Fishing Victoria Forum

I was born in New Zealand and moved to Melbourne with my mum, dad and sister when I was 3 years old. Dad grew up on a farm so fishing was one of the things that he did with his brothers to entertain themselves. When I was about 5-6 years old dad took me and my sister down to station pier in an attem...

Im from India as well,came here when I was 17 but always wanted to fish as long as I can remember When i was 19 i met a guy thru a girlfriend who took me fishing for the first time in 1976 and my first fish i caught was a salmon at San Remo.Since then i havent stopped I lure fish for bream,flatties ...

What’s Your Fishing Resume? By that question I’m referring to your fishing background. What got you into fishing? Did you come from a fishing family or have mates who fished, or did you come to it by yourself and picked things up as you went along? I was lucky. My father fished and from a very early...

Born in Sunshine, grew up in the eastern suburbs and spent a lot of time in NE Victoria. My step grandad was a VPC delegate and lobbied for regulations to protect native fish. Dad and my uncle were keen anglers, chasing natives, trout and reddies, and dad was an honorary fishing inspector. My earlie...

In for a penny, in for a pound....may as well throw my hat in... This fellow here is Queensland born n bred, hailing from the Sunshine Coast where as a boy Summer weekends n holidays were spent either along the sandy banks of the Maroochy River, amongst mangroves in the upper reaches where the cane ...

I somehow lost my first post so fingers crossed. When I was starting Grade 4 we moved from Melbourne to a very small dot on the map called Dixie - just South of Terang. The Mount Emu Creek was just down the road and I noticed that there was always a school of Redfin under the bridge. I convinced my ...

I grew up in northern Vic and started fishing (bait) with my dad. I found native fish hard to come by back then in the late 70's and 80's. I spent a lot of time also biking it around the local channels chasing redfin and the occasional trout with lures. The good old days...the only lures I generally...

I was born on Jersey Island in the English channel. My father was a bit of a hunter and gatherer. He fished and dived ,spear fished etc mainly to put fresh seafood on the plate. We emigrated to Australia late 1960 arriving by boat in Feb 1961. I had my 7th birthday on the passage. On the 6 week trip...

If your going to.launch once a year then no it wont make a difference.. I launch about 10 to 15 times a year and won't make a difference to me when the cost of driving to a free ramp will be more them paying the fees lol Lol that’s not many times at all in a year mate. exactly!!! some guys fish atl...

Just got back from the Heart Clinic and the stress test plus cardio ultra sound gave me the all clear, :super: it was supervised by a heart surgeon & cardiologist who said the heart was in good order, arteries & veins all clear.. great result.. now bring on the next trout season... :water: cheers Ad...