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The fishing is still going strong PPB WEST
Alan Bonnici alan@fishingmad.com.au
2023 has gone fast, and just like that, winter is here. However, the fishing is still very productive and I’m finding this season to be a little different from past seasons. Let me elaborate a little. Historically, I have done incredibly well for breadand-butter species like pinkie snapper, flathead, squid and whiting between February and April. This year, even though water temperatures have been similar to previous years, I’m finding these fish are coming into peak bite times a couple of months later than usual. I have been catching big hauls of flathead, snapper, whiting, squid, salmon, garfish and so on in recent weeks. Generally, I keep only a few for a good feed, and release the rest.
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This good fishing will hopefully encourage more anglers to get out more often, despite the dip in water temperature and air temperature. I’ve been staying local the past month, and for good reason – there has simply been no need to travel to catch big numbers of fish. This has included surrounding areas
Chris Chimo has been catching some ripper pinkies around Port Melbourne. Altona Reef. I’ve been fishing quite a lot with my mate Chris Chimo around Port Melbourne – he on his Hobie Outback and me on my Hobie Pro
schools identified on the sounder, or hard up against structure, has been key. We both managed a good-size snapper or two amongst the chaotic pinkie action, which
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Pinkie snapper are still biting well. such as Port Melbourne, Altona, Werribee, Avalon, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula. Some crazy sessions have happened at places like the Princess Pier Poles, Geelong waterfront, Avalon, Campbells Cove and
Angler 14. We have fished around the Webb Dock rock wall, Princess Pier poles, Station Pier structures and out further. The volume of pinkies between 30-60cm has been amazing. Working soft plastics very slowly across
was great and so welcome for this time of year. It’s been amazing to see so many land-based anglers out at these spots frequently as well. I have seen a couple of big snapper landed on St Kilda Pier and Webb
