Fishing Victoria Forum

I bought the nasci 5000, around 2 years ago for snapper and it handled alright and is quite smooth. But since I got it I have had some issues, at one stage the drag stopped clicking and then suddenly came back, additionally there was a slightly rough feel to it at one stage so after opening it up I ...

Dad and I headed out at 4pm yesterday from Frankston targeting squid and pinkies. We started at Oliver’s Hill for squid and although the strong SE made the drift awkward we still managed to get consistently large squid (large for Frankston anyway) with up to 30cm hoods. We got 20 in just over an hou...

Looks like a Wels catfish, they catch them in Europe.

It’s a tommy ruffe, or ruffe. They only grow to about 6 inches, and are sort of like a mix between perch and Zander. i was wondering since when did we have zander and walleye here. tommy rough seems legit lol. ps - your meant to let others keep guessing, until most give up! then give the answer. I ...

Wobbegong eating a gummy shark?

[quote=Irishfisherman post_id=287684 time=<a href="tel:1547887493">1547887493</a> user_id=17671] A few months ago I speared a pretty big flounder near Seaford pier there is also usually flathead as well. I have noticed heaps of small flounder which means there are bigger ones about. There are also ...

Northern pike?

European bream? Or sorta roach? Yes, it’s a bream, very different to the ones over here and are targeted with coarse fishing methods. do they really smell bad? Everyone always complains About 8 years ago I caught one fishing for Atlantic salmon on the river Moy, and it definitely had a very strong ...

Is it a Lingcod?

Oh... poor Stompjumper! I’m new here so I’m guessing your little rant is just a joke. Can you explain to us dumb arses what ‘communist’ and ‘republic’ mean and how they relate in any way at all to our State? Well you must be new to Victoria too, not to have noticed what's going on. The state has sh...