WA
South Coast
LIGHT, POWERFUL, DURABLE…
Days gettingCONTROL longer INTUITIVE
LIGHT, POWERFUL, DURABLE…
INTUITIVE CONTROL
ESPERANCE
Murray Johnson
Esperance fishing has started to improve as the typical spring fishing patterns get underway. The days are getting longer, water temps are on the rise, and the weather is improving a lot. Larger pelagic species such as kingfish and samsonfish have been moving in shallow, and anglers are making the most of this and targeting them on light gear. Samsonfish up to 35kg have already been caught so far, and one of the best lures for them lately has been the Oceans Legacy’s Long Contact Jig in blue/purple. The kingfish have been taking stickbaits and ALBERTON MELBOURNE knife jigs, and they’re also ALBERTON MELBOURNE MARINE being caught onMARINE both live and Oli Stevensonn caught thisCENTRE salmon on 39baits. Johnson Street Alberton 92 Hallam South RoadDreamcast Hallam dead the new Ocean’s Legacy P: Demersals have been stickbait. Image courtesy (03) 5183 2344 P: (03) 9703 2003 of @olistevensonn firing as well. Nannygai have F: (03) 5183 2219 W: melbournemarine.com.au been schooling up in dense shallow water. Fishing the fish around the corner at W: albertonmarine.com.au schools and big sizes, and have sand patches west of town Fourths Beach. MORNINGTON PENINSULA been caught on a mix of lures, has been most productive Anglers venturing out MY MARINE jigs,BENDIGO soft plastics and bait. for these. of town have been rewarded Cnrthe Nepean & BENDIGO MARINE OUTDOORS Oceans Legacy’s 130g& Long Mixed in with sand Highway with some great captures Contact jigs inHighway pink/purple have beenPlace of Dromana late. Gummy sharks 160 Midland Epsom whiting, anglersPonderosa have effective lately, and frequently pullingP:up(03) flathead are starting to show up in P:been (03) 5448 3988 5987 0900 Berkley Gulp 6” Paddle Shads up to 1kg, and there are a good numbers, with anglers bendigomarine.com.au W: mymarine.com.au in W: pearl white are catching some squid cruising around catching multiple gummies in their share as well. with the whiting as well. Squid one night. The gummy shark MORNINGTON MELBOURNE Anglers fishing up to 45cm hoods are getting PENINSULA hotspots so far this year have NAUTICAL MARINE MARINE have also caught, and with for BLnannygai the dirty been Roses Beach out west, encountered some most Road Warton Beach out east, and 141the Hotham 612- 614 Plenty Roadlarge Prestonwater at the moment breaksea cod, harlequin and productive squid jigs have also Alexander Bay out east. Sorrento P: (03) 9478 1420 big blue groper. been Yamashita Live Search Mixed in with these gummies (03)inshore 9470 4638 P: them. (03) 5984 F: The fishing has with the rattles in You 1666 has been some large salmon W:going blmarine.com.au E: info@nauticalmarine.com.au been really well, with should work them erratically in big numbers, skipjack anglers making the most of for the best results. trevally up to 4kg, and a few W: nauticalmarine.com.au the SHEPPARTON nice weather to get out Esperance Jetty has small school mulloway. andBOATS targetAND bread-and-butter provided a brilliant platform Coming into later spring MORE TOORADIN species. So far this year we’ve for anglers of all to SERVICE we’ll see the gummies come in P&J ages MARINE CENTRE P/L 207 Numurkah Road Shepparton had the best King George target a range of species. The nice and shallow for breeding, P: (03) 5822that 2108 101 Tooradin whiting fishing Esperance most common captures lately Station and Road that’s Tooradin when the large (03)in5821 (03) 5998 hasF: seen years,2908 with anglers have been large P: squid, good 3107 20kg fish will be caught. The regularly bringing home numbers of herring, and weed preferred method for targeting W: boatsandmore.com.au E: pjmarine_services@bigpond.com their bag limit. In the deeper flathead. Large skippies are gummy sharks is a simple patches, King George up to also getting caught in berley paternoster rig with snelled MORWELL 1kgCRAWFORD have been MARINE caught. Black trails at night. GEELONG 7/0 hooks at the top baited MARINE Magic Whiting Snatcher rigs Moving onPORTSIDE to beach withCENTRE an octopus tentacle, and 71-77 Street Morwell GeelongonRoad Portarlington have been Chickerell very popular for the fishing close 36-38 to town, the bottom a small Black P: George, (03) 5134partly 6522 because Chapmans PointP: has King been 1110 Magic KL 3/0 with half a (03) 5259 the F: KL(03) hooks bags of salted mulie. The 3/0 KL is 5134always 6455 pin the producing mixed E: info@portsidemarinecentre.com.au fishW: in the corner of the mouth, large salmon, sweep, sand large enough to withstand crawfordmarine.com.au W: portsidemarinecentre.com.au and you don’t drop the fish. whiting and skippy. Salmon large gummy sharks. ECHUCA Inshore fishers have also Beach has consistently The lakes around town been getting good bags of produced salmonMELBOURNE up to 5kg, have had a good flush-out XTREME sandEADES whiting up to MARINE 35cm in as well as a lotTHE of MARINE smaller SHOP with all the rain we’ve had 24 Sturt Street Echuca over winter, and large bream 6 Holland Drive Melton up to 45cm have been getting P: (03) 5482 2333 P: (03) 9747 0588 caught in less than 1ft of F: (03) 5482 2133 F: (03) 9747 3999 water, grazing in areas that W: xtrememarine.net.au W: themarineshop.com.au they previously didn’t have access to. The go-to lures BRAESIDE MELBOURNE for these bream are small JV MARINE WORLD jerkbaits, such as the new TRIPLE M MARINE Berkley Protec Jerk 60 in 878 Springvale Road Braeside 117 Northgate Drive Thomastown brown trout. P: (03) 9798 8883 P: (03) 9465 8787 • Established in 1986, F: (03) 9798 7554 F: (03) 9466 1418 Southern Sports and Tackle W: jvmarine.com.au W: triplemmarine.com.au specializes in the supply and servicing of fishing equipment. They have an extensive knowledge of the local area and provide all brands, whether you’re fishing from beach, jetty or boat. Come and chat to the friendly staff at Shop 16, The Team member Lachy Warren with a nice Boulevard, Esperance or harlequin fish. Image courtesy of @lachy_warren phone 08 9071 3022.
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