Category Archives: Geoff Wilson’s Fishing Report

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Heading due north from the junction of the Wilson Spit and Point Richards channels at very first light on Thursday, Andrew Johnson and wife Jenny had the sounder running, and in 9.5 metres of water pulled up … Continue reading →

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Making an early start on Wednesday morning, Andrew Johnson and wife Jenny tried their luck on the snapper, and – anchoring up toward the end of the Point Wilson Pier – Andrew picked up a nice one … Continue reading →

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula With an ongoing rise in local water temperatures, snapper are now active, and among those to take advantage was Corey Schwarzkopf. Corey was soaking half a squid head from the rocks at St Helens early last week … Continue reading →

Barwon Heads Prior to the weather turning sour last week, Stan Owen and Jason Treloar headed down to The Sheepwash catching the last of the incoming tide and high tide change, hopeful of catching some good size silver trevally. They … Continue reading →

Barwon Heads There were few, if any boats out on the Barwon estuary in Thursday’s breezy conditions, but land-based anglers were catching some nice silver trevally. Among them was Muhammad Faiz Azmi, who – in reply to my inevitable question … Continue reading →

Corio Bay/Bellarine Peninsula Launching off Point Richards early last week were Kevin McLoughlin, his 4-year-old son Eli, and friend Marcus Pearson. As it turned out, they found a good patch of whiting at the east end of mussel farm where … Continue reading →

Queenscliff We began looking for the big female calamari at Queenscliff in September, but they might be a little earlier his year. That’s judging by Nick Powell’s catch from Queenscliff on Saturday’s incoming tide that included a pearler with a … Continue reading →

Freshwater Tom Jarman picked up a beautiful brown trout measuring 71 cm on the fly from Lake Purrumbete last week and says the bigger fish are to be caught along the shallow weed edges. Tom’s fish was caught on a … Continue reading →

From the beach Ray Millman first tried his luck from the beach at Jan Juc last Monday morning, but his only reward was one small salmon before the amount of weed, coming in with the tide made lure-fishing too difficult. … Continue reading →

Freshwater Ash Rawlings has been fishing the Merri River at Warrnambool, and on his three most recent trips has caught and released some beautiful brown trout to approximately 1.5 kg, of which he’s sent in photos. Using an assortment of … Continue reading →