Well it's no secret that the whiting fishing has been 'the go' for many anglers at present. Both bays are fishing well for the tasty and slimy fish but Westernport has been the go if you want these guys. For the guys fishing Port Philip they have been caught all round the bay but in much patchier numbers. The southern end of the bay from Rye acros...

The clear water of both bays has meant that the squid fishing has been good whether you're shore or boat based. Staff member Dylan has been fishing from the rocks and beaches along the top end of Port Phillip to land squid to around 1kg. In some areas the most productive time has been just after sunset others have been an hour or so after last lig...

The summertime gummy fishing has been excellent in Westernport Bay. Many anglers have been making the most of the good fishing with large gummies on offer around most parts of the port. Customer Zoran has caught a couple of nice sharks in the 12kg mark fishing the western entrance of the port. Chunk baits of freshly caught slimey mackerel and salm...

The fishing in Westernport and it's offshore surrounds has been where many anglers are concentrating their efforts at the moment with plenty of good fishing for bread and butter species like the humble gummy. If you can get offshore or towards the port's entrances the fish have been larger with gummies under the 12kg mark usually uncommon. There h...

The fishing for cod has been good over the year's start. Many cod rivers are running clear and low at present which can make for some good fishing. Staff member Dylan and mates did a day trip on the cod just before the turn of the year fishing some of the smaller rivers landbased. Fishing around the Wangaratta region the average size of the fish w...

East Gippsland has been ravaged badly from recent fire activity in the region and still under some threat but well worth a trip back to to region once it recovers. Just prior to the bushfires the lakes region was fishing excellent for many species. The region needs help from tourism over the warmer months to survive and the fishing is well worth t...

The fishing for KGW at the minute is excellent and many many anglers are making the most of it. With many corners of both bays producing fish both boat and landbased they are well worth targeting. Westernport has been the main targeting grounds of late with the whole port virtually producing fish. The hot areas that have been worth fishing have be...

Some anglers are wasting no time with the 2019/2020 Murray cod season! While some are only just getting started anglers like Steve and Ryan have upped the bar already. Steve and Ryan fished the Delatite arm up on Lake Eildon over the weekend and landed a couple of cod up to 97cm. The successful bait were large yabbies fished unweighted on 6/0 hook...

Western Port's snapper fishing continues to provide some excitement for anglers around Melbourne as the fish have stayed more consistent than that of PPB this season. There are snapper now in just about all pockets of the port and you can target the fish without having to sit next to 500 other boats. Young gun Ashie Damelio is pretty excited with...

The by catch  while fishing for both whiting and snapper in the port is enough in itself to keep many anglers content with some being better eating that the main target themselves! Changing tactic slightly to target the fish like garfish or trevally while in the shallows can provide some fun great bait and good fare on the table. Customer Sam has...

Well it's mid December and while many anglers are still trying to make the most of the snapper season that has been a bit sporadic others have been giving the whiting a real hit in the port. The port has been producing some quality whiting fishing in all corners. Customer Steve fished in his annual whiting comp out from Corinella over the weekend a...

Murray cod season is back up and running around the state with all rivers and lakes open to fishing again. While there hasn't been much in the way of early Summer weather to get the river activity running there have still been some keen anglers out making the most of things. Many have been up on the Murray casting away looking for that trophy fish...

The pondage at Eildon has been fishing well this week with a bit of cooler weather keeping the trout active. The most productive methods have been coarse fishing with dough style baits with specialist trout dough and 'rainbow' Powerbait the 2 standouts this week. Customer Zoran has been catching some nice rainbows around the football oval with a f...

While it has been an average snapper season weather wise there is some fishable weather on it's way with conditions looking good for the weekend and early next week. With the strong onshore winds Port Phillip has copped recently the calmer weather will give anglers a window to fish. Before the heavy winds and onshore weather customer Travis and so...

The post Fishing in Port Phillip Bay appeared first on Rip Charters: Fishing Charters. So this week Monday 11th to be precise one of our customers was lucky enough to be out with our fabulous Captain Phil on Port Port Phillip Bay and he landed this ripper Queen Snapper….Its not something we see a lot of so it’s always a sweet surprise and she was...

The Gippsland estuaries have been fishing well at the moment but not on fire. The lack of consistent warm weather has meant the flathead fishing has been a bit up and down with the big fish starting to fire up then going back into hibernation once a big cold font hits again. The bream have been a bit more active with the slightly cooler water tempe...

Port Phillip bay has turned on the heat for snapper anglers over the last week or so. The increase of water temperature has really seen the fish start to bite better as they should well into December. Customers from the Keysborough Angling Club fished the bay last week for 7 nice snapper landed in tough conditions. Fishing both pilchard and silver...

Eildon is proving itself time and time over that it is an excellent premier fishing region for both trout and native species. The region has been fishing well from the smaller streams flowing in and around the Goulburn to the pondage and further up into the lake itself. The hot fishing should continue into the holiday period with all species still...

Reports from Westernport have showed that all species are well and truly on offer at the moment. The next lull in weather should see plenty of anglers tangling with both snapper and whiting with a few gummies thrown in to the mix also. The shallows of the top end have been producing plenty of small male gummies recently with the average fish hover...

With the rain we've had around Melbourne the local estuaries and rivers have fired up and the bream have been feeding quite voraciously. Normally timid and subtle feeders the black bream in the local rivers have fired up a bit as conditions have been prime for them. The mixture of warming water temperatures and an influx of freshwater and food sou...