Weekly Fishing Report For May 20th 2021 - Tackle World Cranbourne & Mornington

FLINDERS

Luke fished Flinders Pier on Tuesday night and caught some ripper garfish to over 40cm.

BUOY 12

Keith Sloan caught some nice gummies and snapper fishing Buoy 12 (Western Entrance) using fresh yakkas for bait. Nice catch mate and thanks for reporting in!

Western Port in winter can be a fisho’s paradise. Gummies, snapper and jewfish are all prime targets and can be caught from a wide variety of locations.

CORINELLA

Harley Miller landed this beautiful snapper fishing out from Corinella last week.

MORNINGTON

Bill Hargreaves caught this fantastic 80cm/6kg snapper on Saturday morning at Mornington Pier using fresh squid for bait.

Danny Brett landed this fantastic snapper fishing from Mornington Pier using squid for bait on a running sinker rig. Well done Danny!

Mornington Pier will be a hot spot for snapper during the colder months, if you’re keen to get amongst it but not sure where to start, drop by Tackle World Mornington who can give you all the inside knowledge.

PORTLAND

Chris Cassar from Cassar Fishing Charters found plenty of nice tuna for his customers this week fishing out wide from Portland.

Marco from Sharkmen Fishing Charters go stuck into plenty of fantastic school tuna out from Portland with his customers this past week.

PORT FAIRY

Chris Cassar and Matt Cini fished out from Port Fairy on Wednesday and helped Aleks Matic and Anthony Anastasio land this ripper barrel tuna.

HOPKINS RIVER

Luke Gercovich and Xavier Ellul fished the Hopkins River and caught some beautiful brown trout.

Between now and the closed season for trout is prime time to chase some gorgeous trout in the rivers across Victoria. Hard body lures, spinners and soft plastics are ideal options for targeting them.

DEVILBEND RESERVOIR

Andrew Ketelaar caught this nice estuary perch fishing at Devilbend Reservoir on the weekend.

WEST GIPPSLAND

Andrew Ketelaar fished a river in West Gippsland and caught some cracking brown trout.

LAKE MULWALA

Brett Elwers caught this beautiful 112cm Murray cod using cheese for bait while fishing from the bank on holiday at Lake Mulwala.

Murray cod in our lakes are a perfect option to target in the colder months. Lake Mulwala and Lake Eildon are known for their trophy sized cod and the best methods to catch them are on cheese or yabbies, trolling diving lures or casting surface lures and swimbaits.

WALLAROO, SA

Nada Longinidis caught some nice King George whiting fishing out from Wallaroo, SA.