Battle for brown trout
catches of whiting on Friday afternoon, and again on Saturday.
Rod Ludlow of Beachlea Boat Hire at Indented Head reports that flathead were the main catch last week and reported that the usually abundant squid were absent.
With catching squid their intention on Saturday, Andrew Phillips, along with Mark and Tina Sesar, arrived at the Indented Head boat ramp to be confronted with an easterly blowing right in their faces. As it turned out, that may have been a blessing in disguise — relocating to Point Richards was a good move, said Andrew, for they found a good patch, their biggest squid weighing 1.2kg.
Fishing Friday’s daybreak low tide at Ocean Grove, Tony Ingram was relieved not to be troubled by the bait-thieving crabs so often present here, but his baits were mauled by what were obviously small fish of some sort. However, when the tide began coming in, pushing him further up the beach, the small bites ended, but a couple of heavier pulls followed by slack line had him wondering.
He was right onto the third such bite, hooking what was obviously a good-size fish that turned out to be a mulloway measuring 94cm.
Geoff, we are big on eels. Having just moved to Belmont in Geelong we are looking for a place to catch them. Can you help please?
Evelyn, bearing in mind that eels are principally nocturnal, they may be caught on baits of raw meat or worms from all of our freshwater streams and rivers including the Barwon. Given your locality, you may care to try at Breakwater, just down from the Breakwater Hotel. Access is downstream after passing under the railway bridge via what is now known as Gundog Lane, to the Belmont side of the river where you can park your car off the road.