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  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Fishing on the drift offshore from Point Richards on Saturday morning were Kevin McLoughlin and his companion, Shane. They were fishing for flathead in around 7 metres of water, but with game fishing tackle out as … Continue reading →

    Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Local angler Stephen Goodfellow reports having friends over from Western Australia, and naturally, fishing was on the itinerary.   Among them, Carina Dawson who was entrusted with a $25 rod and reel in an outing … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Taylor Hunt and his three-year-old son Logan launched off Queenscliff early last week and fished over the Swan Island grass beds for whiting in 3-4 metres of water.   Despite blustery winds, they stuck to their … Continue reading →

Barwon Heads Fishing from the Ozone Road Jetty at Barwon Heads last week were Adam Robinson, his ten-year-old son Otis, and Otis’ grandfather Colin Nankervis.   And although there were quite a few other people fishing, there wasn’t much doing, … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Launching at Clifton Springs on Wednesday evening, Jim Gillians and his friend Carter Ryan anchored up in 10 metres of water more or less straight out from the boat ramp to try for a shark.   … Continue reading →

  Point Lonsdale Pier Regular Point Lonsdale Pier fishing identity Miklos (Mick) Zsargo has caught a wide variety from the pier, from salmon which can be plentiful, to squid that he uses to tempt some really good-size snapper. However, things … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula With sharks about, as there usually are at this time of year, Bailey Cooper, Zac Schmidt, and Shae-Lee Cooper decided to head out off Clifton Springs early last week to see if they could catch one. … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Trolling lures between Limeburners Point and Eastern Beach after an 11.00 am start, Michael Bealham and Candace Mimms first order of business was to catch some fresh fish, salmon, and pike on this occasion, for snapper … Continue reading →

  Fish stocking Over the past two weeks the Victorian Fisheries Authority has been joined by recreational fishers, Corangamite Catchment Management Authority and Barwon Water to stocked 120,000 estuary perch into waterways in the Geelong region.   The releases help … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Heading out from St Helens at 3.30 on Friday morning, Michael Bealham throttled back on reaching the outer harbour, and with the sounder running, he picked up a promising reading in 6 metres of water off … Continue reading →