LESS than ideal conditions over the weekend made the fishing a bit tough for most, but the keen anglers who are not deterred by a bit of wind and rain found some excellent fish.
There were only a couple of opportunities for boats to head offshore over the past week, but those who did make the most of it, found some great fishing.
The sharks have been brilliant in the 60m line again, with gummy and school shark both being landed.
There has also been a number of excellent terakhi and blue morwong caught, which are both excellent eating fish.
The guys in the deeper water found some nice flathead again, so when the weather permits, the fishing is still red hot.
Surf fishos have had a tough time, the big seas washed up some massive lumps of seaweed, but the guys who keep on the move and try new areas will always find somewhere to wet a line.
The snapper for the land based anglers have been brilliant, Orwell Rocks and Blackfellows Caves have been the two hot spots.
I have heard of fish over 60cm coming from those areas, and they make the perfect spot for those who do not have a four-wheel-drive, its bitumen the whole way there.
The fishos along Canunda are reporting some more great captures of salmon.
The odd fish over 2kg has been putting a bend in the rod of a few anglers down that way, but there are plenty of smaller fish to keep everyone entertained.
Sharks have been fairly good through Canunda, school shark around the 15kg mark have been beached, along with a few mulloway, although most have been just a touch too short.
Snapper anglers have been spoilt again, with the big stir firing up the bigger fish.
I have heard of several captures over the last few mornings where the majority of the fish have been 50cm or better, and for our area, that is great fishing.
There has been plenty of reports around the Green Point and Danger Point areas of huge amounts of baitfish, so I would imagine while the food is still there, the fish should hang around too.
The Port MacDonnell breakwater has been a hive of activity.
Some excellent fish have been caught by the boaties and jetty fishos alike.
The whiting numbers have been outstanding.
Fish well over the 40cm mark have been regularly caught around the sand holes of Hammonds Drain and in front of the wool wash.
The tommy ruff and mullet catches from the jetty have been excellent, some big examples of both have been landed, along with the odd feed of big garfish too.
Squid numbers have been fairly good considering the conditions of late.
Off the jetty anglers are managing between five and seven squid per session, which is great for our area.
The garfish around Cape Douglas and Livingstons Bay have been good again, there have been great numbers of big fish caught by the waders and boaties in both locations.
A few anglers have reported the schools of fish are absolutely massive in some spots, so that is an encouraging sign.
The by-catch tommies and mullet have been of good size also, and there is even talk of a few bigger silver trevally and whiting cruising around under the garfish, so you just never know what the next bite might be.
The inland fishing has been fantastic over the past few months, with redfin, trout, chinook salmon and murray cod all being landed.
The crater lakes or Camperdown have seen some fantastic salmon and trout caught on a mixture of baits and lures.
Redfin catches around the western districts of Victoria have still been fantastic and good numbers of table-sized fish have been caught.
The Glenelg River has fished well, the real hot spot has been the Estuary area below nelson.
The Glenelg River Angling Club held a comp over the weekend and several nice mulloway were weighed in, a couple being over 90cm.
Michael Gordon managed three legal fish for the evening, the best being a 93cm specimen.
Some nice bream have also been landed, with the majority coming from the upper stretches.
Fish to 40cm have been caught on a mixture of prawn and whitebait, while the lure guys are having success on gulp soft plastics and a zerek tango shads.
Perch have been a little bit quiet, but the fishos up river have boated a few on surface lures, and while the bulk of those fish have been big fish, the numbers have slowed down a bit.
This weekend’s forecast does not look too bad for all fishos, so no doubt we will see plenty of boats on the water and hopefully some nice fish.
Until next week, safe fishing.
