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Off the Beach Fishing late at night from a beach at Anglesea, Al Castro was hoping for a snapper, gummy shark, or perhaps even a mulloway, but the fish he’d hooked didn’t appear to be any of those. What he … Continue reading →

Barwon beauties The Barwon estuary is renowned for good fishing at this time of year with bream among the contenders, and – having gone to the trouble of gathering some sandworms – Stan Owen and Tony Ingram were going to … Continue reading →

From the beach Making a 2.00 am start from the beach at Collendina on Saturday to fish the incoming tide that was due to peak at around 5.00 am, Jim Gillians was hoping for a decent gummy shark or perhaps … Continue reading →

From the beach Arriving at the beach at Collendina late on Saturday night, Al Castro was hoping his baits of squid would tempt a good-sized gummy shark or snapper. Well, it was a snapper that took his bait – and … Continue reading →

From the Beach Arriving at daybreak to catch the low tide at Moggs Creek, early last week, Ray Millman was hoping to do better than he did on his previous trip when he couldn’t catch a decent salmon for love … Continue reading →

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Heading out off Clifton Springs on Saturday morning were Kevin McLoughlin, Marcus Pearson, and Kevin’s son Eli, who at the tender age of four, was no stranger to the gentle art of piscatorial assassination. Whiting were their … Continue reading →

Off the beach Fishing RAAFs beach at Ocean Grove last Wednesday evening, Jim Gillians was hoping for a decent catch like a snapper, gummy shark, or perhaps even a mulloway, but none of those were on offer. However, he did … Continue reading →

Portland With the weather holding over the weekend, Bob McPherson and Lockie Wombell headed out to the edge of the Continental shelf, where – in around 500 meters of water – they began bottom bouncing on the drift. Blue eye … Continue reading →

Offshore Heading out from Barwon Heads, Murray and Linda Stewart’s first stop was in 44 metres of water offshore from the old Sewer outfall at Black Rock. Beginning a berley trail, they soon had any number of slimy mackerel to … Continue reading →

  Upstate Mark Stewart, along with his ten-year-old son Rylan and his dad Billy, has just returned to Geelong from Bermagui, NSW where he was hoping to get his dad, and the lad, both onto a marlin.   Well, on … Continue reading →