Fishing Victoria Forum

Either or. Just a standard coke bottle or similar. Make a trip down the beach with empty bottle/s in hand and fill them up with salt water. It lasts longer than regular fresh out of the tap.

Surprisingly the king tides haven't been any higher over the last 2 decades than usual....

Completely thaw out whatever it is you're mincing. Pillies go through like butter, squid can get caught up though. Anything that's hard like a pinky head will be a struggle to mince. Avoid shark at all costs, it just doesn't work. Mix a little trickle of water through to save your arm and make the m...

If the tiny Sigletts are as good as the normal ones they'd go nuts

I'm so glad the netters are gone in ppb things are already coming good, sometimes I can't believe it's actually happened such a good thing. Just last week I saw the biggest pod of dolfins in the bay that I have ever seen and they had a heap of baby dolphins with them as well, when I saw them The fi...

Definitely a banjo basti.

Was a perfect day for a test run. The fish just top it off

They classify the rip as a bar crossing because of it's dangers. Falls under heightened risk so no matter what pfds need to be worn.

To clarify, the rip has always been a place where pfds must be worn. They've only extended the area in which you're required to wear one

Merc tilt trims are notorious for severe rusting. I've never seen one the last 15 or so years not rust

Rule has been in for awhile. Easy to fish with an inflatable on anyway

The court case found loading your boat was not heightened risk (court case referred to in the first post). This also sets a prescient. Precedent or not, police are still warning and fining people for that very thing. It'll take a wording change to the legislation to prevent someone else having to c...