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  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

Whiting are still on the cards for anglers in Westernport Bay. The broken ground out from Shoreham and Flinders has produced a few nice fish over the last couple of weeks. 4 - 7m of water has been a good starting depth as pinkies can be a problem in

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 06/09/24 Troutfest returns this Saturday 7 September to Drakesbrook Weir from 9am-1pm and all families are invited to come down and help us enjoy the unique experie

Port Phillip Bay is still worth a look around for anglers still keen to catch snapper. While most of the 'pinkies' have been on the smaller side of things there have still been fish 1 - 2kg floating around. Bigger hooks and tougher baits are

  There have been plenty of snapper out between Carrum and Frankston with some good fish around baitballs and rubble. Customer Marco caught 2 snapper at around 4kg each out in 17m of water off Seaford late last week. Both fish bit at first ligh

This week the pinkies along the North-Eastern section of the bay have been better with some nice fish getting caught by angler fishing around the Black Rock and Brighton area. The area from St Kilda down to Ricketts Point has been fishing well for t

  The area out from carrum has still been producing snapper for anglers fishing a bit deeper this week with the 16 - 19m depths giving up a few fish. Most of the snapper caught are a bit smaller in average size with more fish between the 2 - 4k

Most anglers fishing Port Phillip at the moment are seeing red. Pinky snapper are very prolific at the moment and are being caught in just about every corner of the bay. The better areas have been around any reef structure but these fish will also c

There have been plenty of fish on offer for the light tackle fisherman in Port Phillip bay recently. Fishing with light outfits and 6 - 10lb line there have been plenty of pinkies salmon pike flathead and reef species around in the bay to have some

Westernport has still been the place to go for a feed of whiting. The fishing has been sporadic lately with one day being slow while the next might produce a good whiting bite. The motto of the story is to head out if possible and see how the fish a

Most of the piers and harbours around the area have been holding good numbers of fish and squid for those who want to either collect baits for snapper and gummies or just take the family down to have a bit of fun. Piers worth a look at the moment ar

There have been a few snapper starting to school up around the Lysaughts reef and up towards the top of Eagle rock in Westernport Bay. Normally the deeper areas of this reef holds good numbers of smaller snapper and pinkies with the larger fish movi

  Plenty of pinkies to be caught around Black Rock and Mordialloc at the minute with some larger snapper moving in close during the rough conditions also. James from Unreel Fishing Charters has been putting customers on to some quality pinkies

The rough weather has brought the snapper on the bite along the Eastern side of Port Phillip lately. The region from Port Melbourne down through to Sandringham has been holding plenty of fish in the shallows with fish to 5kg present. James from Unre

  The reef around Black Rock is still producing good quality pinkies for anglers moving about the area. James from Unreel Fishing Charters has been regularly catching pinkies in the 40 - 50cm size range but it having to constantly move about to

Customer Justan had another shot on the snapper last week and landed a ripper of around 4kg fishing south from Mornington in 19m of water. Justan used freshly caught squid which the chunky red took at 9.30 in the morning. Justan also hooked two othe

In Westernport Bay the whiting have been a little tough recently. Some anglers are struggling to catch fish but generally the anglers moving about consistently are coming across them sooner or later. Customer Zoran had a good session on them just re

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 04/10/24 Credit: Western Wanderers Our contributors Sam Bock Sam Russell Jarrad Lawford Sedin Hasanovic Want to know the best tips for taking great fish photos and

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 01/11/24 The eyes of a spearfisher always light up when a big coral trout cruises past. Make sure you try shallow frying up small strips of the skin (scales still o