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While the weather around Melbourne has been very rough over the last week there are still fish to be caught - if you can get out. Landbased options have been difficult with most of the Eastern side of Port Phillip getting smashed by waves and wind d

  There have still been a few nice pinkies coming in from the shore for anglers. The areas around Mordialloc and Brighton piers have been producing the odd fish to around 3kg on baits of squid and pilchard. Off the rocks around Mt Martha and fu

There have a couple of reports of snapper from Westernport Bay over the last few days. Customer Nathan sent us a photo from out on Westernport Bay yesterday where he was targeting snapper. He got on to a nice fish of 5.4kg from around buoy 16 near S

The Winter run of big squid in Westernport has been patchy lately but over the last week there have been some crackers getting caught from most consistent areas of the port. Squid to over 3kg have been caught from areas such as Flinders Vetnor Tyabb

Westernport Bay has been producing some lovely squid for anglers out targeting them as snapper baits or for a feed. Most of the normal grass beds are producing along with the southern piers like Stony Point and Flinders. Stony Point has seen some sm

The summer started with some serious rainfall in early June causing lots of freshwater runoff in the river. Luckily lake Okeechobee was very low after a super-dry spring season so they haven’t been draining the lake which we all know is never

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 03/02/23 Red bass are common throughout the northern regions of Western Australia and the Rowley Shoals is rife with these stunning fish. You would be forgiven in t

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The land based fishing for snapper has been exceptional over the past few weeks. The normal run of land based reds occurs from late July onward but the shore based fishing has really heated up the past fortnight both locally and out of town. Custome

Reports of snapper movements have been slowly starting to pick up around both bays as fish push their way in through the entrances. While the water temperatures in both bays is still cold the snapper will continue to move in over the next few months

Westernport Bay has been producing some solid winter snapper for anglers putting in the time to target them. There are reasonably good numbers of fish around at the moment but they are very finicky with what they are eating and when. Most of the fis

Capt. Joe Ward/Capt. Joe’s River Charters February 12 2014 INSHORE – “Everyone was looking forward to the opening of snook season on February 1 and it got off to a slow start. Most of the reports so far have been about short sno

From June through September the Gulf of Mexico is usually flat calm and that’s a great time to run offshore and try to target dolphin in the Southwest Region. When you’re targeting dolphin you can expect to run 60 to 65 miles before you

  There have been a few school mulloway caught around Melbourne over the last few weeks with most of the metro rivers producing a few. The Yarra Maribyrnong Werribee and Patterson rivers have all seen a few caught with most fish averaging aroun

Morning temperatures in the low seventies during the last week in September are a sure indication that the exciting   fall Tampa Fishing is just around the corner.  Another event confirming this phenomenon is the massive bait schools that

The local beaches continue to produce some nice salmon for anglers braving the cold mornings. Early morning high tides have been the best bite window however the fish can be caught all day long if a few preparation steps are involved. To make the mo

  Westernport continues to produce quality snapper for anglers getting out there. The whole bay is producing fish at the moment from around Stony Point up to Crawfish and around through Corinella to the Corals and off Rhyll. Customer Aaron got

  Black Rock has been popular lately as the snapper spread out and start chewing off the rocks. There have been good fish caught both in shallow as well as out deep at the moment. Customer Nick bagged reds to 5.5kg out from Black Rock on Sunday

WELL WHAT A GOOD WEEK IT HAS BEEN IN MELBOURNE'S PORT PHILLIP BAY. THE WATER TEMP HAS BEEN RISING SLOWLY AND IS NOW AT 13.8 DEG. THE SNAPPER HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT MORE CONSISTENT IN THE AREA'S SUCH AS MT ELIZA IN DEPTH'S OF 17 METERS OU

  It seems that the 'official' snapper season has just about begun with water temperatures in the bay being higher than that of last year - which has brought the bite on a bit earlier. James from Unreel Fishing Charters has been getting