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      Just prior making our trip, the WA government declared the snapper fishery here to be endangered – that being far from the truth as we were to discover – and put a ban on the taking of … Continue reading →

  Mark the mulloway man My initial contact with Mark Shean, then living at Balnarring, was in 1989, but it wasn’t about mulloway. He’d caught a good many snapper from Western Port including the recent capture of one that weighed … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Ray Robertson and partner Colleen Howard, made an early start on Saturday, sounding around off Geelong’s waterfront in search of snapper.   Not in vain as it turned out, for they found some promising marks near … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Jason Treloar and Harley Griffiths have been picking up the occasional good size snapper near the Corio Channel, North Shore during winter, and Jason’s nephew Ken has been itching to have a go.   This was … Continue reading →

  While it’s great to see so many people fishing at places like St Helens over the weekend. However, due to the government-imposed lockdown, I have none of the usual fishing reports, save for one that is a little unusual. … Continue reading →

    With the Glenelg River, near the South Australian Border, open to the sea and tidal, Paul Rahman and Goran Nedic headed down that way for a couple of days last week. And, with a good supply of freshly … Continue reading →

Reports are few and far between this week because of the Covid lockdown.   However, I was sent a report, and photo, of Lachie Wombell with a 46 cm redfin he caught recently while casting and retrieving a soft plastic … Continue reading →

    Queenscliff Silver trevally have been entertaining anglers within the Queenscliff boat harbour for a while now, both those making the trip by boat from St Leonards and those fishing land-based from the various structures within.   Among these … Continue reading →

    Freshwater Kevin Wild of the Maryborough Angling Club reports that Tullaroop Reservoir continues to produce good catches of redfin, some in the 40-45 cm range.   Kevin fished here on Friday evening with Greg Hicks from Bendigo taking … Continue reading →

  Barwon Heads It was amazing to see how many folk were out fishing before inclement weather arrived at the weekend, particularly at Barwon Heads with people fishing from the boat ramp pontoons and other structures at Ocean Grove and … Continue reading →