Fishing Victoria Forum

Jim, in the clear waters of a lot of Victorian, rivers, streams & lakes it is one of the best colours to start off with, it is a top trout lure. Yes, I have caught heaps of trout on that colour in the 3cm & 5cm Rapala minnow sizes. I would highly recommend this colour for beginners, or someone who m...

Caught a small golden perch years ago in the Warrandyte area, thought it was a macca at the start, but a closer look revealed a true golden. I have caught both species, and it was definitely a yella. Spoke to a fella who was targeting yellas at the mouth of Diamond Creek, as his mate had caught a hu...

Actually have read that it has been recorded up to 4kg, the largest I have seen caught in person was over 2.5kg Here's a few links: http://australianmuseum.net.au/Zebrafish-Girella-zebra-Richardson-1846" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://www.reefwatchvic.asn.au/maps/zebra_fc.htm" ...

G'day KC Brick I have caught juvenile black drummer at Mallacoutta but that's not really local, but I recall reading somwhere that drummer can be found east of Wilson's Prom, but not to the west. When I was younger, before Point Roadnight rocks at Anglesea became silted up with sand, we used to catc...

G'day Young Chef If you decide to fish with bait for bream, reduce your line size to 4 or 6 pound line and get a lighter rod. Use small thin hooks, I prefer size 6 to 8, on an unweighted line with a whole scrubworm for bait. Normal compost worms, night crawlers and flat tails work great too, but not...

In my youth I recall fishing off the overhanging cliffs behind the golf course, Didn't have the right gear, just played daredevil on the terribly dangerous sandy cliff sandy overhangs. Caught a heap of wrasse and a good bag of banded sweep, great fighters and a lot of fun, though winching them up th...

G'day Leftcoaster, I recall catching a large rock flathead in Port Phillip Bay, it's gills too were covered in the orange/yellow globules. Sadly I didn't discover them till I was cleaning the fish, otherwise I would have released it. Tried searching through text books and on the net for Flathead par...

G'day ausfishing, Nice catch! Hey, I have seen zebrafish cruise up and down the rock walls at the Warmies / Hotties, wasn't too sure if you meant the stripes were horizontal, or vertical? If, it was a zebrafish, they eat prawns and worms, even garden worms, and are great fighters, dirty fighters at ...

Great work Hot Tuna, and nice fish. It's good to hear that the pinkies still come upstream in summer, mates used to catch a few on prawns in the vicinity of the Anglers Tavern, but they would be hit and miss. I myself haven't caught any, as I was always too busy catching bream on scrubworms. Weirdes...

Boza, They are definitely Mosquito Fish (Gambusia) which are classified as an introduced noxious species in Australian waterways, refer to the following link: http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/fisheries/pests-weeds-diseases/noxious-aquatic-species" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The link stat...