Sorrento pier has also been good for Squid, especially during the slack tide periods.  Frank went and fished it and caught 9 Squid, all around 300g, on small baited jigs suspended with a paternoster and float rig.  The sinker holds the bait still in the current, while the float is the strike indicator.  Staff member Dylan also fished Sorrento for a few hours during the week and caught 6 smaller Squid on Breaden and Yamashita jigs.

The Squid have been good around Flinders lately as well, with some large models being caught at night off the Pier.  Slow sinking jigs such as Yamashita ‘Shallow’ type are very effective.  Customer Jordan caught some lovely Squid one night over the weekend and also managed a few nice size Snook as well.


Bill has been catching lots of Whiting from Mornington North over the last 2 weeks, with plenty of fish 33-38cm.  All fish are being caught on pipi and mussel. The biggest fish have been 42cm and not as common lately.

Customer Fred tried for Whiting off Stony Point pier and got 7 fish all between 30-36cm, and all on a beachworm/pipi mix during the run-in tide on Monday.

Angelo and a mate fished for Whiting off Werribee and while they only managed 3 Whiting they did still manage a Seafood basket, with the Whiting, Garfish, Flathead and Snapper all taken fishing the same 7m ground.  They said that nearby boats all did similar with large Garfish all around the boat.

Staff member Dylan fished around San Remo during the week and caught a nice bag of Whiting, with all fish 35-42cm.  All of the fish took fresh Squid fished on small circle hooks.

Customer Zoran has been catching good numbers of large Whiting off the beach in Port Phillip, but is yet to reveal his ‘secret’ spot, all we know is that most of his fish are 40cm+ and have a liking for pipi and Squid fished in shallow water.

Over the last few weeks, anglers have found the Mornington Peninsula has been fishing well with plenty on offer.  Water temperatures have dropped a few degrees, with the Snapper bite still good, along with schools of salmon on the bite off Mornington through to Dromana.  In close, the Squid and Whiting fishing has still been good also.

Staff member Chris has still been catching Snapper to 3kg in 18m off Mornington, with the majority of the fish taking Silver Whiting baits fished on ‘Citer Skirt’ rigs.  Chris also says that there are still large numbers of Garfish and Mackerel around in the deeper water.

Customer Ahmad has also been catching lots of Pinkies, with the larger fish being around the 2kg mark.  Ahmad has been fishing just off Schnapper Point.

Customer Cam went out and got on to some nice Salmon off Fisherman’s Beach recently.  He found that the smaller metal slugs matched the Whitebait schools that the fish are eating.  Customer Damian also fished around the same areas and found that again smaller metal lures, along with small soft plastics in natural or white patterns did the damage.  The bigger fish in the schools have been close to 2kg.  The boys also caught some nice Flathead up to 45cm in the shallows, on soft plastics.

Pier anglers Mark and Henry have also experienced some Salmon action.  While the fish haven’t ventured close to the pier much, the guys were lucky enough on one occasion with schools of fish boiling on the surface just within casting range.  Henry caught most of the fish on Bluebait fillets while Mark caught some on Squid strips.

The Squid action has heated up at Mornington, with the small pier fishing well.  Lots of locals are doing well on the Squid around last light and then again later during the night.  Most of the Squid are being caught on the smallest jigs available, Yamashita Naorys in sizes 1.5 and 1.8, in pinks, reds and gold/brown base colours.  Larger jigs will work but when the Squid here are timid the smaller jigs work much better.  Staff member Dylan caught a few from the pier during the week, all on the Breaden 2.5 ‘carrot stick’

Customer Laszlo spent a few hours on the pier and caught 5 Squid on the Yamashita Sutte-R in ‘coke bottle’

Customer Ryan has still been catching good Squid from the Rocks around Mt Martha, with the biggest being over a kilogram.  Yamashita Live size 3.0’s and Yo-Zuri Ace in 2.5’s have been his best jigs, with blues and oranges working well.

Lake Eildon has been fishing well, with quieter conditions and less water traffic keeping the fish going.  While the Natives can still be caught, the colder conditions have been good for the Trout.  Staff member Dylan has been fishing the lake recently, with mixed bags.  While the Murray Cod can be hard work, he has caught Cod more often than not while targeting them.  Spinnerbaits and Large Lipless Crankbaits have been the best.  There are plenty of small Redfin about, and the trick is to move about the timber until you find the slightly larger fish.  While having a break from the Cod, Dylan has been trying his luck for some larger Trout, with colder water temperature bringing on plenty of surface activity.  Casting Hybrid Lipless Crankbaits like Jackall Mask Vibs has been a good way to stir up the bigger Trout sitting deep along the timbered shorelines of Big River and Jew’s Creek.

Customer Marek and his son have been fishing around Sugarloaf and Eildon while having a break from the saltwater action, and they have caught some nice Yellowbelly fishing soft plastics.  Small curl tail soft plastics have been the best for them.
 

Customer Peter recently tried some new lures out on the Trout. After picking a few different colours of Waxwing Jigs, Peter took them for a test run on the Ovens River out from Bright. He caught plenty of fish on them, and some very nice size fish, up to 2kg. He also said that he lost a much Trout estimated around 3-3.5kg when it jumped off. Peter said that the best thing about the lures was how simple they were to use, with a constant slow wind working the best.

The Gummies have been pretty good in Westernport lately; with quite a few anglers targeting the larger models that frequent the entrance channels.  Most of these fish are over 12-13kg and are breeding females and should be released promptly.  Staff member Harley caught Gummies to about 9kg, along with large Sevengill Sharks and Pinkies along the channel edge from Vetnor. 

Customer Jacob caught a few smaller Gummies around Newhaven on Wednesday afternoon, with all of them taking Trevally fillets as bait.

Around Stony Point, customer Marek and his son caught fish to 7kg fishing with their new Shimano Saragosa reels.  The Gummies came from a channel ledge in around 10m of water.
 

Customer Casey and mate Tyson made the most of the weather and went out from Corinella to try for a Gummy or Elephant fish.  While the Gummies they caught were only small, the Elephant fish made up for this, being quite prolific.  Fresh Squid and Bluebait worked on both.

Mornington through to Mt Martha has still been good for Snapper over the last week; and while the weather hasn't been all too kind, when it clears up the Snapper will feed voraciously.  Staff member Dylan got out before work during the week, and landed a few fish around 3-4kg.  Different baits were used, with Red Rocket, Whiting, Squid and Trevally all getting attention.  The hot area has been close by the Mussel Farm in 18m of water.

Customer Joe also reports of plenty of Pinkies off Frankston, most averaging about 30-35cm.  Joe has been catching all of his fish on pieces of Garfish, which are also very prolific in the bays at the minute.