finding plenty of fish that are more than willing to slurp up a soft plastic with a great variety of other species such as flathead, salmon and pike.
Trelly got out for a quick flick before work one morning landing himself pinkie snapper, flathead and some monster pike to 93cm on gulp soft plastics.
Calamari and whiting are still in good numbers right along the Peninsula with Indented Heads proving a hot spot for both species.
The Queenscliff bight has still got some fantastic squid fishing on offer right through the area.
Adam Zeljevic and Owen Westwell got out on Cup Day and had no issue in finding large numbers of squid with hoods measuring up to 40cm.
Gan Craft jigs in the Garfish colour proving irresistible to them.
The Queenscliff harbour has been on fire this week with some epic reports of snapper to 65cm, big trevally and heaps of Australian salmon.
Casting soft plastics in the channel has been providing the goods with all times of the tide fishing well.
Offshore fishing off Barwon Heads this past week has been very productive for both snapper and gummy sharks, with anglers landing some quality fish.
Fishing anywhere from 20 right through to 60 metres with fresh chunk baits of salmon and pike has been finding gummy shark to 15kg and snapper to just under 7kg.
Micro jigging in the same locations has been getting its fair share of bottom fish too and is a super fun way to target them, especially the snapper.
There has also been some large numbers of salmon and calamari offshore, so you can go out and catch the freshest bait possible.
Ethan Solly made the drive down to Portland at the weekend in hope of a shark out deep.
Not long into his drift his rod found a mako on the end of his line and after a thrilling fight it was his and weighing around 60kg.
