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  Coffin Bay Murray and Darcy Scott’s annual kingfish trip to the shallow waters of Coffin Bay in South Australia last week began badly, for they both lost good size kingfish on the first day of their trip.   Darcy … Continue reading →

      New Zealand Just back from New Zealand’s South Island, Geelong fly-fisherman Frank Bluch has added two potential world records to his already impressive list: A rainbow trout of 13.5 kg, taken from the Tekapo Canal on a … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula On Sunday afternoon, Collan and Jorran Erard went cruising along the channel’s edge between Point Henry and Clifton Springs, picking up some promising marks on the sounder. Among them appeared a very large arch, and that … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula At around 8.30 pm, early last week, Tony Ortega, along with Dule Slavic and James Lee, headed out to a formerly productive spot for snapper just off Point Henry, and, with an assurance to James, who’d … Continue reading →

  Lake Wendouree Jacob Young and his friend Tom Cross, both from Ballarat, ventured out to nearby Lake Wendouree last week despite the cold, wet, and windy conditions that would have dissuaded less adventurous souls.   And, despite the challenges … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Fishing just offshore from Point Henry on Tuesday evening, Dan Gallardo and Dragan Medjed were hopeful of catching a snapper or two, but – although they were getting bites – whatever they were seemed finicky, not … Continue reading →

  Lake Purrumbete John Clements of the Lake Purrumbete Holiday Park reports that the lake is fishing well with redfin the main target species: Robert Walters from Hamilton caught them up to 46 cm using scrubworms for bait in 9 … Continue reading →

  Offshore Fishing offshore from Anglesea on Sunday was Kevin McLoughlin along with Aiden Jarosinski and Aiden’s six-year-old son Jobe.   And while their catch consisted mainly of southern calamari, it was clear what Jobe hooked on the salmon fillet … Continue reading →

  Offshore Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve reported on Portland’s run of large bluefin tuna. Well, they have now turned up closer to home.   With that in mind, and a favourable forecast, Rory Adam, and companion Jiles … Continue reading →

  Portland As I reported last week, the fishing is presently good off Portland, and surprisingly, with comparatively few anglers making the journey down that way to share in the bounty.   However, according to the folk at Portland Bait … Continue reading →