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https://vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fis ... y-flathead

This may help in identifying.

But I believe they may be further spread than Tyers.

I have 2 flathead marks on westenport and they are good spots and can pick up 20 ot 30 each time. I dont fish for fladhead often down here cos i get much bigger fillets at bermagui so only try down here if i runnout of my 20 to 30kg hauls from bermagui. I only fish calm days and the odd day down he...

Cheers Lx Rb85 I have been fishing for about 30 years mostly from a boat though however after my father got sick and passed away the boat was sold so for the last 10 years I have been land based so I have a good understanding of most things. I know that land based is tough and more often than not y...

Unfortunately occasionally there will be unexpected by-catch that you may not be able to land. My view is you will have more success chasing specific species and applying techniques and using the correct tackle to be successful for those species. There’s always exceptions to the rule such as people ...

Been some good fish caught by people fishing for gummies the last month throughout the port the last month few 50cm plus fish. X2 yeah I have seen that on FB. Some really nice ones. Seen a few there also been a few ive been shown by the blokes who caught them. Standard by-catch in other areas but a...

Been some good fish caught by people fishing for gummies the last month throughout the port the last month few 50cm plus fish.

My advice to you would be to go to a tackle shop near where your going to take the young fella get them to show you a few rigs, tips, techniques and best times be a sponge absorb that info then implement it. May cost you a little purchasing line, hooks, burley, bait etc but will help you on your wa...

Hi all, Well with christmas and new years behind us finally had some time to take my eight year old for a fish. First up we hit the warmies last week flicking around soft plastics for the big donut. Could see small fish possibly mullet in the shallows near the rocks but no takers. Spent about 3 hou...

How did you go mate? We had a slow day, really have to grind out a catch, only ended with 7 whiting so my worst trip in quite a while :( Glad to hear I’m not the only one. 6 Whiting and a pinky We fished yesterday morning for whiting around the spit and found it very hard going. In the end we found...

Haha good spot mate. Yes theres only 21 in the pic One fish went back in the drink earlier. Was wondering who was going to actually pickup on that. But in all honesty we could have released the other one then taken the pic. But decided to do it this way. Really a lot of carry on over f all. Not as ...