With the weather making it challenging for anglers to get out for a fish there are still lots of good reports coming through as the fish don’t seem to mind this weather at all.
Snapper have remained a popular target this week with anglers hauling in some fantastic fish and they seem to be in good numbers also.
The outer harbour of Corio Bay remains the hot spot this week with plenty of areas producing fish.
Clifton Springs, Avalon, the edge of the channel pretty much everywhere and Portarlington are all holding great numbers of fish.
Fishing on anchor with a spread of baits out along with a consistent burley trail as per usual is doing the damage. Anglers casting soft plastics have been having some great success also with snapper certainly taking a liking into them.
4-5” Gulp, Zman and Keitech soft plastics have all been a hot favourite as of late, both natural and bright colours have been very effective.
To say St Leonards pier is a current snapper hotspot at the moment would be an understatement. It is on fire with reports coming in nearly daily of snapper to over 5kg being caught. Anglers launching pilchards and squid off the pier have been doing some serious damage. Soft plastics probably won’t be ideal here but if you want to soak a bait, this is the spot at the moment.
Queenscliff has been fishing very well for anglers chasing a feed of whiting and squid with bag limit captures of both species being very achievable and some quality fish among thosebags. The key for the squid is to find the cleaner water as there is a lot of filthy water about at the minute and it’s making it very tough for the squid to see and hunt.
Offshore Barwon Heads is still producing some fantastic snapper fishing at the moment and yet again Gone Fishing Charters has been right in the thick of it all putting its customers on some fantastic fish.
There seems to be a large number of fish ranging between 30cm to 50cm along with plenty getting up and over 5kg.
Wurdibuloc reservoir has been turning it on for some anglers this past week with redfin, brown and rainbow trout all on the chew.
Casting off the rock wall with hardbody lures has been super effective with all species taking a liking to them. Rapala F7’s have been a hot pick over the past week.
