Fishing Victoria Forum

Hi all, Thanks for your advice. I ended up using a 1/0 hook with a size 1 free sinker all the way to the hook. I think it was too light as it was hard to know when I hit the bottom. The result was 1 legal sized pinkie (30 seconds after arrival) on pilchard plus a little flathead and a little pinkie ...

So now I'm really confused. I went to buy some silverfish from the local tackle shop and told the staff that I intended to fish for gar. He told me there was pretty much no chance of catching any gar from any pier particularly not Altona. He suggested I go for pinkies, which I'd love to catch and ea...

No chance I'll be going for carp. I want to eat what I catch so I want to target one or two similar species. It sounds like I'll need to take another bait on top of the pipis I have to have the best opportunity at catching something worthwhile. I'm leaning towards pilchards simply because I rarely f...

Thanks guys, I think gar and whiting it is. Pipis for bait just a different rig for each. I wasn't going to cast far either, just swing and drop. I used to catch gar as a kid but haven't heard anyone mention it so didn't know they were still about or maybe they're at the end of their run for the sea...

Hi all, I'm newish to fishing, I haven't really fished much since I was a kid. I've now got kids and want to take them out pier fishing somewhere between Werribee to St. Kilda. I've got a couple of decent rods but the kids have basic kmart kids rods just for some fun. I've spent a fair bit of time r...