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Inverloch Holiday Fishing Highlights 15th January 2013

15 Jan 2013

Between the cold fronts passing through Sth Gippsland, and a good south-westerly blow, the Venus Bay Surf beaches are producing flathead to 50 cm and gummy shark to 7 kg. Mac from our Inverloch store fished Beach 1 on consecutive nights on the lead up to New Moon. A rising barometer on the last of the incoming tide made for perfect conditions. Fishing with Saury and trevally fillets, Mac was rewarded with  5 and 7kg gummy sharks and two flathead to 55 cm. Also on the beach during the New Moon, 3 other reports of gummies to 6 kg.

Using a running set on the beaches during the summer months puts flathead on your target species list and you will be surprised at the size of flathead the Venus Bay Beaches can produce.

The fishing platforms along the Tarwin River are always filled with families and the big schools of 35 cm mullet are making many an angler smile when they hook up. Berley is the secret. Above the highway bridge, good numbers of Estuary Perch are taking bass yabbies, peeled prawn and lightly weighted soft plastics.

Whiting are feeding well early mornings and late afternoons at Mahers Landing, Stevies Gutter and the Snags. Best tides are the last of the run-out and the beginning of the run-in. Use berley sparingly as the schools of mullet are always wanting to spoil the party.

Fishing the green buoys deeper in the inlet towards Nolans Bluff is producing flathead to 45 cm, pinkie snapper to 35 cm and gummies just the legal size. Good sized Trevally to 1 kg are taking white bait and pilchard fillets.

At Screw Creek, bream to 30 cm are taking bass yabbies in the Gum Tree hole. Bigger bream are above the highway bridge and tight in on the snags. 

More encounters of the mulloway kind.....by my count...Mulloway 12....Anglers 0. Another full moon approaching, so get ready.

 

Remember to the new dusky flathead regulations are in force. Check out the following link for be aware of them.

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/5349-new-recreational-size-limits-for-dusky-flathead.html

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