Fishing Victoria Forum

Fishing anywhere you are not familiar with can be challenging. In the lakes you have a vast area and the fish are strongly influenced by time of year, water temperature and the amount of freshwater coming down the rivers. On top of that there are a huge number of visitors who often don't have any id...

Hi all, I went out from Paynesville around 8.00am this morning to have another go at the KG whiting. At the first spot I tried, not a touch, I moved and again not a touch, after 5 or so moves this was becoming very familiar, then I decided to have a go in the shallower areas, 1.6m or so and the bite...

Slipped out on a nice calm morning for a go at the Pines. Just 2nm from the bar, 15-20 MTRS, drifting. I was hopeful for a few flatties. Caught quite a lot of small ones plus a couple of keepers. Then one rod bent over and started taking line ,big time. The brake was on a bit too much and I was stru...

Paternoster, 6/0 hooks on 60lb mono line. I use 60lb braid for the mainline. A decent snapper rod and reel. I have an overhead reel on one rod and the old egg beater on another. The overhead is the best if you get a big gummy. Mostly use fish fillets for bait. I use a small rod with bait jig to catc...

Hey Mike was this you Screenshot_20210502-144150_Samsung Internet.jpg Looks like it. There was only small ones in there. The big ones were 150 metres east of the rocks. They were so big the busted the hooks till I upgraded. I caught three, then the dolphins came in and had a go at the school and pu...

Went out after lunch on the slack tide to see if I could find a salmon. Took a bit of finding but it was worth it.

Brine is cold water about as salty as seawater plus a teaspoon of brown sugar per litre. Completely cover the fillets and leave in fridge overnight. Drain them the next day smear them with olive oil, then put in the smoker. I have a large smoker with a separate fire box. I use heat beads and charcoa...

Well a small break in the wind and rain, so I headed up the lake to Nungurner. I was hoping the KGWs might have moved into the area. Well some had but they were undersize. The school whiting were thick. Bites every drop. I kept 10 of the best ones and a couple of smaller ones for bait. Tried quite a...

Well, made it back off shore at Lakes today. Cracking weather after a pretty chilly pre-dawn run up the highway with the dash showing -1c for a lot of the journey. Arrived in time for sunrise at Newlands, put in and cruised to the Entrance. Headed straight to 8 Mile past 8 or so boats near 6 mile. H...

The weather forecast was as near to perfect as you could ever get for eastern bass strait, for the weekend. Saturday I was busy with coast guard meetings, but today was clear. We launched at 4.30 am and crossed a flat calm bar in the dark. Setup a waypoint out in the deep about 10nm east of the king...