The inner harbour of Corio Bay has had some fantastic land-based fishing on offer as of late with some great reports of rock flathead being caught from many different parts of the bay.
The Geelong waterfront has been one of the many hotspots.
Rob Vecoli from Trellys Geelong has had a few ripper sessions casting soft plastics from the shore, finding rock flathead to over 50cm and not many under 45cm.
Rob has been slaying fish on small curl tail plastics.
The Portarlington boat harbour has also been hosting some land-based fishing over the past week with some very good snapper reports rolling through with some fish reaching up to 4kg.
The best time to fish is just after a strong wind, especially if it’s in your face.
It’s not the most pleasurable time to fish but the snapper love it.
Pilchards and squid have been the ideal baits but if the time is put in, the results are well worth it.
Clifton Springs jetty has also been producing some solid land-based captures with calamari showing up in decent numbers.
The snapper reports in the outer harbour are still coming through with fish being caught from all different parts of the bay with, once again, the channel being the most popular location.
Even up towards Portarlington has had a few fish being taken with some fish reaching up to 6kg.
The Queenscliff cut has had its fair share of good fishing too this week. Salmon, trevally and pinkie snapper all keeping anglers well amused and is a great land-based option or if the weather is too rough to get out in the bay.
St Leonards is still fishing quite well for whiting with the area known as Bourke Street through to the boat ramp holding the majority of fish, with even a fair share of fish being caught from the pier.
The Barwon River is still offering some great carp fishing at the moment from pretty much all parts of the river.
Fishing with a very lightly weighted running sinker rig with corn kernels should get you into the action, throwing little hard body lures can also find you a few redfin, too.
Rainbow trout continue to bite well in Wurdi Buloc Reservoir with good numbers of fish showing up. Casting small hard body lures has been lethal with other anglers having great success casting flies, too.
