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  Freshwater With a client’s cancellation early last week, Michael Evans of Victorian Inland Charters, headed out onto Lake Purrumbete by himself to soak pilchard fillets in the depths, hopefully to tempt a decent chinook salmon.   The main difficulty … Continue reading →

  Freshwater Regularly making the 270-kilometer journey to Lake Mulwala, Kevin Wild and wife Amber, both members of the Maryborough Angling Club, invariably bring home the goods, so to speak.   But therein lies a contradiction because the Murray cod … Continue reading →

  Lake Purrumbete Early last week, Michael Evans of Victorian Inland Charters had clients David Hill and his son Laurence down from Wollongong, and – anchoring up on Lake Purrumbete in 16 metres of water – they fished for redfin. … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Heading out wide from Clifton Springs early last week, Mark Sesar and Adrian Cole were no sooner at anchor toward evening when Adrian initiated proceedings with a nice snapper of around 4 kg on a bait … Continue reading →

  Freshwater Gustavo Kurten and wife Alexia, took a run out to Lake Bullen Merri on Friday evening, and trolling Daiwa Double-Clutch bibbed minnows around the margins, caught a 4.1 kg brown trout and a 2.7 kg chinook salmon, both … Continue reading →

  Gustavo Kurten had already made quite a few trips to Nelson on the Glenelg River estuary in Western Victoria where he’d spent many an hour in search of the elusive mulloway.   And he’d been successful; up to a … Continue reading →

  Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Corio Bay’s successful snapper anglers include Michael Bealham who put in daylight sessions with companion Candace Mimms, and various night time vigils with John Wesolowski, Daniel Grant and Mark Kirby.   All took snapper to 7 … Continue reading →

    Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Murray and Darcy Scott have the knack of finding snapper, probably due in no small part to their usual habit of heading out well before daybreak, covering likely areas with the sounder ticking over.   … Continue reading →

    Land-based fishing Snapper are about, and while most are being caught by anglers out on the bay in boats, land-based anglers have also been successful.   While the most productive land-based options are almost certainly the breakwaters at … Continue reading →

    Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Buckling rods and yelping reels had Andrew Johnson, and son Tim, hooked up to at least eight fish during an insane, daybreak snapper bite along the north-eastern edge of the Wilson Spit on Thursday.   … Continue reading →