Your Guide to Fishing in Warrnambool

FISH SPECIES Snapper BEST SPOTS SURF: Logans Beach ROCK: Close in reefs BOAT: Out from Warrnambool BOAT: off shoe reef; Levys SURF: Hopkins Mouth RIVER: Hopkins River Bream Mullet Brown Trout Whiting Yellow Tail Kingfish Blue Fin Tuna Sweep Garfish RIVER: Hopkins and Merri RIVER: Hopkins RIVER: Merri, Upper Hopkins, Lake Gillear BOAT/BEACH: Killarney SURF/BOAT: Warrnambool & Killarney BOAT: Warrnambool & Killarney ROCKS: Warrnambool to Port Campbell ROCKS/PIERS: All along coast in small bays EXCELLENT VERY GOOD Jan Mar Jan Mar Apr, Nov, Dec Dec Mar Apr, Nov June Aug Jan Feb Jan Mar Nov Mar Jan, Feb, May - July Dec Mar Dec Feb April June Dec March Dec Feb April, May March, Nov June Nov April June, Oct Dec April Apr, May, July Oct Mar, Apr, Aug Dec ..All year round.. Nov Mar GOOD Apr, Nov, Dec TIME Morning & evening Morning & evening Late afternoon & night Morning, evening & night Morning, evening, during day During day on rising tide Evening or morning Evening or night Early morning & daytime Daytime Daytime Daytime BAIT Octopus, squid, fish fillet, blue bait, pilchard Whitebait, blue bait Octopus, fish fillet, live mullet, spew worms, clickers Clickers, worms, shells, shrimp Worms Worms, shrimps, lures, mud eye Squid, cockles, spew worms Squid, gars, lures Trolled lures Cray tail, cockles, prawn Sandworm, sand fleas, Cray tail RIG Single hook above sinker. Double hook, one above and one below sinker. Single running hook. Live bait trolled or anchored, no weight. Running sinker of no sinker. Two hooks under a float or slowly trolled. Single hook under float or no sinker. Alternative spin retrieve. Double hook or single, running sinker. Single hook for bait Single hook in lure. Two hooks, one below sinker. Two hooks, below float or slowly trawled.

Salmon Mulloway

Apr, May, Sept Mar, Apr, Nov Dec June

Apr, May Nov

Pike Barracouta Red fin Trevally Estuary Perch Gummy Shark School Shark

BOAT: Warrnambool BOAT/PIER: Out from Warrnambool LAKES: Lake Winslow, Lake Pertobe PIER/BOAT: Breakwater RIVER: Hopkins SURF: Logans Beach BOAT: Out from Warrnambool SURF/BOAT: As above April, May Feb, March, Dec Aug, Sept Jan, May, June Oct, Nov June, July

Dec March, July Aug March Jan, April, Oct, Nov July, Oct

April June, Sept Nov Feb, June May Jan, Feb, Nov

Daytime Daytime Daytime Anytime Evening or during night Evening

Lures, blue bait Lures, pilchard Minnows, worms, lures Prawn, worms, Cray tail Shrimp, lures Fish fillet Fish fillet

Feb April, July, Nov, Dec Dec March June, July May

Lure trolled deep with paravene near reef. Trolled lure on cord or wire trace. Jigged lures or slowly trolled bait. Double hook similar to whiting and sweep. Single hook float or no sinker. Fast spun lure. Single hook with wire trace. As above.

Aug Oct, April As above.

FISHING LICENCE All fishers, fresh and sea, need licences, even for collecting bait. Licence must be carried and produced on demand. $22 for 1 year $11 for 28 days $5.50 for 48 hours Under 18, seniors and carers free

Licences are available from the following: De Grandis Sportsgoods, 180 Timor Street Warrnambool Cycles & Fishing Plus, 101 Liebig Street K-mart, 150 Raglan Parade Henna Street Milk bar, 83 Henna Street Apco Self Serve, 485 Raglan Parade Hopkins River Caravan Park, 125 Jubilee Park Road Hopkins River Milk bar, 8 Hopkins Road Warrnambool Holiday Park, Cnr Raglan Parade & Simpson Street Warrnambool Disposals Camping & Outdoor, 85-87 Liebig Street Rays Outdoors, Raglan Parade Hooked on Rods n Reels, 811 Raglan Parade