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The squid fishing has been good in Port Phillip Bay recently. There has been a run of good sized squid on most of the southern grass beds that have come in to spawn and these squid can be aggressive at times. James from Unreel Fishing Charters has b

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 04/08/23 Going eye to eye with a monster estuary cod in waters off Exmouth. Best of luck if you manage to hook up to one of these giants (your back and biceps will

There has been plenty on offer around Westernport Bay recently whether from the shore or the boat. Around the full moon the gummies were good with anglers up around Stockyard Point and also across at Balnarring getting into a few. Staff member Dylan

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 06/10/23 It's trout time! Make sure you bring your family down to the Waroona Troutfest at Drakesbrook Weir on October 21 between 10am-1pm to help Recfishwest h

The local rivers running into the Bay have been producing some quality bream and occasional mulloway for anglers lately. The Yarra river has also produced a few solid pinkies around the Warmies section of the river. One of the most highly anticipate

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 19/07/24 If you're wanting to see some cracking underwater snaps of West Aussie species like wahoo yellowfin tuna swordfish dolphinfish and many others give the

The good thing about Westernport Bay is the variety it offers and the fact that you don't have to zoom all over the bay to catch a few different species of fish and most of the year round a few different fish can be caught. The whiting have been

  The area around Black Rock has been good for pinkies this week with many fish being caught in close. The water has still been a bit milky from recent rain and rough weather but with a bit of berley some excellent fishing can be had. James fro

Customer Steve and his mate fished in close around Black Rock on Tuesday afternoon where they targeted squid. Among the squid Kalamata caught this nice cuttlefish which weighed 3.8kg. Small pinkies were also caught in the same area. A red hot jig fo

There have been some good numbers of Australian salmon around at the moment and they will only get better as the water cools off as we come into Autumn. Most of the shore based areas of both bays will see you tangle with some salmon on the right tid

  Mornington pier has been worth a shot for pinkies salmon and snapper lately. With rough weather battering the pier and dislodging foot for the fish there have been some quality fish roaming around in close. Customer Daniel fished from the pie

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 12/07/24 Now that the fresh waterways are flowing a little more there's good numbers of rainbow and brown trout in the shallows get out there and start chasing

Plenty of pinkies around Black Rock at the minute! The inshore reef has produced heaps of pinkies up to about 1.5kg with a few more to 2kg+ amongst them. Most anglers are anchoring up and starting a berley trail - this is a good way to get the fish

The inshore patches of reef around Mornington can produce mixed bags of different species for anglers covering the water. Customer Ryan fished in close around Mornington with his dad and uncle on Wednesday where they managed a few different species.

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

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

  Customer James has really been doing well on the squid using natural reds and greens lately. With water conditions fairly clear these natural colours really work well because they aren't too bright and aggressive towards the squid. 

  Up the top end of Westernport Bay the whiting have starting to become a bit more active. Customer Renato fished out from Tooradin on the weekend where he caught some nice school whiting up to 39cm. Renato also caught flatties and pinkies whil

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