ON THE BITE with Peri Stavropoulos
There has been some great fishing on offer this past week despite the average conditions.
Inside Corio Bay the Geelong waterfront is still holding some great fishing with pinky, salmon, trevally and flathead all taking a liking to soft plastics. Anglers fishing with baits such as bluebait are also finding success.
Clifton Springs and the Bellarine Peninsula has seen some fantastic calamari fishing going at the moment with anglers finding some absolute brutes cruising around the shallows of Clifton Springs.
Size 3.5 jigs have been working very well in natural blue colours proving the standout.
Queenscliff has fished very well for King George whiting this past week with the grass beds straight out the harbour holding lots of big whiting. Fishing the stronger tides (the ebb tide is fishing best) is going to be your best bet in tangling with a school of these tasty hard fighting fish.
Offshore Barwon Heads has still had some great fishing on offer to those bottom fishing for snapper and gummies with both species on the chew.
Fishing in 30 metres of water anywhere along the coast is holding plenty of fish. Burleying has been a key factor to those boats picking up the most fish and the best rigs have been the black magic snapper snatchers with fresh squid or salmon.
Portland fished very well to those anglers in search of bluefin tuna finding lots of fish holding in Cape Nelson in 60 metres of water with Gone Fishing keeping hot on the fish’s tail and getting their customers plenty of fish.
Anglers having some good success also bottom fishing with gummy sharks to 20kg on offer. Drifting in 40 metres has been holding lots of fish.
Lake Wendouree has been a trout hotspot this past week with both browns and rainbows on the chew. This is a fantastic lake to fish if you’re in a kayak, small tinny or land based.
Casting over the shallow weed beds with super shallow running jerkbaits or bent minnows are working an absolute treat with fish to 4lb on offer.
Wurdibuloc has been a popular land based location for anglers and for good reason as the trout and redfin are on the chew. The rock walls have been offering some great fishing lately with anglers casting spoon lures finding great success with trout to 5lb and redfin to 45cm chewing.
