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Port Phillip is starting to see a few boats out searching for early season snapper. From lots of reports there are good numbers of fish starting to school up from 14m through to 21m of water. Most of the early season fish will hold on structure for

  The snapper reports from out in Port Phillip have been very slow the last few weeks and while there are still anglers getting amongst them most people aren't. The majority of fish being caught have come from out wide in 20 - 23m of water.

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

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

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

  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

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 18/07/25 With decent weather expected across our northern regions this weekend it will be a lot more comfortable out on the water if you wish to have a troll. Make

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 04/07/25 Another great snap of the metro mullet migration from skilled photographer @mat.kleczkowski.photography. Our contributors Sam Bock Sam Russell Jarrad Lawfo

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

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

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

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

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

  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. 

  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