Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER

Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER
HomeSportWhiting on the chew on the Bellarine

Whiting on the chew on the Bellarine

The Bellarine Peninsula continues to fish well with King George whiting and calamari all on the chew.

Clifton Springs through to Indented Head has been the current hotspot with King George whiting holding in fantastic numbers and a quality size to over 40cm.

Pippies have proved to be the most productive bait with fresh squid also doing damage.

Calamari have been holding in 2m to 3m of water with a variety of size from small right up to over 1.5kg. Size 3.0 jigs stand out with major craft Egizo jigs yet again being a standout brand. Natural greens, pinks and purples have all stood out again this week.

Offshore Boneheads has continued to fish really well for gummy sharks and snapper with plenty of reports coming through from the back of the rip ride all the way down to Anglesea along the 30 metre line.

Fresh baits like salmon and squid have proved yet again deadly and Black Magic snapper snatches have been accounting for plenty of fish, too.

Down the west coast school tuna and barrel tuna continue to bite from Port Fairy right through to Port MacDonnell.

School tuna have been hanging out the front of Lawrence Rock of Portland lately with lots of fish holding in the area taking a variety of lures with divers and skirts the favourites.

Port MacDonnell still continues to be the barrel hotspot with lots of reports coming in from the shallow as 15m right through to 30m holding lots of bait and

plenty of fish.

Live baits have yet again been the stand here and reports are coming out with anglers landing fish on skirting and diving lures.

Wurdee Buloc and Stony Creek Reservoirs have fished well with redfin holding tremendous numbers and still plenty of trout on offer. Spoon lures and soft plastics have been working best for the redfin allowing you to get a long cast and big shallow diving minnows have worked best with trout.

Digital Edition
Subscribe

Get an all ACCESS PASS to the News and your Digital Edition with an online subscription

Revving for mental health

Registrations are now open for a Geelong motorcycle event that encourages conversations about depression and suicide prevention. Black Dog Ride’s ‘One Dayer’ will...

Community calendar

More News

Where love never dies

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus is a story of love, loss and remembrance. In the original tale, the famous bard of the same name...

Community calendar

Ballroom dance Leopold Hall, 805-809 Bellarine Hwy, Saturday 31 January, 7.30pm-10.30pm, $10 includes supper, music Kevin. Sunday 1 February, 2pm-4.30pm, $5 bring small plate to...

Starray gives bang for buck

The Geely Starray EM-i sounds like something out of an old sci-fi movie. But it’s not and if you think that name is quirky, what...

From the archives

18 years ago 1 February, 2008 Thirty-five Geelong Aborigines will seek compensation after the Rudd Government says sorry to the “stolen generation”, according to Wathaurong Aboriginal...

Local archery legend acknowledged

Leopold’s John Womersley has dedicated his life to the sport of archery. Mr Womersley, 88, was a foundational member and two-time president of local club...

Saeid Nahavandi AO

Distinguished Professor Saeid Nahavandi contributes his knowledge and skills to tertiary education, engineering, robotics, and haptics research and innovation, as well as defence capability...

All for Geelong

Born and bred in Geelong, Michael Betts has never wanted to live and work anywhere else. On Australia Day Mr Betts, 74, was awarded a...

Buttered Loaf bring the funk

For a quarter of a century groove-based jam band Buttered Loaf have been entertaining music lovers across Melbourne. Throughout the early 2000s, Wednesday night was...

Dr Gillian Miles (AM)

For Dr Gillian Miles, the transport and infrastructure sectors present a range of puzzles that she loves to try and solve. The...

Creatives develop Surf Coast

Artists across the Surf Coast Shire can transform ideas into realities and explore new boundaries within their work through the latest Creative Development Grants...