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Boat Ramps
There are a number of public boat ramps around Melbourne and the wider area of Victoria. These are located on the bays and inlets as well as freshwater lakes and rivers.
Rock Fishing
Popular Victorian Rock Fishing Hotspots What kind of fish can be caught off Rocks? Most rock walls are located off coastal ocean spots, bay or estuaries in Victoria.
Surf Fishing
Victorian saltwater fishing includes a number of unique environments and local fish species. Fishing for snapper is almost synonymous with Port Phillip and Western Port bays.
Bays
Bay fishing often produces different species compared to our surf beaches when it comes to saltwater fishing. Bays also often play the role of fish nurseries.
Beach
Victoria’s beach fishing locations are some of the finest in the world. For the most part, they are composed of small grain sand.
Estuary
Estuary fishing in Victorian offers some great angling environments. From the far south-west coast, the central region with the Yarra and Maribyrnong, the massive Lakes Entrance and surrounding waterways.
Creeks
What kind of fishing tackle should I use to fish creeks? Creeks are nearly always narrow waterways. The exception is where they meet the sea in an estuary system where the creek can often become wider.
Lakes
Many of Victoria’s freshwater lakes are man-made being created by damning rivers. However, some are in fact the result of volcanic action.
Port Phillip Bay
Port Phillip Bay is one of the largest inland seas in the Southern Hemisphere. Connected to Bass Straight and the associated Southern Ocean.
Rivers
River fishing in Victoria is actually divided, for the most part, into three kinds. The slower moving, wide and deep, warmer and mighty rivers to the north of the Great Dividing Range.
Saltwater
Victorian saltwater fishing includes a number of unique environments and local fish species. Fishing for snapper is almost synonymous with Port Phillip and Western Port bays.
Piers
Piers offer some of the best Autumn fishing in Melbourne (and Victoria), for land-based anglers. Much of the closest is to be had around Port Phillip and Western Port Bays.Recently Added Locations
Flinders Pier
Flinders Pier located where Western Port Bay meets Bass Strait. I have caught some of my personal best squid here. In 2022 a 48cm model on a lumo green squid just after dusk with an almost low tide.
Hastings Pier
Hastings Pier is located to the north west of Western Port Bay, with excellent access to French Island. The current is extremely fast here, so employing heavier sinkers may be necessary. Grapnell style sinker an advantage.
Lang Lang Beach
Lang Lang Beach is on the Eastern side of Port Phillip Bay. From the beach you fish out over sand and mud flats facing French Island. There is a huge tidal variation here. At low tide the water and the beach is seperated by mud and sand. So it is best fished wh
Stony Point Pier
Stony Point Pier is located to the north west of Western Port Bay, with excellent access to French Island. The current is extremely fast here, so employing heavier sinkers may be necessary. Grapnell style sinker an advantage. In recent times about half of the ava
Warneet Pier
Warneet Pier located at the Top End of Western Port Bay.
Altona Pier
This pier is another casualty of a lack of maintenance by the Victorian State Government. It is closed, with no set repair time (if any.
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