Melbourne Fishing Charters Fishing Report April/May 2010.... Anzac weekend

We have beautiful weather and great fishing over the Anzac weekend..Both Bellasandro and Bojangles had great hauls. Over  3 dys and 6 trips 100  size pinkies and a few snapper boated. No one went home with out a snapper. Plenty caught and released  to keep the balance right.  Other species over Long weekend, Mackeral, Salmon, a few small gummies and Yank FLathead.. For Late April the Fishing was exceptional. With unseasonal warm water and fine weather we hope the great fishing to continue into May and perhaps early June.  Target species Pinkies to 45cm.. Flathead, salmon trout and Gummies Shark.. We did see great schools of Salmon working the shallow water around Hobsons Bay chewing on the White bait.. They are hard to take on lures but CApt V;lad on Bojanagles we did manage  a half dozen off Bojangles. This weekend weather looks great. Fish should be on the chew.

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SMILE FACTORY PART 2

DECKIE HARRY WITH A CLASSIC AUTUMN SNAPPER ON PLASTICS Taken Tuesday 27th Mid Day a secret spot North End of the bay

Fishing report April 2010 - Melbourne Fishing Charters

The Smile Factory

Fishing in the North of P{or Phillip Bay hAs been still pretty hot through Most of March and into April. Great weather has kept the water temps high.  Morning and afternoon trips have been very productive. Most of our fishing has been well south of StKilda . and we have been hitting the reef and structure around Blackrock through to Beaumaris. The great catches of Whiting were recorded through March, but they have slowed down considerably. All fishing trips have been getting plagued by thousands of undersize Small Snapper. ( We now call Piruna's) Particularly after dawn.  Predawn and rough conditionds has been better for the larger pinkies. Other prolific species have been Salmon, Slimy Mackeral and Flathead. Some huge Yank  flathead have been caught over the rough ground in 12-14m of water. But Burley is required to get them in.

FISHING REPORT  PORT PHILLIP BAY CURRENT - March 9th 2010

Whiting and pinkies and salmon were the main target species  over the long weekend. Plenty of fishing were taken.  Whiting fishing has been pretty good fishing off Hampton Breach and down towards black rock, at dawn. Each boat getting plenty of fish .. Bait fresh mussels and squid strips.

Pinkies are also prolific,, with hundreds taken over the weekend,,, but many under size fish amongst them.. ( Throwback of course)

Fish being taken over heavy ground,, Sandringham, Brighton reefs and preety much every where. Rough days are better for the bigger fish over 30cm.

Great schools of Australian Salmon have been caught over the T20 mark off west of the shipping channel. Again over 100 fish taken the weekend.. Oner boat load of customer took home over 60 fish. ( Team Toyota assembly plant crew)

This week we will continue to target whiting, salmon and pinkies.  Weather looks good for 13/14th March.

( No photo's this week_  To much rain and dull weather.....

Fishing Report Port Phillip Bay

Brenton Hodges Fish Victoria reporter and Melbourne Fishing Charters

Snapper will still be high on the agenda for anglers over the Christmas period. This fish was taken on a Berkley Gulp 5” Jerk Shad during a session with Melbourne Fishing Charters.

MELBOURNE FISHING CHARTERS GOES BACK TO SCHOOL
Early Monday morning a very excited group of students from Lara Secondary College participated in our annual Port Phillip Bay fishing adventure with Melbourne Fishing Charters. Accompanied by fellow teacher and good mate Tom Elliot, a dozen youngsters and I departed Lara at 5:15am and made the trip up the highway to St Kilda Pier. Arriving a little earlier than anticipated, we quickly boarded the boat and set off in search of snapper. Guided by our hosts Jill and Jake, the plan was to travel across the bay to fish a few of the deeper reefs off Mordialloc during the incoming tide. After an hour long journey onboard ‘Bowen’ we pulled up in 18m of water after Jill spotted some good marks on the sounder. Shortly afterwards a dozen whole pilchards were rigged and sent to the bottom while Tom and I opted to throw soft plastics on our bream rods. Within just a few minutes I hooked up to a solid pinkie snapper on a Berkley Gulp 5” Jerk Shad. After a few missed opportunities, Jill made the call to move out a little deeper into 21m of water, which is where we remained for the rest of the session. 

Again within ten minutes of dropping anchor Tom hooked up to another respectable pinkie snapper which took a liking to his brightly coloured Squidgy Wriggler. After half an hour passed without another bite I could sense the students’ patience beginning to wane and desperately hoped one of them would hook up. Moments later four rods buckled over simultaneously and as line zipped through the guides the youngsters were on! The next hour was absolute snapper mayhem. Multiple hook-ups kept Jake on his toes as he constantly raced from one end of the boat to other with the net. He also spent plenty of time retying leaders and baiting hooks. Jill was also kept busy, coaching the students through the process of landing a fish and assisting with setting up photographs.

It was such a thrill to watch these kids landing snapper after snapper for the first time. After an action packed hour the bite slowed momentarily although a few juvenile flathead kept us occupied. A second run of larger fish came through just before the flood tide and this time I put the camera away for a few minutes to get amongst the action. Again it wasn’t long before another snapper smashed my soft plastic, while more quality fish were shared amongst the group. Just after midday, slack water was upon us and the bite shut down. We finished the day with twenty snapper ranging from 35cm to 65cm, a dozen flathead and a tiny gummy shark taken on a soft plastic! Melbourne Fishing Charters supplied all rods/reels, bait, berley and even cleaned the fish afterwards. Morning tea and a sausage sizzle lunch was also included as part of the half day package. All students took home at least one snapper for dinner and it was by far the best day I’ve experienced with a Port Phillip Bay fishing charter company.

Tom Elliot snared the second fish of the day on a Squidgy Wriggler.

Moving into deeper water, four rods buckled over simultaneously and the Lara youngsters were on!

Multiple hook-ups kept Jake on his toes as he raced from one end of the boat to other with the net.

It was smiles all round as numerous snapper were landed in quick succession.

Charter skipper Jill was also kept busy coaching students through the process of battling a large fish.

Another snapper is brought to the net.

Brad managed to land two snapper and a flathead for the morning.

A small gummy on a soft plastic was a surprise.

A second run of larger fish came through just before the flood tide.

This snapper really gave me a workout of my light bream outfit spooled with just 6lb braid.

In total 6 snapper fell to soft plastics while another 14 were taken on whole pilchards.

Much to our skipper’s disgust, three students revealed they had bananas on board!