Update March 2010 

Tuna starting to show

A couple of the lads from the BSGFC ventured down to portland and saw a few schools starting to bust up. They managed 1 tuna at 19kgs and a couple of Albacore to 10.1kgs

Locla Identity Marty Ellul reports that it is like a ticking time bomb down there ATM with the tuna just about ready to fire and with a cool patch of water right in closer it wont be long at all

FLatties and sharks are keeping everyone interested ATM in the interim

Brand New Website services the Western area

The Warrnabool Offshore and Light Game Fishing Club has now set up its own website

with up to date reports for areas such as Portland and Port Macdonnell as well as Apollo bay

and their imediate area of Warrnabool and Port Fairy 

Click HERE for details 

Port Fairy Portland and Port Mac

whats all the fuss about hahaha

with one of the best runs of tuna starting way back in Jan right through to now the fishing has been nothing short of WORLD CLASS

local accomodation has been booked solid and the ramp has never been busier

tuna from 60 to 120 kg have been caught and the average size seems to be around the 30 kg mark

solid albacore to 20kg have also been taken along with some fantastic bottom dwellers such as blue eye to 7 kg

VSF and B.S.G.F.C  member Bec adds to her impressive game fishing reume with her first SBT and now boasts 4 tuna species to go with her billfish and shark captures 

Western Vic holiday period

From Geelong to Portland there are many options and the fishing has been very good to excellent in many areas

apollo bay is producing salmon big flatties and the odd snapper from the offshore reefs and i wont be long before the offshre fishing really picks up

Portlands amazing run of Tuna continues with some brute to 100+ kg and the average fish around the 30kg Mark

The Lee breakwall is also woth a look with snapper flathead couta and other reef species being caught

The Nelson river is producing bream mullet and the odd mulloway to 10kgs and better fish are expected

Warnabool is alos fishing well with salmon mullet and flathead off the beaches and the odd gummy at night

update 6th October 2008

warnabool and portlad have been fishing well with snapper on the inshore reefs, salmon firing as well as reef species offshore and bream in the rivers

The western District is fising well

The lee Breakwall at protland seems to be the pick for landbased anglers and the inshore reefs out from Port Fairy and around Lady Julia Percy also fshing realy well

Western Vic fishing in its Prime

With a solid run of Southern Bluefin Tuna Out from Portland and Port Mac as well as some quality reef fish things are Really Buzzing in the Western Districts

Southern blufin to 70kgs have been taken on the shelf west of Portland and quality Albacore have been mixed in there too. Whilst the warmer water is still a tad away things are looking up for a strong season going well into June

The inshore reefs have also produced the Odd kingfish Morwong Snapper and the smaller table fare like leatherjackets

The Warnambool Area has also seen some excellent reef fish

I was lucky enough to fish both Portland and Port mac Recently and have been lucky enough to get some lovely SBT and albacore  

The antspants and Gazz got a lovely SBT whilst Johnbob (onboard rodfest) got a heap of albacore and a lovely mako of just a tick over 70kg