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    Offshore Last week we reported that those prepared to make the long run out to the Otway Basin from Apollo Bay were catching large tuna.   Among those take up to the challenge were Lachie O’Reilly and his … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Fishing out from Leopold’s Pelican Shores Caravan Park on Wednesday morning were Andrew Phillips and Mark and Tina Sesar. They were after whiting, but it took several moves before they began picking up fish in around … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula There are kingfish in Corio Bay’s inner harbour. That’s no secret, although some might wish it to be so. They’ve been popping up between North Shore and the Grammar School Lagoon for some time now.   … Continue reading →

  With a reported influx of snapper into the Corio Bay inner harbour, as is expected at this time of year, Murray and Darcy Scott headed out off Avalon on Saturday night – despite the rather breezy and sometimes wet … Continue reading →

  Off the pier Just prior to the March full moon this year, a suitably equipped Mick Zsargo, tried his hand at shark fishing from the Point Lonsdale Pier, and – as fate would have it – he hooked a … Continue reading →

  Freshwater Andrew Ketelaar recently visited Blue Rock Lake near the Gippsland settlement of Willow Grove in search of trout and bass and caught several browns to 800 grams or so while trolling pink and gold Tassie Devils around the … Continue reading →

    Taking a run down to Port MacDonnell – just over the South Australian border – to fish their annual competition last week, proved fruitful for Kevin McLoughlin and Marcus Pearson.   Not only did their catches of various … Continue reading →

  Portland With good weather toward the end of last week, Bob McPherson and Lachie Wombell headed out wide from Portland in search of blue eye trevalla, of which they caught several.   However, as usual, there was a by-catch … Continue reading →

    Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula On a promise to take Ash Reece and his 10-year-old son Billy out fishing on Saturday, Andrew Johnson could see the weather wasn’t looking too good, so he headed out for a trial run off … Continue reading →

    Warrnambool Heading down to Warrnambool’s Hopkins River in the pre-dawn darkness with a good supply of scrubworms for bait early last week, Martinus de Lange was on the Deakin University jetty by dawn’s first light, hopeful of catching … Continue reading →