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HomeSportCarousel a pike hot spot

Carousel a pike hot spot

The Geelong waterfront this week again attracted a great number of anglers in search of pike.

Fishing just about any land-based structure in Geelong should hold plenty of pike, with the Carousel being the hot spot.

Casting hard bodies around has again proved to be the most effective, however soft plastics will find plenty of fish too and is much more likely to encounter the other species that hang around that area.

St Leonards provided some fantastic whiting fishing this week with anglers finding quality fish and at good size.

Brad Apps and Jamie Marsh had a ripper session at the weekend, landing themselves a cracking haul of fish to 43 centimetres.

The boys fished the start of the incoming tide with pipis and squid being the best baits.

Queenscliff has also had a few whiting on the go. There has been a bit more work to them and a lot more patience required but the rewards are there and nearly all the fish are more than 40cm.

The Queenscliff cut provided some nice fishing for the land-based fishos this week, with plenty of solid silver trevally on offer.

Fishing the slack tide is the key to success when fishing there, with soft plastics being the best lure option to throw.

Offshore Barwon Heads has been a bit hit and miss for some anglers this past week but there is still some great fishing on offer.

Gummy sharks have been biting well all along the coast with 40 metres of water being the preferred depth. Fish have been reaching up to 12 kilograms.

Fishing a tide change is the ideal time you want to have your baits in the water and the best bait is anything you can catch fresh.

Salmon, pike, squid, wrasse all make great gummy shark bait!

Pinkie snapper have been biting reasonably well out on the 50-metre mark, with fish reaching 2kg.

Bait fishing is the most popular way to target them however dropping slow pitch jigs on their heads is a real fun and effective way to catch them too.

The Surf Coast has been fishing quite well for black bream as of late with some quality fish getting caught to more than 40cm.

Owen Westwell ventured down in search of some fish and was not disappointed, landing some cracking bream nice and close to home.

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