An attraction in our region is one you can’t see unless you’re prepared to get a bit wet. Known as the Ships’ Graveyard, this site is located around eight kilometers offshore between Barwon Heads and Torquay. It’s a popular dive site and home to many fish species that have made these former vessels, now an artificial reef, their habitat.
Boat ramps and boating clubs across the Geelong and Bellarine Region Click on a placemark above for more info. Kirk Point Avalon Beach Corio Bay…
Drysdale’s neighbouring Suburb of Clifton Springs is home to many a good spot to catch some fish for your supper with Flathead and whiting being very popular catches in the surrounding waters.
Whether it be fishing for trout and bream in the streams and rivers or fishing off the rugged coastline of the Great Ocean Road you are in for some good fishing. There are so many choices and so many things to catch.
Many people don’t think of Werribee being close to the bay, but a little to the east of the freeway is Werribee South and some good fishing on Port Phillip Bay.
Fishing doesn’t get any better than this, the waters around Point Lonsdale are one of the best fishing areas in the region. The huge Point Lonsdale Pier is a favorite spot for anglers catching anything from a small whiting to large shark.
Bream are abundant in all Geelong regional estuaries and bream fishing is very popular in the region, and the fish is a prized catch by…
The King George Whiting is regarded by many as the finest eating fish found in our region and may grow to a maximum length of…
The mullet is one of the most abundant species in our bays having a fairly long body with broad, flattened head, small mouth and no…
The snapper is one of the most highly prized species of saltwater fish in southern Australia. Snapper are found both in our bay and in…
Only a few decades ago people did not consider calamari worth eating and they were caught mainly for fishing bait or discarding as unwanted by…
Garfish are very tubular and slender with a readily distinguished by their long beak-like elongation of the lower jaw. They usually have a silvery light…
Flathead are one of the more common fish found in our Bays and are very popular with anglers. They have a firm and very palatable…
Geelong has a lot to offer for the angler, with a wide range of fishing options in the region. Whether you are looking for freshwater…
Fishermen love Torquay for its great fishing, whether it be casting a line of the surf beach or trying you hand at catching a snapper or couta off the shore in a boat the waters around Torquay are bound to supply something for your dinner table.
Williamstown offers some great fishing both in Hobson’s Bay and Port Phillip. Flathead, whiting and snapper are popular catches both from the shore and boating.
Fishing in Port Phillip Bay doesn’t get any better than this, the waters have some pretty good fishing whether it be off the piers or off shore in a boat.
Queenscliff boasts many fishing options, long piers, jetties and beach fishing and some of the region’s best boating facilities. Many fishing charter operators also operate out of the new harbor taking want to be fishermen to the fertile waters in the bay or out through the treacherous Heads in search of dinner.
The Portarlington Pier is a favorite for anglers and around the area boasts good boat launching facilities where many anglers go out fishing for flathead, garfish, mullet and snapper.
The Ocean Grove area offers great fishing, with the estuary system of the Barwon River offering good catches. Surf beach fishing is also popular and many a fisherman has caught a fine dinner out in the open waters through the heads.
