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.

Squid are starting to make a return with reports from good customer Ahmad landing 6 squid up to 1kg on Sephia Deep jigs from Portsea Pier.  He also caught Mackerel and Trevally on Storm Pro Minnows in white.

Mornington is slow on the squid at this point, however Team Member George is confident the full moon will also bring them on again.  


Other species in good numbers around Seaford have been Gars.  These have been taken off the Seaford Pier mostly late afternoon and on Silverfish.   Mornington has not been quiet either, with Wayne taking good sized squid, 30cm hood, in good numbers from the Mornington Rocks area.  Dartmax UV colours working best.

Team Member Dylan, had a good days success on Portsea Pier landing squid around the 1kg mark.  Best jigs where Harimitsu 3.5 in red/gold base jigs colours.  Peter also reported great success the Shimano Keimera squid in 3.0 and 3.5, also in red based, brown jigs.

Over the other side of the bay at Queenscliff, customer Ryan had good success with squid being taken off the pier.  He also reported good numbers of Salmon and Pike around the Harbour.  Dartmax bumble bees and Berkley bass minnows working best for results.

Portsea pier has also been good for Squid lately, with customer Joe heading down in search of a cracker. While he didn’t get the monster he was after, he did manage 3 nice Squid to 1.2kg, and the most productive jigs were size 3.5 Dartmax TR’s in orange while the current was running hard.

Customers have also reported that Mornington Pier has been good of late for the squid. While they are small, they are perfect baits for Snapper and Mulloway. Fishing yamashita naorys around the small pier especially at last light is normally the way to go with the squid here.