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When people think of big fish, Bunbury and Australind may not be the first place to come to mind, but we aren’t complaining! Locals to the area are spoilt with an abundance of areas to fish that are barely, if not ever, fished. Our surrounding waters aren’t as immediately deep as that of our neighbouring towns meaning it can at times take longer to get to the optimal depths during certain times of year, however those who do the yards receive the rewards. This time of year is notALBERTON one of those times that you need to go far. With all MARINErolling the ALBERTON winter storms 39 Johnson Street Alberton through snapper move inshore depths P: (03)to5183 2344that are accessible to small F: (03) 5183 2219 tinnies or even kayaks. Bunbury W: albertonmarine.com.au beaches, including
the breaks in the weather are being greeted with immaculate conditions and huge snapper and dhu within a quick steam. Land-based fishers
lower reaches have been fishing best for bream after the rains we have had over the last few weeks. The freshwaters have flushed the shrimp and baitfish
VIC MERCURY DEALERS MELBOURNE MELBOURNE MARINE CENTRE 393-399 South Gippsland Hwy Dandenong South P: (03) 9703 2003 E: info@melbournemarine.com.au W: melbournemarine.com.au
Backbeach, Belvedere and MELBOURNE Buffalo, are all prime local BL MARINE MORNINGTON PENINSULA land-based spots to have a crack at the trophy MY MARINE 612- 614 Plenty Roadfish. Preston Reports fish Cody had awesome night & mulloway CnranNepean Highway P: (03) of 9478multiple 1420 captures are really starting session from the jetty. Ponderosa Place Dromana (03) in 9470 4638the last to F: roll over blmarine.com.au P: (03) fewW: weeks. have had a heap of5987 fun 0900 from the upper end down mymarine.com.au An always welcome lately with theW:hordes of to the mouth area bringing SHEPPARTON by-catch at this time of salmon trout and herring the bream with them. River year are AND theMORE mulloway in our estuary MORNINGTON as well as PENINSULA prawns and diced mullet BOATS and207tailor that Road frequent some excellentNAUTICAL reports MARINE of always work well as a bait Numurkah Shepparton our beaches and the last mulloway passing through option for bream, however 141 Hotham Road P: (03) 5822 2108 few weeks have been no the cut. Winter is also for a cleaner and much F: (03) 5821 2908 exception with some horse the best time Sorrento of year to more interactive approach, W: boatsandmore.com.au (03)squid. 5984 1666 pick up some soft plastic tailor sessions being had get into some P:big on weightless mulies (my The most productive way grubs or bream prawns as a E: info@nauticalmarine.com.au favourite). Yes, the weather being by boat, however the fun alternative. MORWELL W: nauticalmarine.com.au hasCRAWFORD been rougher on the dedicated fishos targeting The freshwater scene MARINE peaks around this time TOORADIN 71-77 Chickerell Street Morwell of year with the redfin P&J MARINE SERVICE CENTRE and P/L working P: (03) 5134 6522 spawning F: (03) 5134 6455 101 Tooradin Station up aRoad bigTooradin appetite they really come onto the W: crawfordmarine.com.au P: (03) 5998 3107 chew and become even E: pjmarine_services@bigpond.com more territorial than they ECHUCA already are. Huge numbers EADES XTREME MARINE are being caught assisting 24 Sturt Street Echuca MELBOURNE in cleaning them out of P: (03) 5482 2333 TRIPLE M MARINE our waterways with some solidThomastown brown and rainbow F: (03) 5482 2133 117 Northgate Drive trout being pulled up along W: xtrememarine.net.au P: (03) 9465 8787 side them. Don’t forget the F: (03) 9466 1418 redfin are a pest species BRAESIDE W: triplemmarine.com.au that are not native to our JV MARINE WORLD area and cannot be returned 878 Springvale Road Braeside to the water. Plus they taste fantastic so why send P: (03) 9798 8883 them back! Depending on F: (03) 9798 7554 location the redfin can W: jvmarine.com.au be targeted in multiple different ways for example trolling deep diving lures past timber in the dams, bouncing plastics along a stream or fly fishing, to name a few. • For any info, tips or advice on anything you have read, heard about or Scott with a decent pinkie from the surf. dreamt about or to have a brag, duck into Whiteys water, and yes, it’s been the calamari land-based are tackle and camping, 1/143 very cold in the mornings, picking them up in small Grand entrance Treendale however those that are numbers from local rock and say hello, we are watching the forecast walls and jetties. always more than happy to and taking advantage of The Collie River’s help and love a good story!
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