The Easter break didn’t grant us nice weather, however the keen anglers that made the most of it, still managed to land some nice fish.
Lineburners boat ramp off the rocks seemed to produce some nice fish to the keen angler braving the elements landing pinkie snapper, salmon, whiting and flathead.
Around the Geelong waterfront has also had some good fishing on offer with Australian salmon in plague proportions terrorising small bait fishing right along the area.
Anglers have often seen the fish busting up hard on the surface eating pretty much whatever you put in their face even with a few yellowtail kingfish being caught in the commotion.
The outer harbour as per usual has got its King George whiting reports coming through with anglers tangling with them and plenty of fish seem to be around. Again, fishing the tides has been key with pippies and squid working well on them.
Snapper have continued to be in respectable numbers in the outer harbour for anglers fishing around the Leopold spoil grounds with fishing being reported to up to 6kg in size. Baits and lures have both been accounting for plenty of fish.
Offshore has still got the tuna biting hot with anglers doing some serious damage on them. Anglers trolling skirted lures with the aid of a spreader bar or daisy chain has been lethal and so too has diving lures, such as Rapala X-Raps. Fish have been ranging anywhere from 5kg right up to more than 20kg.
The fish are again often seen on the surface chasing down small baitfish so casting stick baits into them is working very well.
Down the coast towards Portland is still on fire with the barrels coming through thick and showing no real sign of slowing down. A pack of orcas did come through last week which did make things a little more difficult to find, however the patient anglers did find some fish to over 120kg.
After this rain it is well worth heading down the Otway rivers and streams to chase some wild brown trout.
The rivers will fill up a bit, start to flow and result in the trout starting to feed. Small hardbody lures and soft plastics are perfect for this style of fishing.
