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Barwon estuary Mark and Tina Sesar fished the Barwon Estuary from the beginning of Saturday afternoon’s flood tide despite rough and windy conditions. Initially there wasn’t much doing apart from a couple of pretty average size whiting that took the … Continue reading →

Corio Bay It was a waiting game for whiting aficionados Andrew Johnson and Dennis O’Brien on Sunday, with a strong nor’easter ruling out the waters off Clifton Springs. But with a change in the weather forecast, they were hopeful. And … Continue reading →

Corio Bay Fishing from the rocks at St Helens on Friday evening were John Welsh and his 7 year old grandson Declan Fitzsimmons. Using pilchards for bait, they were hopeful of catching a legal-size pinkie snapper or two, but all … Continue reading →

Barwon estuary Martinus de Lange, an angler of great determination, lost what was an obviously good fish from the bank of the Sheepwash last week and returned the following night to claim his just reward, a mulloway measuring over a … Continue reading →

Big tuna arrive off Portland Down Portland way, bluefin tuna have been on the go for some time, mainly small fish up to 20 kg or so, and that’s what Tony Jones of Hamilton was expecting after a double hook-up … Continue reading →

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula On the water by first light early last week, Andrew Phillips and Tony Greck were surprised to see several other boats anchored within their happy hunting ground east of Point Henry. And, the whiting were a bit … Continue reading →

Offshore Chris Stamalos was fishing at anchor in 25 metres of water off Barwon Heads over the weekend, but why his lines were clearly angled the wrong way, and his depth readings on his sounder kept fluctuating, was of concern. … Continue reading →

Up the river With favourable tides on the lead up to last week’s new moon, Paul Raduka and his mate Brenton, headed down to the Sheepwash at Barwon Heads where, fishing from the bank, they were hopeful of catching a … Continue reading →

On the rocks With Saturday’s north easterly breeze, Paul Raduka and his mate Brenton ballooned a bait out from the old Black Rock outfall site near Bream Lea, hopeful of catching a shark. All went well with their bait out … Continue reading →

Offshore Brad Andrews, along with Ivan and Nicholas Jovic, took a run out wide from off Port Fairy at the weekend, hopeful of finding a mako shark. They encountered two as it turned out, each about 50 or 60kg that … Continue reading →