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Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Heading out on Thursday evening to catch the low tide change, Paul Rahman and Goran Nedic anchored up near the Wilson Spit. The action was hectic from the start with pinkie snapper to 40 cm or so … Continue reading →

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Fishing from the rock wall at St Helens last week was Shayne Taylor and his four year old grandson Carter; the lad being instructed to watch a rod baited with a pilchard fillet. However, at around 11.30 … Continue reading →

Corio Bay Bellarine Peninsula Whiting remain the most sought after fish around the Bellarine Peninsula with Andrew Johnson and Dennis O’Brien taking bag limit catches in less than 5 metres of water off Portarlington. Mike Windsor of Clifton Springs Boat … Continue reading →

Corio Bay Bellarine Peninsula Snapper are about and were caught, both by land-based anglers and by others who were fishing from boats. Martinus de Lange caught a beauty measuring 87 cm from the St Leonards pier at 1.30 on Sunday … Continue reading →

Freshwater Fishing Lake Bullen Merri, Garry Ridgeway joked at being in some trepidation of putting his hand over the side of the boat, so savage were the chinook salmon (the biggest measuring 45 cm) that he encountered there last week. … Continue reading →

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula After launching into Thursday’s choppy nor’easter, Martinus de Lange and Joe Spitiri headed into the lee of Point Henry for shelter, first anchoring up in around 5 metres of water off Windmill Lane. However, it took three … Continue reading →

[/caption] Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Launching from St Helens on Saturday morning with a good supply of pipis and squid for bait, Collan and Malcolm Erard were after whiting, and it was actions station from their first drop of the anchor … Continue reading →

Down Portland way, Ash Rawlings reports that vast schools of bait fish have been pushed inshore by predatory barracouta and snook, their presence being betrayed by birds circling overhead. He, and son Cam of Portland Bait and Tackle, were quick … Continue reading →

Corio Bay Late August, and the first hint of rising water temperatures, has always been a good indicator for so-called winter snapper coming on the bite; something mentioned in last week’s report.And before last week’s inclement weather moved in, fish … Continue reading →

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Lara fishing identity Arie de Wit, made an early start at the Grammar School Lagoon; one of his favourite fishing haunts, but things were pretty slow to begin with. Moving to just east of the boat moorings … Continue reading →