Nick Tamburro with one of the brown trout he caught from the bank of Moorabool Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.
Moorabool Reservoir
Fishing from the bank of Moorabool Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon were Nick Tamburro and his friend Adrian, and they didn’t have long to wait before one of Nick’s scrubworms was taken.
Nick released the brown trout after Adrian took some photos so we don’t have a weight for either that fish, or for his second brown trout that was also released, but as you can see, these are quality fish.
Off the Beach
Visiting the beach at Moggs Creek on Tuesday morning, Ray Millman was confronted with a heavy shore break and a higher-than-expected tide. Nevertheless, he persisted and caught six salmon to 1.5 kg on his 42-gram Savage Sea Missile.
Returning on Wednesday morning, he found the swell had ameliorated, and the tide had fallen further than the day before exposing more of the beach, which provided easier access to a previously productive gutter.
Well, productive was the word, with salmon, a couple nudging 2 kg, taking his lure on consecutive casts at one stage, providing more than enough to carry back to his vehicle, both for his own use, and for family and friends.
Tina Sesar with a sample of the whiting that she and husband Mark caught offshore from Clifton Springs.
Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula
Early last week, Mark and Tina Sesar headed out off Clifton Springs after the whiting, and as the flood tide kicked in, they came on the bite with the majority of their 20 fish in the 35-40 cm bracket.
They undoubtedly would have caught more had they not been otherwise engaged with returning the undersize snapper moving in on their baits of squid, that proved a nuisance throughout the afternoon.
Andrew Johnson did a solo run down off Curlewis on Thursday, and – anchored up in six metres of water – picked up 18 good size whiting from 34-40 cm.
There is no doubt Andrew would have caught a lot more had he not been blown of the water once the north westerly gathered strength.
On Friday, Mark Richards and Darren Pidgeon tried their old faithful whiting mark off the Leopold Caravan Park. Here, they managed to put in two hours of fishing during the afternoon before the strengthening south westerly sent them on back to the ramp with 24 whiting of mixed sizes, the biggest measuring 42 cm, all being caught on pipis and squid.
Simon Werner and Michael Dean headed out off Point Richards on Sunday evening hopeful of getting a few squid before nightfall. And as it turned out, they got 7 keepers before the fading light had them heading back to the ramp.
Martinus de Lange with a silver trevally that he caught from the Barwon Estuary last week.
Barwon estuary
Taking a run down to the Sheepwash at around 7.00 pm on Friday evening, Martinus de Lange tried his luck with a soft plastic lure from the Sheepwash boat ramp pontoon where the first cab off the rank was a nice silver trevally.
But as the ebb tide picked up speed, he caught several estuary perch. Most were a bit on the small side and released, but two were definite keepers. All of Martin’s fish were caught on a Zman grub in the motor oil colouration with a 1.3-gram head.
George Vlahogiannis caught this 38 cm bream from the Patterson River at Carrum last week.
Patterson River bream
George Vlahogiannis fished for Bream in the Patterson River last week today and caught one of 38cm using blowfly maggots for bait.
He said they’ve been a bit scarce lately but is hoping for some rain to discolour the water because that usually gets them biting.
Desmond asks:
Geoff, when attaching a nylon monofilament or fluorocarbon leader to braid, what knot would you use?
Desmond, when attaching a single strand of nylon or fluorocarbon leader to a single strand of braided gelspun line, the so-called FG Knot, which is really a progressive splice rather than a knot, or a plaited splice, are both strong connections.
However, should you want to retain the full, or very nearly the full breaking strain of your gelspun line, you will need to first double the end of your line, which is to be tied to your leader, to form a loop (usually referred to as a double), which is then secured with either a Bimini twist or plait.
Having totally secured the loop with either method, you can now tie off with a leader knot of your choice using the resultant double strand.