Bass river, Phillip island

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Bass river, Phillip island

Post by Messiah » Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:36 pm

Has any one fished the Bass river in Phillip island were it meet with the ocean ? Any tips or even species would be awesome.

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Re: Bass river, Phillip island

Post by cheaterparts » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:51 pm

Messiah wrote:Has any one fished the Bass river in Phillip island were it meet with the ocean ? Any tips or even species would be awesome.
If you are talking Bass Landing there are quite a few fish there from time to time - I've only seam small mullet , salmon and trevs caught there

I dont know if you can get down to the mouth land based but in the yak you can get some monster Gars at times 30 - 40 cm from around the mouth

just outside the mouth there are some realy good grounds but out of reach land based
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Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm


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Re: Bass river, Phillip island

Post by Messiah » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:00 pm

Could u show me a picture on a map and il see if its the right place I've only ever seen this place on a map an looks very fishy . I also need directions

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Re: Bass river, Phillip island

Post by Messiah » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:08 pm

I just looked on google earth. Definently bass landing best baits and rigs and lures? Thanks

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Re: Bass river, Phillip island

Post by cheaterparts » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:19 pm

Messiah wrote:Could u show me a picture on a map and il see if its the right place I've only ever seen this place on a map an looks very fishy . I also need directions
If you have google earth search "bass landing rd Bass Vic "

http://bass-vic.street-map.net.au/bass-landing-rd/

and a bit of history for you its where George Bass the exporer landed in WP in the late 1700s
My kayak PBs
Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm


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Re: Bass river, Phillip island

Post by cheaterparts » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:23 pm

I tend to use coles/safeways food grade banana prawn for most things in WP - just cut them up in smaller pieces
theres not much that wont take it over the last couple of seasons I've used it for anything from whiting to Gummys
My kayak PBs
Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm


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Re: Bass river, Phillip island

Post by Messiah » Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:12 am

Sounds good mate, thanks

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