The inner harbour of Corio Bay is still producing some fantastic fishing at the moment with pinky snapper in fantastic numbers right across the area.
The Geelong Yacht Club and around the Geelong waterfront are yet again proving to be the most productive areas, anglers casting soft plastics have been getting stuck into plenty of pinkies with fish to over 40cm being taken.
Anglers fishing from a boat with baits into the night are starting to pick up some better quality fish with reports coming from the north end of the bay.
Fish to 5kg are being reported with pilchards being the bait of choice, although not a heap are getting caught they’re certainly starting to chew a bit more.
Queenscliff has still been reporting plenty of large calamari still on the go with the biggest yet again
holding majority of the reports. The deeper water (10 to 11 metres) is where you’re most likely to encounter with some of the giants Queenscliff is famous for.
When chasing the big calamari obviously bigger jigs are going to be the go, Major Craft Jigs have been immensely popular with pink and purple jigs seeming to do most of the damage.
Offshore Barwon Heads has had a bit of a barrel tuna bite over the past weeks however the fish are super spread out and can be tricky to predict. The fish have been holding anywhere from 8km to 50km out and from Cape Schnack to Aireys Inlet. 8 inch skirts have been the standout with evil angel and lumo working best.
The Victorian trout season opened up over the weekend and anglers wasted no time flocking to their favourite systems to get stuck into a few and they certainly did.
The rivers and streams along the Great Ocean Road all fished very well for brown trout on small shallow running jerk baits.
Smythes Creek, Cumberland River, Kennet River, St Georges River and the Aire are all fantastic locations for a look.
The Goulburn River fished very well as expected for the big rainbow trout.
The Victorian High Country also fished well and with some unusual captures including a tiger trout caught by Kaiden Long – interesting capture as they haven’t been stocked in that system.
