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Westernport bay has been a little more consistent for anglers chasing snapper with slightly warmer water temperatures contributing to this. The northern end of the port has been good for school sized fish especially around the Joe's Island regio

Still plenty of quality squid in the Port for anglers after fresh baits or for a feed with some monster about. Customers Graeme Nick and Karlie fished along Tankerton over the long weekend chasing fresh baits for snapper gummy and whiting. They used

Customer Jun had a crazy session down at Mordialloc pier during the week. With lots of school sized snapper around the 2kg mark on the bite for most anglers involved. Jun used salted pilchards rigged on smaller 2/0hooks and found this method success

OK here we go again!  I had a double today both trips with great long time clients and as I always mention I have to be ready to change it up at a moments notice.  Staying flexible throughout a trip or throughout the course of the day is i

  While the rest of the bay gets thrashed by South-Westerly winds the southern end around Sorrento and Portsea is still producing squid for those keen to grab some snapper baits. From about Rye onward the bay has been good for squid to 2kg. Jam

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 05/07/24 While barramundi cod might not reach the same sizes as their barramundi namesakes and grow to a maximum length and weight of about 70cm and 5kg most fisher

For anglers fishing around Mornington Mt Martha there have been good numbers of squid getting around the shallows with the average size being 200g. Big schools of salmon and also pinkies have been thick out slightly deeper and are taking baits of pi

  The snapper have started going well out from Carrum with plenty of fish caught this week. Customer Jacques got onto 8 fish out in 18m off Carrum early on Tuesday morning with the best 2 weighing 5.4 and 6.2kg which he kept. Jacques said pilch

For the landbased anglers there are always a few snapper roaming about at this time of the year as they start filtering into the bays. Customer Ferdi popped into the store during the week to grab some fresh pillies before heading out to the rocks to

Capt. Mike Anderson and Capt. Billy Nobles/Reel Animals Fishing Team Report September 20 2015 With some rainy days and cloud cover bringing water temps down ever so slightly the flats have come alive! Big schools of both oversized and slot redfish ar

  There have been some nice snapper roaming about out from Carrum lately with most anglers targeting the fish in 15 - 18m of water. The best way to catch these fish is to anchor off the schools and berley them back towards the boat and your bai

Good morning everyone. Calm conditions are finally here and the seaweed seems to be dissipating. There are pockets of Pilchards and greenies scattered along the beaches but no heavy concentrations. Snook have been caught early and then seem to shut

Good morning everyone. We’ve got some nice calm conditions for a bit so time to take advantage of them. The beaches have areas that are very weedy and others that are quite clear so seek out cleaner areas and hope to find some of the Pilchards

There has been a steady stream of snapper throughout the Western channel in Westernport Bay right up to the top near Warneet. Staff member Harley fished the lower section below Stony Point earlier in the week to land snapper to around 5.5kg. Harley

Fort lauderdale inshore fishing report July 07 2023 Lots of action in early july with a good amount of smaller baits (pilchards) showing up seeing a lot of action on pilchards and small lures. Finding choice […] The post Fort lauderdale i

July 15  2023 Fort Lauderdale Inshore Fishing Report Bait and snook everywhere! It’s all about the Pilchards right now with thick schools covering the beaches and inlet. Tarpon are feeding a little lower in the water column on [

While the usual Autumn run of snapper has been very quiet there have been plenty of pinkies about to keep anglers busy. Westernport is loaded with lots of small fish to around 600g and there are also some schools of larger fish scattered around as w

  There has been plenty of table size pinkies around Black Rock and Ricketts Point at the minute with fish to 2kg quite common and a fair few bigger reds up to 6kg mixed in. With a lot of boat traffic the best time to target the fish here is ea

Yesterday David and I met up at the marina for the first of our two day trip.  But it was pouring rain and the wind was howling at about 25 MPH pretty tough for fly fishing.  We called it a day and met up today instead with his buddy Clay.

Today we fished a half day. We caught some Pilchards and Ballyhoos for bait. We started off on the Reef catching some Yellowtail Snapper for dinner. We then put our Ballyhoos out for a Sailfish. We raised two had one bite but he got away. We then cau