Fishing legend, Cliff Rossack, is still – figuratively speaking – on the job at 85 years of age, nowadays with rod and reel. With a break in the weather last Tuesday, he and fisheries manager Taylor Hunt, headed … Continue reading
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The Games The Victorian Police and Emergency Services Games began last week and continued until yesterday in venues across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, including Geelong. The astonishing range of competitive activities included fishing challenges in both salt and … Continue reading
Freshwater Kevin Wild of the Maryborough Angling Club reports that the club held a competition on Tullaroop Reservoir over the weekend that he won with a 42 cm redfin caught on a small yabby. Placegetters included Alan Poole, John … Continue reading
Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Jason Scott was amazed to see kingfish in the 60-65 cm range cruising around the piles of Griffin’s Gully Jetty at Western Beach last week and decided to try his luck at catching one. Arriving … Continue reading
Offshore Fishing on the drift in around 40 metres of water off Apollo Bay, Kevin McLoughlin, Marcus Pearson, and Paul Carson were catching flathead, and as usual, had a berley trail going. And nosing up the berley trail came … Continue reading
Offshore Spending a few days at Portland last week, Michael Bealham and Candace Mimms first tried for kingfish, which were reportedly on, but they caught juveniles only, possibly due to the prevailing dodge-tides, said Michael. However, bluefin tuna … Continue reading
Off the Beach On Saturday evening, Jim Gillians, Al Castro and Carter Ryan arrived at Fisherman’s Beach Torquay and set up some serious tackle, hopeful of catching a shark or two. They hooked six as it turned out, all … Continue reading
Crater Lakes Chinook Fishing on the east side of Lake Purrumbete with friend Dave Thompson on Saturday, Peter Agius hooked something clearly larger than usual while downrigging a black Rapala XR8 on 3 kg line at a depth of … Continue reading
From the pier Fishing from the Point Lonsdale Pier on Friday night, Grazio Dalli was hoping to catch a shark, and after sending his line out using a paravane, had a strike at midnight that completely smashed the bonito … Continue reading
Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Rigged and ready for snapper by around 4.30 am on Sunday, Mark Sesar and Andrew Phillips picked up a promising reading off the Mountain View Quarries at Avalon and were soon in business. Their first … Continue reading
