Fishing Victoria Forum

welcome Shannon, it is a good crew in here.

We are a bit unique for Coast Guard. As we have a bar that brings people to greef on a regular basis, we practice operating all three vessels in the surf zone. We perform in water rescues i.e we have wetsuits helmets etc and jump over in the surf to drag people onboard or to the beach. Practice days...

Well an eventfull day for coastguard. Some oxygen thief, and they were, broke into out main rescue vessel last night ,Noosacat 3100. Took all the first aid equipment including the oxyviva. Plus life jackets flares all the torches binoculars HH VHF etc etc. Would have been great if we had a callout ...

http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2012/01/06/427301_latest-news.html BLUE-GREEN algae levels in the Gippsland Lakes have declined and in most areas people can have contact with the water again. Signs around the Lakes system warning people to not have contact with the water will be removed but...

Well an eventfull day for coastguard. Some oxygen thief, and they were, broke into out main rescue vessel last night ,Noosacat 3100. Took all the first aid equipment including the oxyviva. Plus life jackets flares all the torches binoculars HH VHF etc etc. Would have been great if we had a callout a...

On fire duty with both the coast guard vessels here at Lakes. Get a front row seat but no drinking. Fireworks are right in front of the Coast guard rooms, so we can have a BBQ and sit and wait to see if they set fire to the scrub in the dunes like the last cpl of years.

I was down there last saturday with one of my son's, never been there before. Guy next to us hooked up on a fish that broke surface just as it struck. Took heaps of line. He finally got it up to the peer and broke his rod. Told him to hang on while we gafted it but he tried to lift it and broke the ...

Currently the Blue green algae is stopping fishing in the Gippsland Lakes. Lake tyers is still good. It is open at the moment. I hear the prawns are just starting. Outside has been quite a lot of snapper. If you are going outside PM me and I can give you a few basic marks to start on. Also be very a...

Yes Bret, I was doing electronics here in 95. Fixed quite a few things on Lady Jane.Reggardo's owned it then.
When I was Trawling I ran the Coralie G for quite a few years. Also worked on the James Kerlin and owned the John Dory way back in the 70's.

Just a bit of a dabbler as far as angling is concerned. Recently retired. I was a commercial trawl fisherman in the 70's and 80's , then took up marine electronics. Spent the rest of my working life as a technician on all sorts of vessels from tinnies up to coal ships. Mucked around in boats all my ...