Jaws-dropping catch
Grand Pacific Hotel night crew help reel in 150kg shark
hour in 4.5 to 6 metres of water off Curlewis.
Rod Ludlow, of Beachlea Boat Hire at Indented Head, reports that a break in the weather saw a good many boats out with squid the main catch. Most are small said Rod, but there are larger specimens to be caught by persistent anglers. Fishing the Murray River near Gunbower last week were Steven Kovzan and Boris Stocki who was hoping to catch his first Murray cod, but the only one he caught that day was undersize.
While fishing into the night using Murray shrimp for bait, the bite nearly pulled Boris’s rod in, but a timely dive result- ed in the capture of a 65cm cod that he released. The only other fish caught were European carp and several small silver perch.
John Clements, of the Lake Purrumbete Holiday Park, reports that Purrumbete has produced chinook salmon and rainbow trout to a kilogram or so with Jason Eastman, from Ballarat, among the successful anglers.
Also fishing Purrumbete was Jeff Broughton, of Geelong, George Gillies, of Winchelsea, and Bryan Nygaard, of Bacchus Marsh, who collectively took rainbow trout on mudeye and minnow, and chinook salmon to a kilogram on various baits fished near the bottom, not to mention many redfin to 500 grams or so.
Lake Bullen Merri has been somewhat quiet said John, but Terry Sheppard and Charlie Goral, of Regal Marine in Forest Hill, caught several chinook salmon fishing on pilchard fillets suspended just above the bottom.
Geoff, I’ve been told that you can now fish from the Point Wilson Pier or from a boat alongside. Do you know if this is correct?
Bryan, that’s incorrect. You are not permitted to approach within 300 metres of, or fish from the Point Wilson Pier.
Along with others, I attended a meeting at the Point Wilson munitions facility in June, 2006, and was provided with the following information:
The Point Wilson munitions facility, which includes the pier, is to be upgraded to receive ongoing shipments of defence ordnance. For this reason, an additional exclusion zone beyond the existing zone of 300m — in respect to the size and nature of these cargoes — has been marked out with yellow buoys from 1.5 to 2km around the pier.
For security reasons, advance notice of shipping, and activation of the exclusion zone cannot be given, so your co-operation is requested when the yellow buoy lights are flashing and the red flag on the pier is flying.
My information is that the pier was never upgraded. However, the original 300m exclusion zone remains in force.