Tackle World Cranbourne & Mornington Weekly Fishing Report For September 5th 2019

FLINDERS

Poya Mardani fished the Flinders pier yesterday and landed a donkey of a squid using a Yamashita 3.5 size jig. Great work and thanks for reporting in!

HASTINGS

Craig and Zakiya Maloney hit Hastings Pier on Saturday and had a ball catching a variety of species thanks to some tips they got from PW while he was in store.

EASTERN ARM

John Potter fished in 11 metres around the Eastern Arm of Western Port on Saturday and landed a cracker snapper (excuse the photo). John reports when the fish was cleaned they found a whole toadie in its stomach.

TYABB BANK

Andrew Wright reports in from Tyabb Bank with a couple of SOLID calamari that were landed around high tide using silver whiting under a float.

QUAIL BANK

Liz Smith with a horse of a squid caught at Quail Bank last week. Weighed in at 2.25kg, great work Liz!

TOORADIN

Matthew Sinnema fished Tooradin from the kayak during the run out tide and managed some nice bream using worms for bait.

PHILLIP ISLAND

Brodie Brain fished around Phillip Island and caught some cracker squid using a baited jig under a float.

Mick Rushford reports in with a MONSTER 52cm (hood) southern calamari he caught on Tuesday around Phillip Island. Things on the squid scene are really hotting up at the moment with Western Port definitely turning it on.

MORNINGTON

Julian Rennie and his daughter Taylor fished around Mornington and Mt Martha while the weather was nice and managed some fantastic squid on red foil jigs.

MT MARTHA

Andre Wui managed a nice squid fishing from the rocks at Mt Martha using a squid jig on a drop shot rig.

SAFETY BEACH

Peter Ritchie headed out on his kayak from Safety Beach on Saturday and managed his bag of squid in no time.

GOULBURN RIVER

THE STONKERS ARE BACK! Victorian Fisheries have spent this week stocking 7 tonnes of ex-brood trout into the Goulburn River and Eildon Pondage in time for Trout Season Opening this Saturday. With so many reasons to chase a fish of a lifetime why wouldn’t you head out and give them a go.

LAKE EILDON

Brian Buttigieg fished Lake Eildon on Monday and hooked a beast of a Murray cod that measured 1.25m on a surface lure in amongst the snags. Fantastic fish mate and even better to hear it swam away strong.

Scott Wingrove‎ landed a monster cod last week fishing Lake Eildon casting lures around structure.

YARRA RIVER

Izzy Sesto finished off the Murray cod season right with a beautiful Yarra River cod caught on Saturday morning using a spinnerbait.

SNOWY RIVER

Frank Milito and his son Lewis have had some cracker sessions fishing the Snowy River landing some solid bream on Zman soft plastics.

MONTAGUE ISLAND, NSW

Reports of kings off Montague Island continue with some fish coming in from the northern end of the island.

PORT MACDONNELL, SA

The Rodgers clan had an epic day on the water out from Port Macdonnell with 2 barrells landed with one coming in on a Bonze Winged Exocet in Paris colour purchased at the Mornington store.

ROMPIN, MALAYSIA

Staff member Steve Coffey is currently living it up in Rompin catching some incredible species including sailfish, spanish mackerel, cobia and queenfish with mates Stuart Wade and David McCallum. Be sure to quiz Steve when he gets back about his trip if you have been thinking of fishing Rompin.