Port Fairy Victoria Fishing Holiday Top Water Tuna offshore Trip
Port Fairy, formerly known as Belfast, is a seaside town located in south-western Victoria, Australia. Situated within the Shire of Moyne, it is positioned along the Princes Highway, 28 kilometres west of Warrnambool and 290 kilometres from Melbourne. The town is notable for being at the confluence of the Moyne River and the Southern Ocean.
Fishing in Port Fairy: A Premier Destination in Victoria. Port Fairy stands out as one of the most active fishing ports in Victoria. It’s an ideal spot for anglers aiming to catch Tuna, but the waters also abound with Kingfish, Mako Shark, Thresher Shark, School Shark, Bronze Whaler Sharks, Whiting, Flathead, Snapper, Salmon, and Mulloway. For this trip, we are specifically targeting Tuna using surface lures.
Tackling Tuna at Port Fairy: An Exciting Fishing Adventure
Accommodation Highlights
We stayed at Pelican Waters Holiday Park, which was fantastic. The park offers accommodations equipped with free WiFi, a seating area, a flat-screen TV, and a kitchen. Plus, there’s the convenience of free private parking available on site.
Pelican Waters Lodge, a fully self-contained three-bedroom house that offers serene rural views. The lodge includes a fully equipped kitchen complete with a dishwasher, comfortably accommodating up to six guests.
Fishing Setup
Okay, guys, our fishing setup included a 6-way spread. We used 2 skirts positioned about 70 meters out, and then we had three X-Raps closer in—one around 12 meters from the boat, another about 25 meters out, and the last set to 50 meters. There was a standout lure among them, a little white and orange X-wrap that caught most of our fish.
Action-Packed Casting
What we did was simply exhilarating—we hopped from one school of tuna to another with our spread out, while two of us cast stick baits directly into the schools from the front of the boat.
Delicious Wrap-Up Tuna On the BBQ
filled with great memories of a successful fishing adventure.
Here’s some footage of us catching tuna—everyone had an incredible time. We caught over 25 tuna on the first day and 10 on the second. We released all the tuna except for a few that we took home to eat. When we got back to the boat ramp, a kind fellow fetched us some wasabi sauce and soy sauce so we could enjoy the tuna straight off the BBQ.
Fishing for southern Bluefin tuna our short video fishing out Port Fairy.
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We just had an amazing holiday in Portland! Our mission was to catch tuna using topwater lures. We stayed in a fantastic cabin at Portland Holiday Village, and my two boys absolutely loved it – you’ll see their excitement in the video below.
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