Fishing
Fishing better than ever
WHEN I hear an old timer grumbling about how fishing isn't as good as it used to be, I can't help but think that fishing for most of those old blokes was no better than today.
Striped tuna on the bite
ANGLERS fishing in 40-70m of water offshore from Torquay down to Lorne and beyond have encountered large shoals of striped tuna to about 4.5kg.
Whiting biting in the bays
KING George whiting are dominating fishing reports in Victoria's bays and inlets.
Inlet top lake is tailor-made
IN EAST Gippsland, the bottom lake at Mallacoota Inlet has bream, pinkies, garfish and dusky flathead being caught on local prawn and bass yabbies.
The lowdown on sexing fish
WHEN you're on the water with two or three anglers, some unusual topics can arise.
Angler grabs 30kg barra in drain
THE fishing has improved in the inland community of Mutchilba - this resident grabbed a 30kg barramundi from a drain with his bare hands.
It's raining fish in the Northern Territory
WHILE the Top End and Central Australia have been battered by torrential rains, a Territory town has had fish falling from the sky.
Redfin biting at Eildon
LAKE Eildon has fished well for redfin to about 450g, reports Gary Constantine.
Snapper still biting in bay
YOU will catch snapper in Port Phillip Bay, at least until late April, but the fishing started tapering off in December.
Bay of plenty for sharks
HOTTEST bite this week is in Western Port, where the annual run of large female gummy sharks is migrating into the bay.
Robert Leonard shows off a 4kg rainbow trout caught in Victoria's Eildon Pondage.
