AFTER the reports over the last few days including people travelling outside their region to go fishing, I figured a new update was probably worth it.
\nSo please see below to hear the latest news I have available.
\nUnder the reinstated Stage 3 stay at home restrictions that apply to metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, fishing and boating is a permitted activity with the following restrictions:
\nIf you live in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, you should not travel further than you need to and you should use the fishing spot closest to your home.
\nYou cannot travel outside of metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire to go boating and fishing. You should stay as close to home as possible.
\nIf you live outside of metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, existing restrictions still apply \u2013 but you cannot travel into metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire to go boating and fishing.
\nIt\u2019s critical you keep 1.5 metres between yourself and others on land and on-board vessels, and you practise good hygiene.
\nWhile bays and oceans are outside the restricted area, they will be treated as a mixed zone. This means, providing physical distancing and numbers requirements are met:
\nAll boats launched within metropolitan Melbourne must be retrieved back in metropolitan Melbourne, and vice versa for the rest of Victoria.
\nBoats launched within metropolitan Melbourne must not land outside of metro Melbourne, and vice versa for the rest of Victoria.
\nHowever, you should stay as close to home as possible. You cannot drive a long way from your home to do launch your boat, if it can be done closer to home. Day trips are not considered reasonable travel
\nfor recreation.
\nNSW has updated its Murray River maritime rules to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
\nThe NSW border starts from the high water mark on the Victorian side of the Murray River.
\nPeople currently in Victoria who intend to enter NSW waters using a vessel on the Murray River must have a permit.
\nThis applies to each person on board a vessel entering NSW waters from Victoria, and all recreational and commercial vessels, including houseboats.
\nNSW Police are enforcing border entry requirements.
\nYou can apply for a border entry permit via Service NSW here: service.nsw.gov.au\/transaction\/apply-covid-19-nsw-border-entry-permit
\nFurther information about NSW border restrictions can be found here: nsw.gov.au\/covid-19\/what-you-can-and-cant-do-under-rules\/border-restrictions
\nCharter boats may operate, as long as they observe physical distancing measures.
\nBoat ramps, piers, jetties, and other marine infrastructure remain open in metropolitan Melbourne, Mitchel Shire and many parts of regional Victoria. This includes members of private based facilities.
\nRecreational boating includes using personal watercraft\/jet ski and powered vessels for transportation or fishing, water skiing, wake sports, sailing, kayaking, wind surfing, kiteboarding or paddle sports.
\nActivities to enable safe recreational fishing and boating are also allowed including:
\nTravel to a dealership or retail store to purchase boating or fishing equipment
\nAccessing a vessel at a marina or on a mooring to maintain, service or check on systems and make sure it is safe and compliant (per legal obligations to do so)
\nTake a vessel to a marina or boat shed for repairs or servicing
\nPick up vessel from a marina or boat shed after servicing
\nPick up a vessel that you have purchased from a dealer, broker or person and tow it home.
\nVictoria Police are issuing on-the-spot fines of up to $1,652 for individuals and up to $9,913 for Victorian businesses for failing to adhere to directives.
\nI would also like to remind everyone also to keep those photos coming in of your own big catch!
\nWe will now even take older photos of your big catch previously if they have not yet been published
\nPhotos Please forward them to the email address below, with type of fish, weight, length, location, and your name. I am more than happy to place your photos in My Big Catch. Email photos to mybigcatch@bigpond.com.<\/p>\n
FISHING REPORTS
\nWeather conditions are still influencing catches<\/p>\n
Anglesea
\nThe odd few whiting are still being caught
\nSmall undersize pinkies where being reported
\nThe occasional gummy shark is still being caught
\nA few flathead are still being caught
\nA few salmon are still being caught off the local beaches.
\nThanks to the Rusty Anglers Angling Club Anglesea<\/p>\n
Barwon Heads
\nReports out of Ocean Grove are pretty much the same when fishos can get out
\nReports of the occasional snapper continue
\nSome reports of tuna caught between Barwon Heads and Port Philips Head
\nStill a few reports of flathead
\nA few whiting offshore
\nA few salmon are being reported
\nReports of a few whiting and trevally in the river.
\nReports compliments of the Ocean Grove Angling Club<\/p>\n
Torquay
\nWeather is still having an effect on fishing
\nA few whiting have been reported
\nSome small pinkies and snapper have been reported
\nA few flathead reports continue
\nA few gummy sharks and some school shark have been reported
\nSome salmon off local beaches
\nSmall Bream still reported in Spring Creek.
\nReports compliments of the Torquay Angling Club<\/p>\n
Queensclif
\nSt Leonards is still reporting a few King George whiting, flathead, squid, as well as a few garfish and snapper
\nClifton Springs is still producing reports of a few snapper, whiting, calamari, gummy shark, and a few flathead
\nQueenscliff reports a few whiting, trevally, flathead, as well as a few squid
\nThe creek is reported to be producing a few trevally and salmon
\nSwan Bay reports consist of a few calamari, whiting and flathead still near the mouth
\nPoint Lonsdale reports a few salmon, trevally, whiting and snapper
\nThe White Lady still producing a few whiting, calamari, and snapper
\nIndented Head is still seeing reports a few flathead, King George whiting, snapper and calamari.<\/p>\n
Fishing Club Corner
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\nIf you are an angling club and you wish to let people know what\u2019s going on within your club as well as help promote your club, just email mybigcatch@mybigcatch.com.au and we will post your club news here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFTER the reports over the last few days including people travelling outside their region to go fishing, I figured a new update was probably worth it. So please see below to hear the latest news I have available. Under the reinstated Stage 3 stay at home restrictions that apply to metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, […]<\/p>\n