Portland Fishing Report
17 August 2005
FISHING REPORT FOR 17th August 2005.
CANAL STILL FIRING WITH SOME FISH
Last week one of the unique hot spots, the canal and cray boat area, which is no surprise to some, produced slimy mackereal & trevally with weights of 1kg. There’s also a mixture of large yellow eye mullet up to the 1kg mark which is big for these fish and numerous salmon to 1kg and beyond to put some action in quite a lot of fishermen’s eyes.
This week has been very similar and to add to the action Port Fairy Angling club had their competition here over the weekend proving it’s another prized fishing location which is taken for granted by a lot of us locals. Some of the competition came from Dean and Lockie Wombell, Mick Sheehan, Shorty Clark, Tony Mathews and the list goes on, but I’m sure they all won in this raffle.
Over the last few weeks, some of the fish exposed from the Lee Breakwall and North Shore are still available as proven by a few fishermen who like to put fresh flake on their dinner plates as Daniel Burton and others can vouch for.
Rodney Wright likes the big sharks especially his seven giller shark weighing 125kg which was caught from the north shore, so try lifting that with a bit of imagination. You would have to assume that fish from the previous week would still be available such as: salmon, gummies, snapper, ling and the list goes on.
It’s pretty hard on your eyes when you have to deal with millions dollar views and whales in this region but it’s the same in the Glenelg River with views, fauna and flora everywhere this time of the year and the fish are firing. Lockie Wombell can vouch for some of the fish harvested here in just one of the fishing locations of this rich 80km eye blowing estuary.
Sandy waterhole produced mulloway to 8kg which is good size in this region, bream and mullet are quite active also at this time of the year with the breeding cycle on, so it is a unique fishing mecca.
Nelson boat hire, with contact number in the tide book, is worth a phone call for the latest exposure area and baits etc… Use this information and get rid of the guess work.
Anybody who has caught mulloway or bream in this rich region will tell you how exciting it is when you hook into the fish. You need to put some research into the tactics and some effort in to harvest the trophy fish.
The eye adjusting views of this region are sure worth the short trip alone and fishing is just the bonus on top of the outing.
Websites for fishing updates: www.fishnet.com.au and www.wildblue.com.au.
Information supplied by Bob McPherson for The Portland Sport & Game Fishing Club.