The weather has been far from ideal the past week for fishing with pretty much next to zero official reports coming through but there are still some options well worth fishing for especially in the wind and wet.
The Geelong waterfront is a great option for weather like this as the structure
is hit with the turbulent water that stirs all the food up and often makes the resident fish quite active.
Typically pinky snapper will come onto the chew but you can also expect critters like flathead, salmon and trevally are all likely to fire up also.
Water is very likely to have some colour in it and with some big tides coming up we can also expect the King George whiting to fire up this next week or so. Although we haven’t had any official reports come through it’s well worth putting some time in and having a crack on these guys. The whole Bellarine Peninsula will be well worth fishing from Clifton Springs right through to Queenscliff.
Offshore Barwon Heads, again no official reports but with some calm weather on the horizon for next week we could expect to see some good gummy shark fishing come from the next week or so.
Fishing the 30 or 40 metre line with fresh salmon or calamari will put you in for the best chance of a fish with plenty of opportunity for some school shark or snapper.
Barwon Heads estuary has had some reports of silver trevally starting to really fire up with anglers getting amongst some solid trevs pushing over 55cm! Small curl tail style plastics are working an absolute treat such as the Gulp 2.5 inch grub. Either using a pre-scented lure or applying scent to one that isn’t can make a massive difference at the moment as the water can be dirty at times.
The Barwon River with all this rain should see some carp come onto the chew at the stormwater drains around town. If you are after some, it’s well worth having a crack near it as the carp will come right up to it where the fresh water is pushing food. Corn and bread on a lightly weighted running sinker rig is the go to setup when chasing carp.
