The Easter long weekend saw hundreds of keen anglers spread across the state chasing a wide variety of species – with plenty of them finding some nice fish.
Starting local, across the Corio Bay inner harbour there were some good bread and butter fishing for some anglers.
The Geelong waterfront offered some decent fishing, more so for the land-based fisherman, with salmon, pinky snapper and flathead all finding their way onto anglers’ lines.
The Outer Harbour whiting bite at the weekend was red hot, with fishos finding some fantastic fish.
Clifton Springs through to Point Henry was by far the hot spot, with anglers finding plenty of fish and most of them at a good size – the average holding about 36 centimetres.
Calamari remain in good numbers in closer and the average size seems to have jumped up a little bit, which is nice.
Natural colours are working the best, with size 3.0 jigs proving perfect.
Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove saw large numbers of locals and tourists soak up the sun along the river while catching a fish or two.
The river provided some hot action from the front of the system all the way up to the sheep wash with trevally, salmon and King George whiting all through that stretch.
Fishing either side of the high tide has been the ideal time to fish with baits such as pipi or chicken on a running sinker rig working a treat.
Offshore, Barwon Heads has still seen a few tuna reports get around.
The bite has definitely shown some sign in slowing down over the past week, however some persistent anglers are still finding the odd fish here and there.
The bottom fishing off Ocean Grove has been quite productive over the past week with anglers finding large numbers of some of the best table fish including flathead, snapper and gummy shark. Drifting in 50 metres has been a good depth to start looking, with squid on a paternoster rig.
The South West estuaries have continued to fish well for bream and perch over the long weekend.
Curdies River was a popular location for some anglers with most finding some solid bream, to 40 centimetres, and perch to about 35 centimteres.
Early mornings had a good surface bite on offer with bent minnows working very well. As the day goes on working the edges with vibes was very effective.
