PORT MELBOURNE
This can be a very good place to fish wether it be during the day or into the
evening .Working your way from Webb dock around past Station and Princess pier
and over to St Kilda marina there are a few reefs scattered around here even though they are only small they can be very productive .
Above is a local map of the area with some of the best spots marked with an X .The marks from Station Pier to St Kilda Marina are in reletavily shallow water , some down to 1 mtr .
The majority of the bottom is muddy from the Yarra around to Station Pier so there will not be alot of whiting due to the fact they like sandy bottoms. There are flathead here but they taste like mud nearer the river .
Good places to fish here is along the shipping channel into the deeper water
but please get your boat to anchor well out of the channels becuase there is a huge
ammount of shipping traffic coming in and out of port .
Also you must keep a look out for ferrys that shoot around here especially into the night .
Having good lights at night here is a must .
The fish you may catch around here ranges from Whiting , Flathead , Leatherjacket , Bream (from around the piers) , Snapper and the occasional hit from Mulloway . Also if you berley up to much you will almost certainly get a Banjo and to the other extreme an Eagle Ray . The later is good fun but wastes a large amount of your time . Don't be scared of fishing very shallow here , you will be amazed at the size of some of the fish you may get .
Warmies ramp
The gentleman on the ramp in the picture forgot to put the bungs in .He got half way up the channel when he realised
what was happening .Luckily he got back and quickly fixed the proplem .
This ramp is about 1.5 years old now . It has good parking and fees are paid
via a ticket machine ( $8.00). The ramp itself has a good angle both in high and low
tides but is narrow . Care must be taken when launching and retrieving when ther is alot of
boats tied up comming in or going out , it can get very squeezy . Once in the channel stay to the right of the markers and have a good look when going into the shipping channel
for various craft BIG and small , sometimes it's very busy .
