The outer harbour of Corio Bay has continued to provide some fantastic fishing this past week despite the dicey weather we have been having at times.
The usual locals to the bay have been in good numbers (pinkie snapper, whiting, snook, salmon and flathead), but there have been reports of lots of gummy sharks cruising about. Word has gotten around that some anglers are nearly getting a fish a trip with some fish reaching near 10kg which is great for inside the bay.
The best way to target the gummies would be to just fish how you would for snapper, but throw out a few slightly bigger and bloodier baits as the gummies simply cannot resist. Calamari have been in good numbers up towards Indented Head and anglers have been landing bag limit captures after finding a patch of fish holding in an area. Size 3.0 jigs have been doing very well.
Offshore has improved a bit with the fishing over the past week being red hot with tuna and kingfish both on the chew. Anglers trolling skirted lures (with a spreader bar) and hard body divers have been picking fish up to 15kg.
At the moment fish are often seen on the surface thrashing through schools of baitfish and casting stick baits into the commotion has been working very well as have West Coast Poppers and Stick baits.
The Barwon River Estuary is fishing quite well for silver trevally and Australian salmon all on the chew.
Anglers fishing about an hour either side of the high tide have been picking good numbers of fish. Fishing with baits such as pilchards and pipis have been working very well and so too has soft plastics like the Berkley Power bait Nemesis 3” curl tail.
The freshwater part of the Barwon River has continued to offer some fantastic fishing this past week with redfin and perch in good numbers to keep everyone entertained. Small soft plastics and hard body lures have been a standout.
Carp have been on the go big time with anglers having some absolute blinder sessions with some landing over 10 fish a session with some reaching over 6kg.
Peri and Adam for Trellys Geelong had a good session after work during the week landing lots of fish between 2kg and 5kg.
