The inner harbour of Corio Bay fished quite well over the long weekend with plenty of reports coming through of the Geelong Waterfront starting to produce some top fishing.
Around the moored boats has been super productive with reports of anglers catching pinky snapper, salmon, flathead and trevally.
Casting soft plastics such as Z-Man slim swimz have been by far the top tactic for undoing a few fish around there at the moment.
The Bellarine Peninsula has been of fire as of late with King George whiting reports going strong with the east side of Clifton Springs proving to be an absolute hot spot.
Fishing anywhere between four to six metres with the runout tide and fresh squid or pipis as bait has been lethal with bag limit captures on offer and fish up and over 40cm thrown into the mix.
A bit of burley definitely helps with the aid of a burley pot on the bottom.
There’s some seriously good fishing on offer at the moment down there so get on it.
Calamari have been in great numbers along the Peninsula as well and in similar areas to the whiting, just in a bit shallower water.
Lime green squid jigs have been a standout in size 3.0.
Offshore Barwon Heads is still producing plenty of tuna reports, and although they were a bit slow over the weekend the days either side of it fished very well.
Trolling diving and skirted lures proved yet again to be very productive, nomad DTX minnows yet again proving their weight in gold.
When the fish have been seen cruising or busting on the top, casting topwater lures into them has been working very well. Maria Loadeds and Nomad Riptides have been standouts for this.
The bottom fishing off Barwon Heads has also fired up a bit over the past week with gummy sharks starting to show up in good numbers with Gone Fishing Charters getting stuck into quite a few.
Either anchored or drifting anywhere between 30-50 metres has been quite productive.
Fresh baits such squid and salmon have been the best baits so far.
