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Western Port Bay - General
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| 17 November 2005, Lindsay |
| Location: |
Western Port Bay |
Time: |
5.30am-10am |
| Type of Water: |
Bay |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Snapper |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
WA Pilchards |
| Fish Caught: |
7 x Snapper @ 1kg-2kg
2 x Gummy Shark @ 10kg-12kg |
| Comments: |
Fished Thursday morning after full moon. Strong tide and no fish caught until slack water at 8.30am when the pinkies went off. Put the two gummies back and missed a few others. |
| 15 October 2005, Wolfster |
| Location: |
Western Port Bay |
Time: |
6am |
| Type of Water: |
Bay |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Snapper |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Pilchards, sauri, squid |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x snapper @ 1kg
1 x snapper @ 1.5kg
1 x snapper @ 2kg |
| Comments: |
Great day out, awesome weather. Got to check out the oil rig up close to boot. (See photo in Gallery section.) |
| 28 June 2005, Ads |
| Location: |
Bouy no 1, The Nobbies |
Time: |
1pm-6pm |
| Type of Water: |
Bay |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Gummy shark |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Parrot fish fillets (fresh) |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x gummy shark @ 1m
1 x gummy shark @ 1.5m |
| Comments: |
Parrot fish caught at Grossard Pt for bait. |
| 10 October 2003, Dean Hermon |
| Location: |
Western Port |
Time: |
Afternoon |
| Type of Water: |
Bay |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Gummies |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Pilchards |
| Fish Caught: |
2 x gummies @ 7kg |
| Comments: |
Heaps of slimy cod about, hard to keep a good bait in the water long enough. (See photo in Gallery section.) |
| 27 July 2003, Graham 'Boss' Simester |
| Location: |
Phillip Island and Bass Beaches |
Time: |
7am - 2pm |
| Type of Water: |
Ocean |
Type of Fishing: |
Surf |
| Target Fish: |
Salmon |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Pippies, whitebait |
| Fish Caught: |
11 x salmon @ 410grams-1.2kg |
| Comments: |
Our members were able to fish any of the surf beaches on Phillip Island through to Kilcunda and the Powlett River. Heaviest fish was a salmon caught by Rod Mulholland and weighing in at 1.2Kg. Many of these fish were caught at Anzac Beach on Phillip Island. |
| 22 February 2001, Colin Barton |
| General Report: |
A late season's whiting report from the Toorak Angling Club for Westernport:
Since Christmas, there have been scattered schools of whiting down the Eastern Channel and the west side of the Middle Bank. If lucky enough to locate a school it has been possible to take the bag limit and many of our members have managed to do this a few times.
The fishing has now declined with catches of less than half a dozen common and the season is now seen as probably the worst for 15 years. At the southern end of the Bay from Rhyll to Cat Bay it is a similar story, although the few fish are big with an average of around 40 cm.
Scattered fish and occasional schools are in the sandbank edges from San Remo to Corinella. Unfortunately the dirty water at the head of the Bay from Corinella right around to Joes Island is still restricting catches. It is encouraging, for next season, to see many undersized
fish coming in over the San Remo/Bass flats. |
| 10 December 2000, Andrew Nott |
| Location: |
Westernport |
Time: |
7am-3pm |
| Type of Water: |
estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
boat |
| Target Fish: |
whiting/snapper/salmon etc |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
pilchard, pippi, white bait |
| Fish Caught: |
10 x Whiting @ up to a kilo
13 x Salmon @ around a kilo |
| Comments: |
Caught the lot off McCaffies in about 13 feet of water, berley essential, white bait was attacked by the whiting. Great fun on light gear |
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