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They need to talk to people who actually use their boats they have ruined Pont richards and queenscliff is not much better

Sounds like a great day out

A bit late this one took an old workmate out on Thursday he wanted some flathead. We just drifted off port out past the channel in around 12mt. loads of small flathead we ended up with 12 sizes 30cm to 38cm . Around lunchtime we headed to grassy point there must have been 30 boats near the mussel fa...

I use point richards a lot depending on how big your boat is it's ok all tides. With the rock groyne the entrance is 20mt wide keep to the right hand side when leaving because you can not see if a boat is coming in. There are temporary floating channel markers turn left as soon as you exit the entra...

Went out with my neighbour today around 9 looking for squid and whiting. We started at the weed beds near the boat ramp before we had gone 1klm we had 20 squid in the bin. We headed down to the mussel farm got a bit of berley going the bites came thick and fast goat fish,banjo's, toad fish and a few...

Caught one today near the mussel farm took my squid jig

The number one thing is to bleed and gut the gummy as soon as it hits the floor of your boat . I cut the fins off then as you would fillet any fish cut down behind the gills till you feel the cartilage backbone turn the knife towards the tail then just follow the backbone some times if it's a big on...

Went out with my neighbour today straight out from portarlington to our favourite gummy spot. We had big baits out whole squid. To pass the time we were flicking soft plastics I was using a grub in motor oil colour and it was the stand out. We had a few hits on the squid but non stuck they just mout...

Travis wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:20 pm

Thought I may ad some context to the reply.
Been fishing for whiting/squid this area for the past 6 years

We noticed the same but it seems to be growing back from the tennis courts back to port

Over the years I've tried for whiting from Altona to wedge spit in the colder months without any success so instead of wasting time trying I just go over that area The water temp is about 1-2°warmer from Port Arlington to Queenscliff in the shallows ,maybe due to the extensive weed beds or being in...